I tried moving the files (liblwjgl.jnilib and lwjgl.jar) from the archive mentioned in #50866 into ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/bin and am still having the same issue – Minecraft now crashes at the Mojang screen. Here's what Java's outputting (I have both Java6 and Java7 installed):
haze:Java aendrew$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_43"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_43-b01-447-11M4203)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.14-b01-447, mixed mode)
haze:Java aendrew$ java -jar MinecraftLauncher.jar
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "javaw": error=2, No such file or directory
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:460)
at net.minecraft.MinecraftLauncher.main(MinecraftLauncher.java:31)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
at java.lang.UNIXProcess.forkAndExec(Native Method)
at java.lang.UNIXProcess.<init>(UNIXProcess.java:53)
at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:91)
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:453)
... 1 more
Exception in thread "Thread-8" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: org.lwjgl.DefaultSysImplementation.getPointerSize()I
at org.lwjgl.DefaultSysImplementation.getPointerSize(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.Sys.<clinit>(Sys.java:113)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.F(SourceFile:1976)
at asz.<init>(SourceFile:20)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.<init>(SourceFile:75)
at asq.<init>(SourceFile:38)
at net.minecraft.client.MinecraftApplet.init(SourceFile:38)
at net.minecraft.Launcher.replace(Launcher.java:134)
at net.minecraft.Launcher$1.run(Launcher.java:78)This essentially makes an otherwise great game unplayable on the newest versions of one of the most popular operating systems... Sigh...
@Harold — Weird, I had the issue ("Had", because I've rebooted since then and haven't experienced it except very intermittently, and then I just need to cmd+tab back and forth to fix it) without any peripherals plugged in. Maybe there're two separate issues causing similar symptoms?