IDEA CE started to crash on startup
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Idea
Version: 2024.3.5 (IC-243.26053.27)
Code Type: ARM-64 (Native)
Environment
System Version: macOS 15.4 (24E248)
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: Mac16,1
Chip: Apple M4
What happened
Just started to crash everytime I launch the app. There were no preceding updates to neither Idea nor macOS. Liteally, I was able to launch it in the morning, and it stopped working afternoon. It crashes with the macOS' “IntelliJ IDEA quit unexpectedly” message. In attempt to resolve it by myself, I tried to rename “~/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/IdeaIC2024.3” into something else, but no luck there too – IDEA manages to create a new directory “IdeaIC2024.3” which only contains “.lock” file and nothing else and then crashes.
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~/Library/Caches/JetBrains/IdeaIC2024.3
~/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/IdeaIC2024.3/plugins
If there was no error shown by starting the IDE from UI, please try starting it from the command line and share the output.
https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011901879-How-to-start-IDE-from-the-command-line
Bond Han , thank you for your response!
Yes, I tried to remove all three dirs that Idea deals with:
~/Library/Caches/JetBrains/IdeaIC2024.3
~/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/IdeaIC2024.3 (which includes “plugins”)
~/Library/Logs/JetBrains/IdeaIC2024.3
But no luck so far.
Sure, will do a bit later. Thanks!
Bond Han , here is the crash output that you requested:
Please try the solution mentioned in https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-8422/IntelliJ-based-apps-and-Fleet-crashes-on-macOS-15.4-Beta-3-developer-beta