# Anki wont open on Mac

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 29, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-wont-open-on-mac/68539 "2026-01-29T22:54:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@Vik](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Vik)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-wont-open-on-mac/68539/1 "2026-01-29T22:54:35Z")

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Hi, Anki wont open on my Mac Air (MacOS Sequoia 15.7.3) and just jumps up and down once without opening.

I’ve tried to open it via the terminal using /Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher but it doesn’t work, and says Error: Failed to execute: /Users/my name/Library/Application Support/AnkiProgramFiles/.venv/bin/python -c import aqt, sys; sys.argv[0] = ‘Anki’; aqt.run(): Bad CPU type in executable (os error 86)

I got this macbook in november, my former macbook was an Intel based one, but I dont know how to fix this issue. I thought I could use Rosetta, but apparently it’s not an app, and I dont know how to get it.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Vik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@Vik](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Vik)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-wont-open-on-mac/68539/2 "2026-01-29T22:58:00Z")

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I’ve managed to download Rosetta by opening the Zoom app which required it.

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-wont-open-on-mac/68539/3 "2026-01-29T23:51:06Z")

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Now that you’ve got Rosetta, you should search the forum for other similar errors, and try the things suggested there.

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**Author:** ![Vik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@Vik](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Vik)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-wont-open-on-mac/68539/4 "2026-01-30T19:28:32Z")

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I’ve gotten Anki to work with Rosetta, so I dont understand what other errors there are or what else I should try

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-wont-open-on-mac/68539/5 "2026-01-30T20:31:15Z")

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Great. You didn’t mark your thread solved, so it wasn’t clear whether you were still asking for help. I’ve marked it for you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-wont-open-on-mac/68539/6 "2026-03-01T20:31:45Z")

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