Studio 3T Freezing on Startup – Unable to Use Application on Mac (Intell)

Hi, I am facing an issue where Studio 3T 2025.3.0 (17 February 2025) is freezing on startup on my Mac. The application launches but remains unresponsive, and I am unable to interact with it.

Issue Details

Studio 3T Edition: Studio 3T 2025.3.0 (17 February 2025)
Studio 3T Version: (Unable to check, as the app does not open properly)
MongoDB Version:7.0.2
Operating System: macOS

  1. I launch Studio 3T from the Applications folder or Terminal.
  2. The application opens but remains frozen.
  3. Clicking anywhere does not respond, and I cannot access any menus or settings.
  4. Running Studio 3T via Terminal (/Applications/Studio\ 3T.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub) provides no meaningful error messages.

Could you please advise on how to resolve this issue? Let me know if you need any additional information.

Best regards

Hi there

Try checking your activity monitor and see if you already have a Studio 3T process running, and if so please end it first before launching.

If that doesn’t solve it, try taking a look at the log.txt and see if the latest entries have any particular error messages?

The log file is located in ~/.3T

Is this the first time you are trying Studio 3T or is this something that started happening on an update of the application?

Hope this helps!

Hi, Thanks for your response!

  • This is my first time using Studio 3T, so this could be a configuration issue.
  • I tried reinstalling Studio 3T and even restarted my Mac, but the issue persists.
  • I also downloaded NoSQLBooster for MongoDB, but it’s showing the same behavior.
    • When I click on the app, it appears in the dock but does not open.
    • Activity Monitor shows it as a running process.
    • Running Studio 3T via Terminal shows:
/Applications/Studio 3T.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub  
/usr/lib/dyld  
/dev/null  
/dev/null  
/dev/null

Could this be permissions issue? Any suggestions on what else I can try?

Thanks for your help!