I just updated to the latest version of the Mac Desktop client, version 3.4.0 but every time I open it, it just starts and shows the green check indicating it connected to the server. It can stay there but if I click on it to try to open it, it immediately crashes.
I cannot find anywhere on the Nextcloud download page a link to a prior version and I unfortunately did not keep a copy of the previous installer.
I did the update without any hassle (Monterey 12.0.1) but maybe it helps to get rid of all corresponding files and re-install the client again. Try to find these files and delete them for a clean re-start?
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thank you Oliver, I have deleted all related Nextcloud files, uninstalled and started again, but the result is the same: once I launch it and it goes to “green”, if I click on the app to open it, it just vanishes and is not running anymore. I am on Catalina 10.15.7 (older but reliable Mac).
I think you can download older versions from the GitHub page.
Best, Bernd
upon further investigation, I found the crash log file, where it actually indicates the application received an “abort” signal, maybe someone with more knowledge might find some indication of the culprit:
Process: Nextcloud [5633]
Path: /Applications/Nextcloud.app/Contents/MacOS/Nextcloud
Identifier: com.nextcloud.desktopclient
Version: 3.4.0git [build 8401] (3.4.0.8401)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Nextcloud [5633]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2021-12-01 09:01:42.516 -0600
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.15.7 (19H1519)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 5662C07A-8338-94B7-6F0B-A447B6218324
Sleep/Wake UUID: F2CEB1C3-D0A5-4EA9-A96E-315C9FF716E2
Time Awake Since Boot: 7000 seconds
Time Since Wake: 2800 seconds
System Integrity Protection: enabled
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY
Application Specific Information:
abort() called
Application Specific Signatures:
Graphics kernel error: 0xfffffffb
While 3.4.0 is the latest version released yesterday, you may go with the predecessor at https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/releases/download/v3.3.6/Nextcloud-3.3.6.pkg - maybe this helps as a first step?
Thanks a lot Oliver, this actually did the trick. So for now I will remain in this version until another is published. 
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For me, the same crash occurs. Hoping to see it fixed in 3.4.1 
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Information for all others using different setup:
Just did an update on macOS Big Sur v11.6.1 and the client is working pretty well.
Old version v3.3.6, new version 3.4.0
Have a lot of data in my NC (200k files, 700GB in total) and no big resync took place.
I cannot update to BigSur as my Mac model does not support it, I am stuck at MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 but that shouldn’t be a stopper, should it?
No. Catalina is fine.