0.12 not starting on Mac OS 10.6.8 after fresh install

[Frodoctorio]

Last login: Mon Jul 20 15:08:12 on console
/Applications/factorio.app/Contents/MacOS/factorio ; exit;
xxxxxxx:~ xxxxxxxx$ /Applications/factorio.app/Contents/MacOS/factorio ; exit; 0.000 Error Paths.cpp:126: Failed to encode executable path as UTF-8.
0.000 Error Util.cpp:45: Unexpected error occurred. You can help us to solve the problem by posting the contents of the log file on the Factorio forums.
Abort trap
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[mrdormouse]

Hi, this looks suspiciously like what we're reporting in this other thread:
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=13615

[HanziQ]

Yes, this was an attempted fix for japanese OS X problems, it will be fixed in next release.