#670 Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine on MacOS Big Sur

[David Kane]

Just an FYI in case anyone else runs into this problem. I found Magic Assistant didn't run on my Mac after I updated to Big Sur. I received the error "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine."

There may be better ways to address this, but I ended up adding the VM explicitly at:

/Applications/MagicAssistant.app/Contents/Info.plist

Which is a variant of the guidance here, https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/667957.