I recently restarted my mac and it deleted all third party apps. I’ve been able to redownload Anki and put it in my applications folder, but when I try to open it now I get this message in Terminal: [Screenshot 2026-04-22 at 8.38.26 PM] I also get errors when I try to choose a version: [Screens…

Search the forums for similar errors. If nothing works [image] Anki 25.09 not installing on Windows 11/10 – only Launcher appears Help The most recent release prior to switching to the Launcher was 25.02.7 , so that will get you the most updates.

Omg I think I’d downloaded an older version of the app. Thank you so much!

It sounds as if the OP might have decided to use the workaround of installing the older 25.02.7 version of Anki. However, if anyone wants to trouble this issue in the future: I’d investigate whether Conda/Anaconda/Python was ever installed on the computer previously, either manually or perhaps thro…

Mac Reinstall Error Message on Startup

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Mac Reinstall Error Message on Startup

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