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MCL-12223

Cannot update on macOS when using symlinks

When attempting to start the launcher, it attempts to update, however the update always appears to fail if the runtime location is not ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/, but is instead formed using a symbolic link to another volume.

It can be manually resolved by moving the required files to the correct location, which I found from this forum post, where they think it is caused by the space in "Application Support".

The nativeUpdaterLog.txt mentioned the error code "Error: Cross-device link" when attempting to move a file from /var/ into the launcher directory. I can't find the full log though, as it was overwritten once I manually moved the required files.

MCL-12204 mentions it fails to run on macOS 10.15, but I'm unsure if this is related, as I had an issue with macOS 10.14. Also MCL-12208 mentions a similar issue. I can't tell if either of them are using symlinks though, if so this may be a duplicate.

Awaiting Response

Luis

2019-10-11, 12:30 AM

2022-02-08, 05:27 PM

2022-02-08, 05:27 PM

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2.1.7659 (macOS Beta)

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