I'm not sure if anyone else has experienced this issue, but for the last several days I have notice that apps will randomly close when I am not using them. There is no error, alert, warning, etc; the app simply closes silently. I have had to re-open Microsoft Excel 6 times today and I am afraid that if this keeps happening I may eventually lose some unsaved work. I have over 10gb of free memory and low resource usage. Has anyone else experienced this issue or have any ideas on what could be causing this?
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Apps randomly close without warning or error
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I don’t know if it still works in Ventura
"How to Disable App Nap Completely in Mac OS X" https://osxdaily.com/2014/05/13/disable-app-nap-mac-os-x/
Only for an app
https://gist.github.com/ActionScripted/7787397
Similar thread "How to turn off App Nap?" https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-to-turn-off-app-nap.2342386/
"How to Disable App Nap Completely in Mac OS X" https://osxdaily.com/2014/05/13/disable-app-nap-mac-os-x/
Code:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAppSleepDisabled -bool YES
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defaults write com.apple.AppName NSAppSleepDisabled -bool YESSimilar thread "How to turn off App Nap?" https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-to-turn-off-app-nap.2342386/
I'd be interested to hear if disabling App Nap has any effect. My limited reading about App Nap is that it suspends background activity of application that are deemed not in use. I don't see any mention of application exiting or even their windows closing due to App Nap.
On the other hand, @bogdanw's posts often teach me new things.
On the other hand, @bogdanw's posts often teach me new things.
When Excel crashes when you start it up it often asks you if you want to use the unsaved version. Are you getting this message? In other words are the apps crashing or closing normally?
If the crash log includes CacheDeleteAppContainerCaches, low disk space can be the cause of the crashes.
https://bitsplitting.org/2022/06/18/purgeable-mac-apps/
"...I guess it was just the system trying its best to free up space that caused the issue..."
https://bitsplitting.org/2022/06/18/purgeable-mac-apps/
"...I guess it was just the system trying its best to free up space that caused the issue..."
