Hi, I’m running Monterey 12.7.6 (can’t run newer OS on my computer) I try to open Anki (version 25.09) from the applications folder, it opens terminal instead, Terminal displays the following: Anki Launcher Latest Anki (press Enter) Choose a version Allow betas: on Cache downloads: on …

After you press “Enter”, the installation process can take up to 10-20 minutes for the many individual Anki components to be downloaded and installed. You will see messages in the Terminal as each component is downloaded. Please be patient and wait for the process to fully complete.

[image] Tobe: Latest Anki (press Enter) Press Enter.

Terminal says: Checking for updates… But nothing else happens. Thanks for the reply.

Newb can't get Anki to launch on Mac Monterey. Terminal launches instead

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Tobe January 9, 2026, 10:33am 5

Hi,

Thanks, got it working. Slow computer was being slow. And slow human was being impatient.

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