[MCL-13049] Minecraft Launcher for mac is a blank screen

I downloaded Minecraft like a month ago and it worked just fine, but when I tried to open the Minecraft launcher yesterday, it was just a blank gray screen. No warning message. I tried to reinstall Minecraft, and I tried to remove the launcher folder under ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft to restart the update, but none of them worked. I added a screenshot and the launcher log to the attachments. Please let me know how I can fix it.

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MCL-11992 Minecraft launcher stays Grey Resolved

Attachments

launcher_log.txt

Comments

migrated 2020-02-11T09:36:50Z

Hi,
Do you still have the same issue, I have tried to reproduce this on a mac with macOS 10.15 and java 8 but have not been able.
Is the blank screen shown immediately?
Have you tried to uninstall java and installed ita again?

migrated 2020-02-15T05:31:34Z

Hi David,

Thanks for checking. Yes, I still have the same problem.

The black screen does not show immediately. First, the login interface flashes like a second and then it turns into a blank screen. All the buttons are still there, it's just I can't see them.

I've tried to uninstall and reinstall java, but it didn't work.

I managed to play the game anyway by looking at the screenshots from my friend and finding the location of each button. But it would be great if this problem can be solved since it's quite inconvenient to play the game with a blank launcher.

migrated 2020-12-24T00:50:30Z

I have the same issue. It worked just fine but now the launcher is blank grey screen that does not respond and I have to force quit it.

Luckily I found a solution. instead of only deleting ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/launcher

I deleted all of ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/

BUT I made sure I took a copy of the saves folder first.

Then I reinstalled the app and launched it. Put the saves folder back and it's now working.

Avoma 2021-01-03T20:17:36Z

This appears to be a duplicate of MCL-12722. If you feel that this issue is affecting you, feel free to vote for the duplicated ticket, to give Mojang a basic idea of how many people are impacted by the problem. Just to further inform you, this will not determine how quickly the bug gets handled or fixed. Like I said earlier, it just gives the team a general understanding.

Whomsky 2021-01-04T10:13:49Z

Please also try the Possible Workaround listed on MCL-11992