Error launching Minecraft Education 1.21.06 on MacOS Big Sur

I downloaded and installed Minecraft Education v1.21.06 on my MacBook Pro running MacOS Big Sur 11.1. But when I try to run it. I get a finder error saying "You do not have permission to open the application 'Minecraft Education'. Contact your computer or network administrator for assistance." Even though I am the admin and am logged onto the admin account. And a couple seconds later, a crash window opens. Here is the crash report:

Process: minecraft-edu [1149]
Path: /Applications/minecraft-edu.app/Contents/MacOS/minecraft-edu
Identifier: minecraft-edu
Version: ???
Code Type: X86-64 (Translated)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: minecraft-edu [1149]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2024-10-29 13:31:32.343 -0800
OS Version: macOS 11.1 (20C69)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 66CA3B94-5CBA-5F15-AB31-829321DD4490

Time Awake Since Boot: 2200 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 0

Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (Code Signature Invalid)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Reason: Namespace CODESIGNING, Code 0x1

kernel messages:

VM Regions Near 0 (cr2):
-->
mapped file 104409000-10e5bd000 [161.7M] r-x/r-x SM=COW Object_id=84faf203

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 0x00007ffdffd2b46c 0x7ffdffd29000 + 9324

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000000 rbx: 0x0000000000000000 rcx: 0x0000000000000000 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x0000000000000000 rsi: 0x0000000000000000 rbp: 0x0000000000000000 rsp: 0x0000000000000000
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000000000000
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
rip: <unavailable> rfl: 0x0000000000000203

Binary Images:
0x225beb000 - 0x225c86fff + (832.7.1) <DEA51514-B4E8-3368-979B-89D0F8397ABC>
0x7ffdffd29000 - 0x7ffdffd9cfff + (203.13.2) <3B9E4ADB-AB4E-30AD-A642-B74313FB48A8>

Translated Code Information:
tmp0: 0x0000000000000000 tmp1: 0x0000000000000000 tmp2: 0x0000000000000000

External Modification Summary:
Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by all processes on this machine:
task_for_pid: 1769
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0

VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=1324K resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=1324K(100%)
Writable regions: Total=19.9M written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=19.9M(100%)

VIRTUAL REGION
REGION TYPE SIZE COUNT (non-coalesced)
=========== ======= =======
STACK GUARD 56.0M 1
Stack 8176K 1
VM_ALLOCATE 10.3M 1
VM_ALLOCATE (reserved) 1360K 1 reserved VM address space (unallocated)
__DATA 272K 4
__DATA_CONST 32K 1
__LINKEDIT 272K 4
__TEXT 1088K 2
mapped file 5.2G 8
=========== ======= =======
TOTAL 5.3G 23
TOTAL, minus reserved VM space 5.3G 23

Model: MacBookPro17,1, BootROM 6723.61.3, proc 8:4:4 processors, 8 GB, SMC
Graphics: kHW_AppleM1Item, Apple M1, spdisplays_builtin
Memory Module: lp_ddr4
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme, wl0: Oct 20 2020 12:49:54 version 18.20.222.14.7.8.100 FWID 01-ba327c2d
Bluetooth: Version 8.0.2f9, 3 services, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
USB Device: USB 3.1 Bus
USB Device: USB 3.1 Bus
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 0.0
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 0.0

Danny Support Agent

October 30, 2024 16:06

Hey there,

Thanks for sharing your info, Sorry to hear you are running into some issues with Minecraft Education.

Looks like your OS version, macOS 11.1 (20C69), does not quite meet the minimum requirement of, macOS 12 (Monterey), as per - https://edusupport.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/360047556591-System-Requirements

I recommend upgrading your Mac OS.

54STREET 554ST

November 18, 2024 07:12
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Hi there I can't upgrade but I have the same problem

Any work around with any older MC versions?

November 18, 2024 17:37

Unfortunately I do not believe so. We recommend upgrading OS version when you are able.

Tom VC

June 14, 2025 10:22
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I ran into the exact same problem but was able to fix it without upgrading the OS (my Macbook is too old to upgrade beyond MacOS Big Sur):

The app crashes due to some error verifying the code signature. You can fix it by opening a Terminal window and executing the 3 commands outlined in this answer to a stackoverflow post: https://stackoverflow.com/a/69614400

For me this fixed the issue and I'm able to run Minecraft for Education 1.21.06 on macos Big Sur 11.7.10.

Sachin Shah

August 14, 2025 05:53
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Thanks Tom VC ! I had the same issue with my 2015 Macbook which can be max upgraded to Big Sur (11.7.10 as of now). I followed you link and then just had to run the following commands:

xcode-select --install
sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Applications/minecraft-edu.app

And that worked even for Minecraft Edu version 1.21.91. Thanks!

August 14, 2025 16:02

Great to hear! Thanks for sharing that it worked for you as well Sachin!

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