Crash preventing editor from launching Hotfix 4.17.1 (on macOS Sierra 10.12.6)

Thanks. This error means that the editor couldn’t find Shaders directory, which should be /Users/Shared/Epic Games/UE_4.17/Engine/Shaders/

Could you check if you have it? Maybe something went wrong during installation? One thing to try would be to use Verify option in the Epic Games Launcher to verify the engine is installed correctly.