Hmm. I have a Mac and had no trouble patching.
Have you double checked your permissions? The first time I tried to patch Dom2 on a mac, I could not do it because I had not changed the permissions. If you click command-i on the dominions 3.app, you'll bring up the info on the .app, and you can make sure you have read & write permissions. Otherwise, the patch will not be able to update the .app file.
If you hate Mac so much, why aren't you using a PC instead? Why torture yourself?
