Opening the Installer on Mac - ImpactDevelopment/ImpactIssues GitHub Wiki
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If you run into this issue, there are three possible ways to get around it.
- This first method only works on pre-Catalina macOS. If you're on Catalina, skip to the second method.
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Instead of opening the .jar by double clicking, right click the file (ctrl+click) and select Open, like this
The same window will come up, but now there is an Open option next to Cancel, like this:
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If that doesn't work, open Terminal.app and paste in
java -jar ~/Downloads/ImpactInstaller-0.9.5.jar
then hit enter. -
If that doesn't work, open Terminal.app and paste in
~/Library/Application\ Support/minecraft/runtime/jre-x64/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/bin/java -jar ~/Downloads/ImpactInstaller-0.9.5.jar
then hit enter. This only works if you already have Minecraft installed and have run it at least once. -
If that doesn't work, open Terminal.app and paste in
JAVA_HOME=~/Library/Application\ Support/minecraft/runtime/jre-x64/jre.bundle/Contents/Home java -jar ~/Downloads/ImpactInstaller-0.9.5.jar
then hit enter. This only works if you already have Minecraft installed and have run it at least once. -
If that doesn't work, open Terminal.app and paste in
JAVA_HOME=~/Library/Application\ Support/minecraft/runtime/jre-x64/jre.bundle/Contents/Home ~/Library/Application\ Support/minecraft/runtime/jre-x64/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/bin/java -jar ~/Downloads/ImpactInstaller-0.9.5.jar
then hit enter. This only works if you already have Minecraft installed and have run it at least once.
Install a JDK
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If you run into this issue, click on More Info...
and follow the instructions on the Java website.