Workaround : Hi I've been struggling with getting the launcher to run again after the bootstrap updated on osx 10.11. Make a copy of the Minecraft package in the applications folder for your own peace of mind. Drill down to the Resources folder of the Minecraft Updater package (you will need to right click the Minecraft application and select show package contents) . The NativeUpdater.nib file that doesn't appear to work is 11KB in size, the original is 12KB. If you have a backup of the last working version of this file, rename the 11KB file, paste in the old file. Go back a level to the MacOS folder and double click the nativeUpdater terminal program. I found that this time it updated the launcher again. I went back to the Resources folder and re-instated the 11KB nib file. Double clicked the Minecraft application from the applications folder and it launched without a problem this time round. I hope this helps.
Hello , I'm running el capitain (osx 10.11) and am getting exactly the same problem.
2minutegame Apr 28, 2022, 8:47 AM PDT [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.213911: NetQueue.cpp(186)] NetQueue: Setting up. [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.214169: NetQueue.cpp(622)] NetQueue: worker thread started. [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.222328: mainOSX.cpp.mm(59)] Running launcher bootstrap (version 1.1.11) [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.227554: localization.cpp(45)] No locale matching [en-(null).json] found. [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.227632: localization.cpp(110)] No translation found for "Unable to download <game>. Please try again later." [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.227669: localization.cpp(110)] No translation found for "Unable to download the <game> Native Launcher." [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.227702: localization.cpp(110)] No translation found for "Unable to update the <game> Game Launcher." [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.227733: localization.cpp(110)] No translation found for "Unable to download the <game> Runtime Environment." [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.227765: localization.cpp(110)] No translation found for "Unable to update the <game> Game Launcher." [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.227796: localization.cpp(110)] No translation found for "Unable to update the <game> Runtime Environment." [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.227824: localization.cpp(110)] No translation found for "Unable to update the <game> Native Launcher." [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.227853: localization.cpp(110)] No translation found for "Unable to relaunch the Minecraft bootstrap." [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.227883: localization.cpp(110)] No translation found for "Unable to start the <game> Runtime Environment. This is most likely caused by a corruption. Please try to reinstall <game>." [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.227917: localization.cpp(110)] No translation found for "Unable to start <game>, if you are running from a dmg, please drag to Applications and try again." [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.227947: localization.cpp(110)] No translation found for "Unable to initialize the network library." [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.227978: localization.cpp(110)] No translation found for "<game> Launcher" [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.228096: Common.cpp(32)] Native Launcher Version: 1.1.11 [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.228138: Common.cpp(33)] Operating System: OSX Version 10.11.6 (Build 15G22010) [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.228422: Common.cpp(34)] Application Data directory: /.../minecraft [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.228530: Common.cpp(35)] Executable Path: /.../launcher [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.228569: Common.cpp(36)] App Directory dir: /.../Contents [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.228606: Common.cpp(37)] Game data directory: /.../minecraft [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.228643: Common.cpp(38)] Launcher dir: /.../launcher [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.228680: Common.cpp(39)] Java dir: /.../jre-x64 [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.228717: Common.cpp(40)] TmpDir dir: /.../MinecraftLauncher [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.228754: Common.cpp(41)] x64: true [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.229307: NetQueue.cpp(186)] NetQueue: Setting up. [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.229832: NetQueue.cpp(622)] NetQueue: worker thread started. [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.230016: LauncherConfiguration.cpp(292)] Using update preferences at path: /.../launcher_profiles.json [Warning: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.230338: LauncherConfiguration.cpp(113)] Failed to get clientToken from configuration, launcher updater will fall back to using stable versions instead of controlled experiment versions. [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.230408: LauncherConfiguration.cpp(295)] Failed to read update preferences from /.../launcher_profiles.json [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.230454: LauncherConfiguration.cpp(306)] Using update preferences at path: /.../launcher_settings.json [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.230780: NetQueue.cpp(632)] NetQueue: Starting net action https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/products/launcher/022631aeac4a9addbce8e0503dce662152dc198d/mac-os.json [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.354525: NetQueue.cpp(472)] NetQueue: Primary ip: 99.84.13.138, Host: launchermeta.mojang.com [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.354595: NetQueue.cpp(551)] NetQueue: Action finished: https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/products/launcher/022631aeac4a9addbce8e0503dce662152dc198d/mac-os.json [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.354660: NetQueue.cpp(579)] NetQueue: Action finalized: https://launchermeta.mojang.com/v1/products/launcher/022631aeac4a9addbce8e0503dce662152dc198d/mac-os.json [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.355478: LauncherConfiguration.cpp(198)] Deciding on update with strategy 2 and clientID 3000203363 [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.355557: LauncherConfiguration.cpp(215)] Version of launcher-bootstrap-ado is current, no action is necessary. [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.355613: LauncherConfiguration.cpp(248)] Bootstrap is current [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.355725: LauncherConfiguration.cpp(198)] Deciding on update with strategy 2 and clientID 3000203363 [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.355781: LauncherConfiguration.cpp(219)] We should change launcher-core-ado from 2.2.12147 to 2.3.136 [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.355832: LauncherConfiguration.cpp(238)] launcher-core-ado update is needed. [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.355961: mainOSX.cpp.mm(115)] We need to update - starting the updater. [Error: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.482701: mainOSX.cpp.mm(135)] Updater failed for some reason... exiting with error. [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.486004: NetQueue.cpp(212)] NetQueue: Initiating shutdown. [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.486051: NetQueue.cpp(226)] NetQueue: Waiting for worker thread to finish... [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.486175: NetQueue.cpp(632)] NetQueue: Starting net action https://sentry.io/api/2703928/store/ [Info: 2022-04-27 13:03:45.486246: NetQueue.cpp(742)] NetQueue: Worker thread shutting down.
Workaround : Hi I've been struggling with getting the launcher to run again after the bootstrap updated on osx 10.11. Make a copy of the Minecraft package in the applications folder for your own peace of mind. Drill down to the Resources folder of the Minecraft Updater package (you will need to right click the Minecraft application and select show package contents) . The NativeUpdater.nib file that doesn't appear to work is 11KB in size, the original is 12KB. If you have a backup of the last working version of this file, rename the 11KB file, paste in the old file. Go back a level to the MacOS folder and double click the nativeUpdater terminal program. I found that this time it updated the launcher again. I went back to the Resources folder and re-instated the 11KB nib file. Double clicked the Minecraft application from the applications folder and it launched without a problem this time round. I hope this helps.