Mac Sonoma Anki doesn't launch, opens terminal instead

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iMac running Sonoma (14.1.1). New install of Anki, not used before. Downloaded Anki 25.09, but Anki doesn’t launch, opens terminal instead:

Last login: Thu Feb 5 07:53:14 on ttys000
/Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher ; exit;

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Macintosh:~ woolwell$ /Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/launcher ; exit;

Anki Launcher

  1. Latest Anki (press Enter)

  2. Choose a version

  3. Allow betas: off

  4. Cache downloads: on

  5. Download mirror: off

  6. Uninstall

Any ideas?

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When you made this topic, there were instructions to search for related posts which would’ve answer your question.

You can see them below.

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Okay, I’m totally new here, sorry for the error. Deleting the post, won’t return.

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The terminal tells you to “press Enter” for “Latest Anki”. The first related topic below Newb can't get Anki to launch on Mac Monterey. Terminal launches instead - #5 by Tobe, says the same. There are many more on Reddit too.

I tried some of the suggestions, didn’t understand some of the others.

You should tell us what you tried and what you didn’t understand.

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Okay, I’m an idiot. :wink: I didn’t understand that I really had to press Enter. When I did, some operations took place and now Anki seems to be working. I sincerely apologize for being so clueless. Thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction.

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I’m happy that you returned!

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