Hello! I am asking for help because my Anki app is not opening on my MacBook. I just received a new Macbook before starting school, and I downloaded Anki on it and it was working great. I then transferred my information from my old MacBook (which had Anki on it at the time) to my new Macbook. After …

None of the above works to solve this issue. Any other suggestions? Sad Anki support staff won’t directly comment on this issue.

After being prompted by Anki app for MacOS to update to the latest version, 25.07.5, the app no longer works. Previously I never had any issues with it. Cannot even open the app. Safe mode also fails to launch app. Have trialed every single remedy listed in the user guide and on this forum without s…

Hello! So sorry for just now responding. For Anki to get working on my Mac, I opened my applications folder in Finder, and then right clicked on Anki. From there, I selected “Get Info” and then checked off “Open using Rosetta”. After Rosetta was installed, it worked for me!

Hello! Thank you for responding. I did attempt opening the app using Rosetta and re-downloaded anki again after installing Rosetta, and even restarted my mac to see if it would help, but the app just bounces once when I attempt to open it and nothing else happens. Any suggestions as to what may help…

Perhaps try running Anki from the command line in a Terminal window, to see if there are any error messages printed? For standard installations, the command would be: /Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher. This is what I see when I run Anki from the command line, and it starts and runs nor…

Thank you for your suggestion. I tried running it from the Terminal window and got an error message. This is what I got: Error: Failed to execute: /Users/Library/Application Support/AnkiProgramFiles/.venv/bin/python -c import aqt, sys; sys.argv[0] = ‘Anki’; aqt.run(): No such file or directory (os …

[image] ME6: Error: Failed to execute: /Users/Library/Application Support/AnkiProgramFiles/.venv/bin/python The error message contained the exact string “/Users/Library/…”, and not “/Users/<your_username>/Library/…”? If so, that would explain the problem because the path should be “/Users/<yo…

I had deleted my directory that contained the python3 that helped run Anki and transferred to a new directory. A “pseudo-link” was created but the actual python located on the old directory had been deleted so the application was unable to run. Thank you for your time and help I was able to rebuild …

Anki has a fully native version for Apple Silicon Macs. Having to use Rosetta to run it indicates there is another underlying issue that hasn’t been fully resolved in your setup. (Of course, as long as it works fine for you and you don’t mind the small performance hit you get by using Rosetta then y…

I had previously downloaded Anki and I was able to use it before. A few days ago I tried to open it and it prompted me to get the updated version so I did. I was able to download it but when I try and click on it to open it bounces on the dock but does not open. I have tried restarting my computer, …

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Danika_Dakika August 15, 2025, 5:08am 17

I merged your post here because it seems similar. Check the suggestions in this thread.

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