Dear all, My mac uses M1 chip and the system version is Sequoia. It’s a new machine and hasn’t installed any version of ANKI before. I downloaded the latest version of anki from official site. After installation, I double clicked the anki icon in Finder. A terminal poped up and i choose ‘1’ to inta…

See: [image] Cannot switch versions Help Please make sure you run that command from inside the untarred folder, or you may be installing for a different Rust version. But before we pursue this, would you please try the latest beta launcher? Please enable beta…

If problems persist after updating to the latest launch, please try manually removing your AnkiProgramFiles folder. Managing Files - Anki Manual Anki's user manual. Anki is a flashcard program that makes learning easier.

Using the latest 25.08b4 version, the same problem still exists. Last login: Mon Aug 4 21:54:37 on console imac@imacdeMacBook-Pro ~ % /Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher ; exit; Anki Launcher Checking for updates… Updating Anki… error: Failed to extract archive: cpython-3.13.5-202…

I can’t even find the "~/Library/Application Support/AnkiProgramFilesd” directory on my mac. imac@imacdeMacBook-Pro /Library % cd ./“Application Support” imac@imacdeMacBook-Pro Application Support % ls App Store com.apple.TVIdleScreen Apple CrashReporter ApplePushService iLifeMediaBrowser BTS…

[image] wgm096350: I can’t even find the "~/Library/Application Support/AnkiProgramFilesd” directory on my mac. imac@imacdeMacBook-Pro /Library % cd ./“Application Support” You were looking in the wrong directory. You needed to be in “~/Library/Application Support”, but you were instead in…

Can't install the latest version of ANKI on MACOS

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Danika_Dakika August 3, 2025, 5:02pm 2

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Can't install the latest version of ANKI on MACOS

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