I downloaded 1.8.9 forge, refreshed and everything, i start up the game and it just crashes while starting. and i downloaded different forges too to check if they work, but no. they all do the same thing. plus the only forges that work is the ones from the past that i downloaded long ago. its been doing this for 2 days, everything works fine expect that! please help. 

 

Could you post the crash log? you can find it on .minecraft/crash-reports

okay ill post it

wait, do you want me to screenshot or copy and paste the crash report's msg? 
ill just send the msg for now.


 

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----

WARNING: coremods are present:
Contact their authors BEFORE contacting forge

// I just don't know what went wrong

Time: 11/27/20 1:59 PM
Description: Initializing game

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: cer
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Class.java:2583)
    at java.lang.Class.getField0(Class.java:2975)
    at java.lang.Class.getField(Class.java:1701)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.client.FMLClientHandler.detectOptifine(FMLClientHandler.java:277)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.client.FMLClientHandler.beginMinecraftLoading(FMLClientHandler.java:191)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_71384_a(Minecraft.java:417)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_99999_d(Minecraft.java:329)
    at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:135)
    at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:28)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: cer
    at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LaunchClassLoader.findClass(LaunchClassLoader.java:191)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
    ... 15 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LaunchClassLoader.findClass(LaunchClassLoader.java:182)
    ... 17 more

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- Head --
Stacktrace:
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Class.java:2583)
    at java.lang.Class.getField0(Class.java:2975)
    at java.lang.Class.getField(Class.java:1701)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.client.FMLClientHandler.detectOptifine(FMLClientHandler.java:277)
    at net.minecraftforge.fml.client.FMLClientHandler.beginMinecraftLoading(FMLClientHandler.java:191)
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_71384_a(Minecraft.java:417)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
    at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_99999_d(Minecraft.java:329)
    at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:135)
    at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:28)

-- System Details --
Details:
    Minecraft Version: 1.8.9
    Operating System: Mac OS X (x86_64) version 10.11.6
    Java Version: 1.8.0_74, Oracle Corporation
    Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
    Memory: 446223264 bytes (425 MB) / 771751936 bytes (736 MB) up to 2147483648 bytes (2048 MB)
    JVM Flags: 7 total; -Xmx2G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:G1NewSizePercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32M
    IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
    FML: 
    Loaded coremods (and transformers): 
    Launched Version: 1.8.9-forge1.8.9-11.15.1.2318-1.8.9
    LWJGL: 2.9.2
    OpenGL: AMD Radeon HD 6750M OpenGL Engine GL version 2.1 ATI-1.42.15, ATI Technologies Inc.
    GL Caps: Using GL 1.3 multitexturing.
Using GL 1.3 texture combiners.
Using framebuffer objects because ARB_framebuffer_object is supported and separate blending is supported.
Shaders are available because OpenGL 2.1 is supported.
VBOs are available because OpenGL 1.5 is supported.

    Using VBOs: Yes
    Is Modded: Definitely; Client brand changed to 'fml,forge'
    Type: Client (map_client.txt)
    Resource Packs: ! §dPastelic §8[§dPink§8].zip
    Current Language: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
    Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
    CPU: 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400S CPU @ 2.50GHz

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