Upon opening the launcher, the application icon appears in the dock for a second, then immediately disappears. The application refuses to open.
With internet disabled, the launcher loads properly. Reconnecting the internet (with the launcher already loaded) gives me a notification that there's a new launcher version available, and tells me to restart the launcher to update - Which sends me back to square one, launcher quitting immediately.
I'm having the same issue with Max OS X 10.11.6 and Minecraft version 1.17.1.