Steps to reproduce: On an Apple Silicon Mac with Rosetta not installed (the default after upgrading to macOS 27), install Minecraft.app from the official .dmg and open it.
Actual result: The launcher can’t start. Every executable in the app bundle is x86_64-only:
Minecraft.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher(bootstrap 2.1.3, signed 2024-09-25): x86_64Minecraft Updater.app/Contents/MacOS/nativeUpdater(2.1.3): x86_64The downloaded
launcher.bundle(3.29.53):launcher,Chromium Embedded Frameworkand alllauncher-Helperprocesses are x86_64. Onlylibvulkanis universal.
The game’s Java runtime (java-runtime-epsilon/mac-os-arm64) is already native arm64, so only the launcher is blocking.
Expected result: The launcher ships as a Universal or arm64 build and runs without Rosetta.
Impact: A fresh download of the Minecraft Launcher cannot be started on macOS 27 at all without re-installing Rosetta. Furthermore Apple has said macOS 27 is the final release supporting Rosetta and Intel-only apps will no longer run on Apple Silicon after it (https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=w5ngl9k2 ). Without a native build, Java Edition will become unlaunchable on every Apple Silicon Mac.
Environment
macOS 27.0.1 (26A434), Apple M1 Max, Rosetta 2 not installed (default for all macOS27 users). Launcher downloaded from minecraft.net on 2026-10-09.
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