Issue opening IntelliJ for Apple M2 Pro
I downloaded the Apple Silicon version of the IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition .dmg (ideaIC-2025.1.2-aarch64.dmg). After copying the application to my Applications folder and launching the app from the the spotlight, the icon jumps for over a minute in the applications bar and the it stays as open, but no windows is over shown.
As described in the title I am running Apple M2 Pro with 32GB and OS 13.7.5.
Also, when you run from the terminal:
export IJ_LAUNCHER_DEBUG=true
export IDEA_LAUNCHER_DEBUG=true
/Applications/IntelliJ\ IDEA\ CE.app/Contents/MacOS/idea
It gets stuck forever without showing any messages in the terminal.
I reinstalled the Java with Homebrew using the cask temurin, but it did not help.
What would you recommend to troubleshoot this? TIA.
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Hi Enrique,
Does it happen if you download and install the previous version 2024.3.5, or the very last one 2025.2 EAP side by side?
See if it helps to try the solutions from this guide: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/articles/SUPPORT-A-58
Another thing to try is installing the IDE via the free Toolbox app.
Hi Arina,
I tried the Toolbox app, but it does not load either. Seems to be an issue then loading Java GUI applications.
Are there any java crash reports in the system? You can look for files like `java_error_in*.log` or `jbr_err*.log` in your user home directory, or macOS system crash dumps.
If you find anything relevant, you can upload the files to our server for analysis: https://uploads.jetbrains.com (make sure to share the id of the upload here so that I can find it)