# Launching anaconda

**URL:** <https://forum.anaconda.com/t/launching-anaconda/52798>\
**Category:** Getting Started\
**Created:** [March 22, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/launching-anaconda/52798 "2023-03-22T11:27:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![willy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/db6015/32.png) [@willy](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/willy)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/launching-anaconda/52798/1 "2023-03-22T11:27:57Z")

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Hi. For some reason, I cannot launch anaconda after downloading it. I would like to get started with jupyter notebooks on my work computer so that I can work in python. I am on a macbook pro (OS is Monterey). when I click to launch anaconda, I just get a dialogue box telling me that anaconda can’t be launched.

What can I do to resolve this?

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**Author:** ![CrystalS](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/anaconda/user_avatar/forum.anaconda.com/crystals/32/569_2.png) [@CrystalS](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/CrystalS)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/launching-anaconda/52798/2 "2023-03-28T17:11:25Z")

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Can you try launching Anaconda Navigator from the terminal? If you open up a terminal and you see (base) as part of the prompt, you should just be able to enter _anaconda-navigator_ to launch it. This may provide a better error message to help get to the bottom of what is wrong. _anaconda-navigator --debug_ may give even more insight into what is going wrong.

You can also launch JupyterLab directly from the terminal without Navigator by entering _jupyter lab_ - or use Anaconda’s free JupyterLab based notebook service: [Anaconda Nucleus](https://anaconda.cloud/anaconda-tools).