MCL-12108My Minecraft Launcher is a Black Screen, MacOS
I was playing Minecraft (1.14.4) as usual on my MacBook Air. I had the launcher set to "Keep Open While Playing" so that I could relaunch it if it ever crashes. The launcher had said that it would update next time I opened it.
The game and the launcher both suddenly crashed. I clicked it to reopen it. A window popped up saying it was updating. I waited. The progress bar didn't fully fill, but the launcher opened up and it was just a black screen.
I restarted my computer. Open Minecraft Launcher, black screen again. I restarted several more times, same problem.
I emptied the contents of my Minecraft game, deleted Minecraft, and downloaded it again from Minecraft.net.
I opened the file. Same window saying it was updating. Progress bar doesn't fully fill again, launcher opens again, black screen again.
I tried that a few more times, same problem.
Please help.
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My Minecraft Launcher is a Black Screen, MacOS
I was playing Minecraft as usual on my MacBook Air. I had the launcher set to "Keep Open While Playing" so that I could relaunch it if it ever crashes. The launcher had said that it would update next time I opened it.
The game and the launcher both suddenly crashed. I clicked it to reopen it. A window popped up saying it was updating. I waited. The progress bar didn't fully fill, but the launcher opened up and it was just a black screen.
I restarted my computer. Open Minecraft Launcher, black screen again. I restarted several more times, same problem.
I emptied the contents of my Minecraft game, deleted Minecraft, and downloaded it again from Minecraft.net.
I opened the file. Same window saying it was updating. Progress bar doesn't fully fill again, launcher opens again, black screen again.
I tried that a few more times, same problem.
Please help.
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I was playing Minecraft (1.14.4) as usual on my MacBook Air. I had the launcher set to "Keep Open While Playing" so that I could relaunch it if it ever crashes. The launcher had said that it would update next time I opened it.
The game and the launcher both suddenly crashed. I clicked it to reopen it. A window popped up saying it was updating. I waited. The progress bar didn't fully fill, but the launcher opened up and it was just a black screen.
I restarted my computer. Open Minecraft Launcher, black screen again. I restarted several more times, same problem.
I emptied the contents of my Minecraft game, deleted Minecraft, and downloaded it again from Minecraft.net.
I opened the file. Same window saying it was updating. Progress bar doesn't fully fill again, launcher opens again, black screen again.
I tried that a few more times, same problem.
Please help.
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If you rename or move ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/launcher, does it help?
Rename it or move it? Could you please explain further?
Yes, rename or move that folder. Or delete.
You can get to it by following https://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/1480874-where-are-minecraft-files-stored-
T.T It worked!!! Petr you're an angel, thank you so much. You are my hero!
Might this be related to
MCL-12084? Different operating systems and launcher versions, but those screen shots look the same.I don't think it is. This was caused by corrupted launcher files on macOS. That one was caused by a broken display drivers on Windows 10.
In any case, we need to harden the launcher against this sort of issue, detect the problem, and force a re-check of the files when the UI does not start properly.
I believe this case has been resolved. We're tracking possible solutions to the underlying problem internally.