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claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [BUG] Claude desktop app hangs on startup on macOS 26.1

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Workaround: none; the web app works fine.

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What's Wrong?

Claude desktop app hangs on startup on macOS 26.1

macOS version: 26.1 (Darwin 25.1.0, Build 25B78) Claude app version: 1.7196.1

On startup the app immediately shows a spinning beachball and never loads. Investigating the process list shows the app is stuck waiting on:

diskutil image create blank --fs none --format ASIF --size 10GiB .../vm_bundles/claudevm.bundle/sessiondata.img

The ASIF disk image format appears to not be supported on macOS 26 — running that command manually produces no output and no file is created. The app hangs indefinitely waiting for the image.

Workaround: none; the web app works fine.

What Should Happen?

Claude should provide a fix

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Steps to Reproduce

When opening the claude app it hands right away

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None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

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Claude Code Version

laude Code CLI: 2.1.143

Platform

Other

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

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