WoW launches but only hear sound, nothing on the screen

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After the latest update, WoW Retail doesn’t launch correctly.

After pressing “Play” on the launcher, I can hear the sound, but I do not see anything on the screen. I can even log onto a character by pressing return a few times, but I can only hear it, not see it.

I tried repairing the app, but it doesn’t scan and repair. I would sometimes get an error.

I tried reinstalling the app in the original WoW folder in Applications, but the “Scanning Game Files” just keeps cycling up to 90ish% and starts over again.

I tried redownloading the app in a different folder, which I was able to install it, but I had the same problem with sound only, nothing on the screen.

WoW Classic still works fine.

Not really sure what to do at this point.

Machine:
Late 2012 27" iMac, i7, GeForce GTX 680MX, 24GB RAM
MacOS 10.13.6

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This issues was fixed sometime in the past week. Everything working as it should.

If anyone experiencing this issue in the future, I found a work around. Clicking on the WoW icon in the dock after launching WoW made the video return. I usually use command+tab to cycle to different apps, and that didn’t work, but clicking the icon directly on the app did.

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