Rosetta 2 required to launch Minecraft (MCL) despite Apple Silicon support

Hi there!

Have you ticked 'Use Arm64 Java runtime for Minecraft: Java edition' option in 'Settings'?

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Hi and thank you for the comment.

I can't navigate to "Settings" because I'm unable to launch the Minecraft launcher. Rosetta 2 is needed.

It seems by your comment that the gameplay (Minecraft) is run natively but not the launcher (Minecraft Launcher)!!!😞 How come? How is one expected to play the game without getting the access to it?

I have attached som screenshots.

Best Regards 🙂,

Hey nainajnahO.

Isn't Rosetta 2 needed necessary to run some applications on certain Mac's (not only Minecraft).

Hi Zgajak,

So Rosetta is essentially a translator for programs that haven't transitioned to ARM yet.

I have for example Discord, Slack and JetBrains downloaded (ARM versions) on my Mac, that work perfectly fine without the assistance of Rosetta. 

I suppose now that Mac users have to wait for a future update that supports Minecraft Launcher for ARM/Apple silicon?

I can confirm, I tried running the launcher after installing on my new MacBook Pro and it is requiring me to install Rosetta in order to open the Minecraft Launcher.

Launcher version 2.8.2 is still affected. Bootstrap version: 1.3.2

Still true for latest launcher version 2.13.7 with bootstrap 1.6.2

Still true for launcher version 2.15.23 with bootstrap version 1.7.2

Sadly still valid in 2024, see https://bugs.mojang.com/projects/MC/issues/MC-267783

Apple has planned to drop Rosetta 2 support in 2027 with the release of macOS 28, so this should not be left unfixed for too long, or Minecraft Java cannot be run using the official launcher on Mac when Rosetta 2 support is dropped.