Brave does not load on macos Catalina

[bubba5150]

When I launch Brave, the browser will not load. The Brave icon bounces a couple of times and does nothing.

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[Aa-ron]

Hi @bubba5150, welcome to Community!

Can you try running Brave from Terminal with hardware acceleration disabled? Or you can try reinstalling?

Brave failing for MacOS Mojave Desktop

@joefieldsjohnson, I’m wondering if it’s a Hardware Acceleration issue – although if that was the case, I feel as though it would have presented before now. I think it’s worth trying though, but since you can’t launch the browser normally, we’ll have to do it from the Terminal on your system. Try the following Open Terminal on your system. Type the following command open -a "Brave-browser.app" --args --disable-gpu This will [attempt] to launch the browser, but the flag at the end (--disabl…