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  1. Minecraft Launcher
  2. MCL-23853

Older versions of Minecraft (pre-1.6-ish) cannot be launched on M1 Mac

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    • 2.12.2 (Mac), 3.7.2 (Win 10/11)
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    • M1 Mac, Pre-1.6 Minecraft
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      Workaround

      Deleting the options.txt file from the minecraft directory before relaunching the game should allow older versions to start.

      I suspect that the versions of Java that the launcher uses to run the older versions are the culprit.

      The issues in the official launcher range from opening a completely black window, opening with the wrong window size (which crashes on attempt to resize), opening but with partially inverted colors, or just not opening at all.

      With such a huge community that continues to play on older versions of the game, this is a problematic issue to come across in the official launcher.

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            danegraphics danegraphics
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