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How to handle crashes while scanning

GrandPerspective is very stable. Crashes while it is scanning are fortunately very rare, but have been known to happen. If it happens to you, follow these steps:

  1. Enable and view full logs when starting the application.
  2. Try to reproduce the crash. Did you manage?
  3. Try to find the root cause by answering the following questions:
  4. Once you manage to reproduce a repeatable crash, submit a bug report for it. Provide as much details as you can. This should include the steps to reproduce, but also the version of GrandPerspective and your version of macOS.

    Note: You can also submit a report when you did not manage to reproduce a repeatable crash. However, the chance that the problem can then be fixed is much smaller.