I noticed this issue of not being able to access the card browser window in all of the 23.12 betas as well as the public release. I mentioned this issue in the Anki 23.12 Beta thread by @Freezable0596 as well. It seems like this is an issue with the MacOS 14.2 on apple silicon.
I also can not access the preferences pane either with the MacOS menu bar or with the shortcut (cmd + comma).
Mentioned troubleshooting steps I have tried and have not worked:
- all steps in anki troubleshooting manual including
- reset window sizes
- disable addons
- renaming prefs21.db at ~/Library/Application Support/Anki2
It seems like the Qt5 and Qt6 verisons have some variation of the same issue.
Small workaround I found:
- revert to last functional anki version (23.10)
- open preferences panel and change video driver from metal to software
- open anki 23.12 and open browse window
Closing the browse window and trying to open it again afterwards will crash anki in the same manner as before. I still can’t open the preferences pane. Happy Holidays!