Numbers crashing on startup in specific user account

Question

Level 1

4 points

Numbers crashing on startup in specific user account

Numbers recently began crashing on startup. It barely has time to display the open dialog box, then boom! I've tried: Booting in Safe Mode, Deleting preferences in user library (Container files too), no joy. Is there anything else I can delete? I have confirmed that it works fine in another user account on the same machine. So the problem is somewhere in my account. I'd appreciate any suggestions. I'm running MacOS Version 15.0 but numbers has been fine until literally this weekend. The betaOS was installed a few weeks ago. I've added nothing to the machine since that. I have not tried reinstalling the app because it works fine under another user account.

Posted on Nov 4, 2024 11:54 AM

Reply

Answer 1

SGIII

Level 8

36,134 points

Nov 4, 2024 7:52 PM in response to JimMcKTech

JimMcKTech wrote:

I'm running MacOS Version 15.0 but numbers has been fine until literally this weekend. The betaOS was installed a few weeks ago.

Have you tried updated to macOS 15.1?

(I assume you have done so already, but also tru restarting your Mac.)

SG

Reply

Answer 2

JimMcKTech Author

Level 1

4 points

Nov 5, 2024 5:09 AM in response to SGIII

Thanks for the suggestion. The OS did not alert me that this update was available. Once I checked software update manually, 15.1 showed up. I will update now and report back if this fixed the problem. Fingers crossed that it will...

Reply

Answer 3

JimMcKTech Author

Level 1

4 points

Nov 5, 2024 7:19 AM in response to JimMcKTech

So following up, I did install the 15.1 update and all seems to be working correctly. Thanks for that tip as I guess the alerts for updates are still in need of work :/ This update also fixed calculator, which was crashing regularly after entering some simple operations.

Reply