When trying to open the Minecraft Launcher on macOS Tahoe 26 (Apple M1), the icon bounces in the dock, then the app becomes “Not Responding” and never fully opens.
I verified app files and code signature with codesign.
Ran the launcher from Terminal with output redirected; no error messages appeared.
Checked linked libraries with otool -L; no missing dependencies found.
Removed quarantine attributes using xattr.
Issue persists after fresh macOS and Minecraft reinstall.
Launcher shows 0% CPU and does not crash, just hangs silently.
Manually going into the files and launching Minecraft Updater results in the update line stuck for hours and “Field”.
Environment
Device: MacBook Pro with Apple M1 chip
OS: macOS Tahoe 26 (latest build as of report: 25A354)
Minecraft Launcher: Latest official version downloaded 2024
No additional third-party software installed
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The macbook is not blocking minecraft, already checked it, and it used to work previously as well just fine without having any issues. But yes, I did check and the mac is not blocking minecraft.
Additionally, I gave Minecraft full disk access. Unfortunately, it's still just bouncing in the dock and not launching. Let me know if there’s anything else I should try.
These are my native updater logs and launcher logs. (There are no auth tokens or id tokens in these, I’ve made sure.)
It shows that the launcher tries to fetch the update manifest but fails to download it, aborting bootstrap and core updates.
Several config files are missing, which is expected for a fresh install.
The native updater then cleanly shuts down.
The launcher now opens normally, and this happened just today, as I have been checking everyday. This bug is no longer present.
Could you check if the mac is blocking minecraft, if think is not safe.