Mac Minecraft java app not launching, it freezes

haven't played for a couple of days, but today I wanted to launch the game and it just did not happen.

At first I saw something about some microsoft updates and I entered and changed my password, everything seems to be fine there. I can now enter into my Minecraft user area with no problem, but still, the game launcher keeps bouncing (Mac) and after some time, it just freezes, making me force quit the app.

hope you can help me. thanks!