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Status:Resolved
Affects Version/s:1.6.44
Component/s: None
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Environment:
OS X 10.11 Developer Beta 8, MacBook Air 4GB RAM. Java v8_60 build 1.8.0_60-b27 CPU 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 GPU Intel HD Graphics 5000 1536 MB
FIX IN THE COMMENTS
Running OS X native launcher on OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) Developer preview 8, says legacy Java SE 6 is needed and not available for 10.11. With newest JRE and JDK launcher will not run.
the only log changed is from the nativeUpdaterLog.txt. No other logs were made that I can tell.
Can go into package content and run the Minecraft Updater getting the 2nd corresponding screen shot.
Deleting Minecraft Launcher and replacing with clean version doesn't fix the issue. Running /Applications/Minecraft.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher before updating will show it as damaged. After updating and running launcher log is shown here:
Admins-MacBook-Air-2:~ admin$ /Applications/Minecraft.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher ; exit; 2015-09-11 12:52:33.566 launcher[4224:81878] Claimed it found a path: /Applications/Minecraft.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher () 4096 logout Saving session... ...copying shared history... ...saving history...truncating history files... ...completed.
[Process completed]
However it will come back up saying legacy Java SE 6 is needed.
Attachments
nativeUpdaterLog.txt
1 kB
Screen Shot 2015-09-11 at 12.07.20 PM.png
38 kB
Screen Shot 2015-09-11 at 12.47.39 PM.png
35 kB
Screen Shot 2015-09-11 at 12.49.45 PM.png
100 kB
Screen Shot 2015-10-02 at 9.17.31 AM.png
66 kB
is duplicated by
MCL-3956Launcher will not start on OS X 10.11
Resolved
MCL-3963New launcher won't open on El Capitan!
Resolved
MCL-3979minecraft launcher 1.6.44 crash on osx el capitan - fixed