Unable to update native launcher

Error: Unable to update native launcher

Issue:

Game had been working the day before, however failed to update launcher 11th October 2019. Attempts to reinstall the game by deleting all minecraft related files and downloading minecraft again from minecraft.net failed. Attempts to use old saves of the game located on seperate hard drives as vectors failed. Issue seemed to line up with the release of OS Catalina.

The below error message:

[Info: 2019-10-12 05:56:23.935423: LauncherConfiguration.cpp(213)] Error opening: /Volumes/Local Data/Users/106260/Library/Application Support/minecraft/launcher/.version, Error message: No such file or directory

Could not find .version file in launcher.bundle -> resources either