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So when I try to play the demo version of mine craft, it crashes with the reason "failed to start". Here's the Error report:

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.4.5
Operating System: Mac OS X (x86_64) version 10.8.2
Java Version: 1.7.0_09, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 782270552 bytes (746 MB) / 1029046272 bytes (981 MB) up to 1029046272 bytes (981 MB)
JVM Flags: 3 total; -Xbootclasspath/a:/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/lib/deploy.jar:/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/lib/javaws.jar:/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/lib/plugin.jar -Xmx1g -Xms1024M
AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
Suspicious classes: No suspicious classes found.
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
LWJGL: 2.4.2
OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Texture Pack: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]


org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Could not get the JAWT interface
at org.lwjgl.opengl.AWTSurfaceLock.lockAndInitHandle(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.AWTSurfaceLock.access$100(AWTSurfaceLock.java:49)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.AWTSurfaceLock$1.run(AWTSurfaceLock.java:89)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.AWTSurfaceLock.privilegedLockAndInitHandle(AWTSurfaceLock.java:86)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.AWTSurfaceLock.lockAndGetHandle(AWTSurfaceLock.java:64)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.MacOSXCanvasPeerInfo.initHandle(MacOSXCanvasPeerInfo.java:53)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.MacOSXDisplayPeerInfo.doLockAndInitHandle(MacOSXDisplayPeerInfo.java:56)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.PeerInfo.lockAndGetHandle(PeerInfo.java:85)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.MacOSXContextImplementation.create(MacOSXContextImplementation.java:47)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Context.<init>(Context.java:120)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:858)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:232)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:515)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
--- END ERROR REPORT 52450d5e ----------

Matt the report indicates an OpenGL problem. As to how to go about resolving this on a Mac I have no idea. Perhaps someone else here can help.

You might look at this thread and see if any of the suggested solutions help:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1424311

One suggestion is to update lwjgl. Here are some helpful instructions on the wiki on how to do that.