sono

For some long term project I am still running Max6.1, but now suddenly it crashes while booting (also when I just start the app with no particular patch).

0 com.cycling74.Max     0x0029ad24 pathcache_harvest_xml + 1348

1 com.cycling74.Max     0x0029e910 pathcache_addfile + 1969

2 com.cycling74.Max     0x0029ee5c pathcache_addfolder_do + 1256

3 com.cycling74.Max     0x0029f740 pathcache_update_do + 762

4 com.cycling74.Max     0x0006f388 systhread_threadproc + 78

5 libsystem_pthread.dylib     0x931d6780 _pthread_body + 138

6 libsystem_pthread.dylib     0x931d66f6 _pthread_start + 155

7 libsystem_pthread.dylib     0x931d3f7a thread_start + 34

Hopefully someone can help quick because this is pretty much disastrous...

Thread 10 Crashed:
0   com.cycling74.Max             	0x0029ad24 pathcache_harvest_xml + 1348
1   com.cycling74.Max             	0x0029e910 pathcache_addfile + 1969
2   com.cycling74.Max             	0x0029ee5c pathcache_addfolder_do + 1256
3   com.cycling74.Max             	0x0029f740 pathcache_update_do + 762
4   com.cycling74.Max             	0x0006f388 systhread_threadproc + 78
5   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	0x931d6780 _pthread_body + 138
6   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	0x931d66f6 _pthread_start + 155
7   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	0x931d3f7a thread_start + 34

Max6.1.10
OSX 10.11.6
MacBook Pro 15" (mid 2010)

max6-crashes-on-boot

you should probably try reinstalling max if you haven't already done so (looks like maybe a corrupted database)

After reinstalling it works... for about 10 seconds and then anyway crashes.

I am not able to interpret this at all. Is there anything specific I can look into?

Thread 7 Crashed:
0   com.cycling74.Max             	0x0029ad24 pathcache_harvest_xml + 1348
1   com.cycling74.Max             	0x0029e910 pathcache_addfile + 1969
2   com.cycling74.Max             	0x0029ee5c pathcache_addfolder_do + 1256
3   com.cycling74.Max             	0x0029f740 pathcache_update_do + 762
4   com.cycling74.Max             	0x0006f388 systhread_threadproc + 78
5   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	0x931d6780 _pthread_body + 138
6   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	0x931d66f6 _pthread_start + 155
7   libsystem_pthread.dylib       	0x931d3f7a thread_start + 34

in 17 years I have never met anybody able to do something legal with a crash report ...

copy them elsewhere before flushing, maybe, to recover certain things if needed ...

to be found in your user folder ('tilde' being your name) :

~/Library/Application Support/Cycling ’74

trash preferences?
copy them elsewhere before flushing, maybe, to recover certain things if needed ...

to be found in your user folder ('tilde' being your name) :
~/Library/Application Support/Cycling ’74


I haven't been working with Max6 in a while, only 7, I am curious what went wrong here.

maxpreferences.maxpref
maxsearchpaths.txt
maxsimplepreferences.json
maxwindow.maxpref

the culprit might have been the maxsearchpaths.txt file, good to know it's fixed

Max6 crashes on boot