SketchUp won't launch normally but works from Terminal

SketchUp Pro
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Hi all,

Running into a weird one here. SketchUp (2024/2025/2026) hangs when double-clicked, no window appears and I have to force quit. But if I launch it from Terminal it works fine:

/Applications/SketchUp\ 2026/SketchUp.app/Contents/MacOS/SketchUp

Console output shows:

objc[18557]: Class SKTextPath is implemented in both /Applications/SketchUp 2026/SketchUp.app/Contents/Frameworks/SketchUpAPI.framework/Versions/A/SketchUpAPI and /Applications/SketchUp 2026/SketchUp.app/Contents/MacOS/SketchUp. This may cause spurious casting failures and mysterious crashes.

2025-11-10 12:12:40.195 SketchUp[18557:292919] BugSplat start...
[...]
2025-11-10 12:12:42.944 SketchUp[18557:292919] [HockeySDK] WARNING: Another exception handler was added.

Environment:

  • Apple Silicon M1, M2, and M4 Macs

  • macOS Sequoia, Tahoe (latest versions)

  • Managed via MDM, Huntress antivirus, and Level.io RMM

Same setup in a VM works perfectly, same console warnings but app launches normally via double-click.

Anyone seen this before?

Thanks!