GNU bug report logs - #38031
26.3; Trying to invoke the macOS File Open window causes Emacs to crash on macOS Catalina

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Dixon <dixius99 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 16:11:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.3

Done: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Dixon <dixius99 <at> gmail.com>
To: 38031 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38031: 26.3; Trying to invoke the macOS File Open window
 causes Emacs to crash on macOS Catalina
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 20:57:49 -0500
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> On Dec 5, 2019, at 6:20 AM, Michael Dixon <dixius99 <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Some more info on this one.
> 
> I’m built my own Emacs from the latest source, and get the same issue.
> 
> One potential problem I’ve read is that having my Documents folder on iCloud could cause a problem, but I don’t do that either.
> 
> I also tried Emacs Mac Port ( https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2019-12/msg00104.html <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2019-12/msg00104.html>) and got an interesting result:
> 
> File > Open and the toolbar do not cause a crash, however, clicking on the “open a file” link in the splash screen causes a Mac beach ball that I can only solve by forcing a quit.

And adding even more context: I trie downgrading to Mojave, and had no issues with it at all, related to clicking on the Toolbar, File > Open, or the Open a File link on the splash page.
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