Saw a process called 'ReportCrash' in my activity monitor: should I reboot?

[doxavita]

Checking my activity monitor yesterday, I saw a process called 'ReportCrash' for a few seconds and then it dissapeared.
Should I reboot my Mac when I see that?

My Mac is running properly right now, and I have yet to notice any crash, slowdown or glitch in a running app at all.

 

[GGJstudios]

Should I reboot my Mac when I see that?

No. http://developer.apple.com/library/...in/Reference/ManPages/man8/ReportCrash.8.html

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

My advice is if you are not tech savvy enough to understand the activity monitor don't look at it. If you're not tech savvy enough to check your RAM usage, don't check it. If you're not savvy enough to understand x, then don't worry about x.

 

[doxavita]

Hmm, had this issue happen again just now. I'm using Firefox 4.0.1.
I was watching the new OS X Lion video Apple released today. When the video finishes playing, the beach ball icon shows up for a few seconds and then the ReportCrash process loads and goes away after a few seconds. Would this count as a crash?

 

[AFPoster]

My advice is if you are not tech savvy enough to understand the activity monitor don't look at it. If you're not tech savvy enough to check your RAM usage, don't check it. If you're not savvy enough to understand x, then don't worry about x.

What about y?

 

[doxavita]

Saw the exact same video on my other Mac (iMac), and this did not happen at all. What's going on?