I updated my Macbook and now when I try to download and open anki, the app will not open. I’m able to download the package, then when I try to open the actual app it tries for a few minutes then says “application not responding.” I have tried downloading older versions of anki, ensuring that I delet…

Does the problem persist with the latest beta version? If so, does renaming your prefs21.db file to something else allow it to start? https://betas.ankiweb.net/ https://docs.ankiweb.net/files.html#file-locations

Problem persists with the latest Beta version. I just tried changing the file name which did not work unfortunately.

Anki not working on Mac Monterrey 12.2

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dae February 5, 2022, 3:09am 5

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Anki not working on Mac Monterrey 12.2

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