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Hey guys, im very new to mac and i hardly know its way of operating. I usally play minecraft on a pc but it broke so im stuck with this mac. Minecraft wont seem to open. And it has like a "no symbol" on the Minecraft icon for some reason.
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When i try to open it, it gives me this message.
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Ive tried going into the terminal and pasting the minecraft application code, but no luck.

Im able to open minecraft in the launcher.jar and it looks like this
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And when i log in and click on my world, it says im out of memory
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My java is up to date. Heres the Minecraft.app info
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I seriously have no idea what to do and im dying to play. If ANYONE can please help me out id really appreciate it.

Heres my system specs-






if you cant read the specs, here it is below.


Hardware Overview:

Machine Name: iMac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac8,1
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.0)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 600 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.2f4
Serial Number: W85023N2PP8

what version of os x do you have? keep in mind that support for 10.5.8 is being dropped all over the world, so if you aren't at least running 10.6.8 then you're asking for trouble.

looks like you need to remove all aspects of minecraft from the library/application support/minecraft folder (back your world up on the desktop). you should also update to java 6, latest release, and then re download minecraft, if it doesn't work look up "allocating more memory to minecraft mac" on google. there is a crap ton of help. but don't forget, what is your os?

Im using Mac OS X 10.4.11
I went to java to download java 6 but they said apple automaticly updates the software and they wouldnt give me a link.

I deleted everything from minecraft off my computer, but when i went to download the linux laucher or the mac launcher it wouldnt even let me download it, it said in the download box "cannot create file".

Well i used a flashdrive to get the linux launcher to my mac, and it opened fine and actually let me play. It only came with a .jar file, so do i need to get the minecraft.app back? or do i already have all the minecraft files because i didnt see any. I want the files so i can put optfine in it because i have a big lag.

Quote from Sko

Apple never released Java 6 for Tiger, but there's an early developer preview in the wild you could try.

The Minecraft.app is actually just a wrapper that sets some Java preferences for the Linux launcher minecraft.jar. The game's binaries live in ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft.

to be honest im kinda of lost, im new all of this..
so would i need minecraft.app so i can i add mods and optifine in it or am i all set with just the linux.jar launcher?

Quote from TTSTragedy

to be honest im kinda of lost, im new all of this..
so would i need minecraft.app so i can i add mods and optifine in it or am i all set with just the linux.jar launcher?

You are all set with the jarfile

Quote from Monstertrucker12

You are all set with the jarfile

cool thanks, one last thing, wheres the minecraft folder? i didnt see it in the application support file...

Quote from Sko

The second link in my post tells you just that. There's even a little script you can download, it will open the folder for you Screw that, script is Intel only.

so what does that mean? will it not work since its intel?

update to lion. redownload minecraft. and if u get out of memory reset your bin or whole mc file. Make sure to back up your saves though!

lol so is minecraft just gonna unplayable for me then?