macOS 10.14 - The Application IntelliJ Idea cannot be opened.
My entire issue is in the title. I've found similar issues to this, but can't seem to find one for my specific case. I've tried running:
/Applications/IntelliJ\ IDEA.app/Contents/MacOS/idea
which gives:
2018-09-26 22:40:09.333 idea[9812:99204] allVms required 1.8*,1.8+
2018-09-26 22:40:09.339 idea[9812:99213] Value of IDEA_VM_OPTIONS is (null)
2018-09-26 22:40:09.339 idea[9812:99213] Processing VMOptions file at /Users/kennanlejeune/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea2018.2/idea.vmoptions
2018-09-26 22:40:09.339 idea[9812:99213] Done
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Initial heap size set to a larger value than the maximum heap size
I also have a zip file and error file, both extension .hprof in my home directory, which seem like they may be related to this issue.
I've attempted to reinstall, both via homebrew and with the JetBrains website. I'm stuck. I need this for school. What do I do?
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>Initial heap size set to a larger value than the maximum heap size
Looks like you have set memory (-Xmx) to a large value which can not be allocated by OS (there is no free memory available on the system), see https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/207241105.
Try to delete created custom .vmoptions file (/Users/kennanlejeune/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea2018.2/idea.vmoptions). Also you can try starting with default settings (rename/remove settings folders).