[MCL-12240] Unable to update native launcher

Error: Unable to update native launcher

Issue:

Game had been working the day before, however failed to update launcher 11th October 2019. Attempts to reinstall the game by deleting all minecraft related files and downloading minecraft again from minecraft.net failed. Attempts to use old saves of the game located on seperate hard drives as vectors failed. Issue seemed to line up with the release of OS Catalina.

The below error message:

[Info: 2019-10-12 05:56:23.935423: LauncherConfiguration.cpp(213)] Error opening: /Volumes/Local Data/Users/106260/Library/Application Support/minecraft/launcher/.version, Error message: No such file or directory

Could not find .version file in launcher.bundle -> resources either

Linked issues

is duplicated by 4

MCL-12164 I cant update to beta version Resolved

MCL-12311 Unable to Update Native Launcher Resolved

MCL-14733 unresponsive after freezing during load Resolved

MCL-14757 Launcher isn't updating/ bar is stucl Resolved

relates to 1

MCL-12229 Launcher fails to start after trying to move Java license to a different disk Resolved

Attachments

launcher_log.txt

Screen Shot 2019-10-12 at 4.56.35 pm.png

Screen Shot 2019-10-12 at 5.03.10 pm.png

Screen Shot 2019-10-12 at 5.04.15 pm.png

Comments 9

Andy 2019-10-12T07:42:18Z

I have the exact same issue on Mac OS 10.14.6

[media]

Ian Zinck 2019-10-15T21:19:50Z

I have the exact same issue on macOS 10.11.6, tried deleting and reinstalling both MC and Java with 0 luck.

[Mod] violine1101 2019-11-27T10:53:46Z

Is this still an issue? There have been multiple launcher updates since this ticket was created.

[MOD] Greymagic27 2020-01-16T17:37:43Z

Issue still seems to be present, although rarely

john 2020-09-02T01:10:03Z

I have been currently been getting this issue a lot and had a trick to fix it, but now the trick isn't working. Is there a permanent fix to this? I can't uninstall and reinstall due to this issue. Very frustrating as I play with my kids, and now I can't.

tkasriel 2020-09-03T03:33:29Z

Could someone experiencing this issue upload the file at ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/nativeUpdaterLog.txt and attach it to the issue?

owlfalls35 2020-09-03T11:28:52Z

Upgrade to macOS Catalina or Big Sur (when it's released). Updating the launcher works fine on 10.15.6.

[Mojang] William Cooper 2020-12-15T14:57:33Z

closing as "done", Re-open if this issue occurs more,

Ined 2021-01-07T10:49:15Z

The launcher should correctly handle the situation where the .version file is missing.