# Error when trying to launch Anki on Mac

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**Created:** [November 26, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/error-when-trying-to-launch-anki-on-mac/67599 "2025-11-26T17:31:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Samot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Samot](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Samot)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/error-when-trying-to-launch-anki-on-mac/67599/1 "2025-11-26T17:31:19Z")

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I’m a Mac user and have just downloaded the newest version of Anki for Mac. I have been able to open previous versions of Anki without error. But now when I try to run the app, I get a popup message saying ““launcher” can’t be opened because (null) is not allowed to open documents in Terminal.” Any advice on how to fix this issue would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Anon\_0000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Anon\_0000](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Anon_0000)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/error-when-trying-to-launch-anki-on-mac/67599/2 "2025-11-26T17:36:08Z")

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Have you searched and tried the solutions from the other topics, e.g. [Can’t open Anki on macOS Ventura (error: “(null) is not allowed to open documents in Terminal”)](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/can-t-open-anki-on-macos-ventura-error-null-is-not-allowed-to-open-documents-in-terminal/67352)?

If none work, please add a detailed list of things you already tried.

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**Author:** ![Samot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Samot](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Samot)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/error-when-trying-to-launch-anki-on-mac/67599/3 "2025-11-26T17:43:46Z")

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Thanks. After clicking on another link to another post from there, I found one response that said to run “/Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher” in terminal, and this fixed the issue.

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**Author:** ![Anon\_0000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Anon\_0000](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Anon_0000)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/error-when-trying-to-launch-anki-on-mac/67599/4 "2025-11-26T17:54:43Z")

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Glad it’s solved. Please mark your comment as the answer.

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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:** [December 26, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/error-when-trying-to-launch-anki-on-mac/67599/5 "2025-12-26T17:55:23Z")

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