# Unable to launch ComfyUI desktop v0.4.7 Apple M1 Pro macos15.2

**URL:** <https://forum.comfy.org/t/unable-to-launch-comfyui-desktop-v0-4-7-apple-m1-pro-macos15-2/1163>\
**Category:** Mac\
**Tags:** issue, install\
**Created:** [January 18, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/unable-to-launch-comfyui-desktop-v0-4-7-apple-m1-pro-macos15-2/1163 "2025-01-18T17:01:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kuroha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kuroha](https://forum.comfy.org/u/kuroha)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/unable-to-launch-comfyui-desktop-v0-4-7-apple-m1-pro-macos15-2/1163/1 "2025-01-18T17:01:24Z")

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I can’t start it during the installation process.,It looks like I can’t install Python.,But I’m not sure.,Please help me take a look.,Thank you.Since new users can’t upload files, I just pasted the bug report directly.

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**Author:** ![kuroha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kuroha](https://forum.comfy.org/u/kuroha)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/unable-to-launch-comfyui-desktop-v0-4-7-apple-m1-pro-macos15-2/1163/2 "2025-01-18T17:02:00Z")

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v" “–python” “3.12.8”

x Failed to download

| [https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download/20241219/cpython-3.12.8%2B20241219-aarch64-apple-darwin-install\_only\_stripped.tar.gz](https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download/20241219/cpython-3.12.8%2B20241219-aarch64-apple-darwin-install_only_stripped.tar.gz)

|-\> Request failed after 3 retries

|-\> error sending request for url

| ([https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download/20241219/cpython-3.12.8%2B20241219-aarch64-apple-darwin-install\_only\_stripped.tar.gz](https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download/20241219/cpython-3.12.8%2B20241219-aarch64-apple-darwin-install_only_stripped.tar.gz))

`-\> operation timed out

chen@192 ComfyUI % echo “\_-end-1737219101338:$?”

\_-end-1737219101338:1

Error: Failed to create virtual environment: exit code 1

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**Author:** ![filtered](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.comfy.org/filtered/32/149_2.png) [@filtered](https://forum.comfy.org/u/filtered)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/unable-to-launch-comfyui-desktop-v0-4-7-apple-m1-pro-macos15-2/1163/3 "2025-01-19T17:28:43Z")

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Are you able to access the URL the logs mention? It looks like it is unable to download the file it is trying to. Are you behind a firewall of some kind?

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**Author:** ![bayang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.comfy.org/bayang/32/348_2.png) [@bayang](https://forum.comfy.org/u/bayang)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/unable-to-launch-comfyui-desktop-v0-4-7-apple-m1-pro-macos15-2/1163/4 "2025-02-05T16:33:27Z")

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@kuroha try this → [Mac installation issue - #3 by bayang](https://forum.comfy.org/t/mac-installation-issue/881/3)