Hello, everyone. I’m having some trouble running the Anki app on macOS Tahoe (version 26.0 running on a M4). I’ve checked for other posts, but although they look similar none covers this specific problem on a macos. I’m downloading the software from the web app, but I’ve also tried downloading it t…

I confirm that Anki 25.09.2 does run fine on macOS 26.0 (Tahoe). But, I had Anki already installed. I haven’t attempted to perform a fresh installation. I note that the error message looks similar to the one in: macOS arm64: Startup fails with SIGKILL due to platform mismatch with Intel Conda · Iss…

Unfortunately I’ve tried applying the fixes that worked for some people on the thread, but I was unable to make the app run. Even uninstalling conda and installing arm64 version didn’t work

Have you tried these threads too? Anki 25.07 fails to launch on macOS Cannot open Anki app after update (SIGKILL)

1st link: Removing the folder didn’t work - specifically, I’ve trying removing the /uv directory - but every time I launch Anki, it gets created again (and the error persists) Python runs fine; ➜ ~ file /Users/username/.local/share/uv/python/cpython-3.13.5-macos-aarch64-none/bin/python3.13 /User…

What output do you get if you run this in Terminal? which install_name_tool According to this comment , you can try deactivating conda then launching Anki: conda deactivate && /Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher The latest launcher is supposed to work around conda interfering with Anki…

A fresh install on Tahoe works fine for me. The error you’re getting is something that I don’t think you’d see if you were using the 25.09 launcher.

Anki isn't running on macOS Tahoe

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Danika_Dakika September 18, 2025, 11:14pm 4

Have you tried these threads too?

Anki 25.07 fails to launch on macOS
Cannot open Anki app after update (SIGKILL)

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