PyCharm crashes when opening

Hello!

I have just installed pycharm for the first time and I am not able to use it because i soon as i launch it it crashes.

I've had a look and it seems like it's a common issue related to java, so I tried launching it by using the command "/Applications/PyCharm.app/Contents/MacOS/pycharm \
 --jdk /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-21.jdk/Contents/Home", but it still crashes.

Any idea on how to solve this?

Thank you!

Here are the problem details (from the first try - normal launch - and the second - choosing jdk temurin21):

………. Details 1 …………………………………..

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Translated Report (Full Report Below)

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Process: pycharm [5233]

Path: /Applications/PyCharm.app/Contents/MacOS/pycharm

Identifier: com.jetbrains.pycharm

Version: 2025.2.3 (PY-252.26830.99)

Code Type: X86-64 (Native)

Parent Process: launchd [1]

User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2025-10-09 16:25:21.7386 +0200

OS Version: macOS 14.1 (23B74)

Report Version: 12

Bridge OS Version: 8.1 (21P1069)

Anonymous UUID: 8CCD520C-60F5-34E4-1069-2F52630562CA

Sleep/Wake UUID: 565B15BF-3A70-4DF4-B786-32403A044AA4

Time Awake Since Boot: 290000 seconds

Time Since Wake: 4888 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 0 main Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGABRT)

Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000020

Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000020

Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 6 Abort trap: 6

Terminating Process: pycharm [5233]

VM Region Info: 0x20 is not in any region. Bytes before following region: 140737487609824

REGION TYPE START - END [ VSIZE] PRT/MAX SHRMOD REGION DETAIL

UNUSED SPACE AT START

--->

shared memory 7ffffff4a000-7ffffff4b000 [ 4K] r-x/r-x SM=SHM

Application Specific Information:

References to Carbon menus are disallowed with AppKit menu system (see rdar://101002625). Use instances of NSMenu and NSMenuItem directly instead.

Thread 0 Crashed:: main Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7ff80f13f7ce __pthread_kill + 10

1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x7ff80f177f30 pthread_kill + 262

2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x7ff80f096a49 abort + 126

3 libjvm.dylib 0x108fae809 os::die() + 9

4 libjvm.dylib 0x10923a799 VMError::report_and_die(int, char const*, char const*, __va_list_tag*, Thread*, unsigned char*, void*, void*, char const*, int, unsigned long) + 2521

5 libjvm.dylib 0x109239db4 VMError::report_and_die(Thread*, unsigned int, unsigned char*, void*, void*, char const*, ...) + 132

6 libjvm.dylib 0x10923ab01 VMError::report_and_die(Thread*, unsigned int, unsigned char*, void*, void*) + 33

7 libjvm.dylib 0x1090c8a21 JVM_handle_bsd_signal + 369

8 libsystem_platform.dylib 0x7ff80f1a537d _sigtramp + 29

9 ??? 0x106ce0588 std::io::stdio::OUTPUT_CAPTURE_USED::h90e2b3725d227e69 (.0) + 7

10 libsystem_c.dylib 0x7ff80f096a49 abort + 126

11 libjvm.dylib 0x108fae7f1 os::abort(bool, void*, void const*) + 49

12 libjvm.dylib 0x10923a7d0 VMError::report_and_die(int, char const*, char const*, __va_list_tag*, Thread*, unsigned char*, void*, void*, char const*, int, unsigned long) + 2576

13 libjvm.dylib 0x109239db4 VMError::report_and_die(Thread*, unsigned int, unsigned char*, void*, void*, char const*, ...) + 132

14 libjvm.dylib 0x10923ab01 VMError::report_and_die(Thread*, unsigned int, unsigned char*, void*, void*) + 33

15 libjvm.dylib 0x1090c8a21 JVM_handle_bsd_signal + 369

16 libsystem_platform.dylib 0x7ff80f1a537d _sigtramp + 29

17 ??? 0x54 ???

18 AppKit 0x7ff8134b58ea _NSGetCarbonMenu + 15

19 JavaRuntimeSupport 0x7ffb1157207b -[JRSMenu installCarbonEventHandlers:] + 204

20 CoreFoundation 0x7ff80f248800 __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 137

21 CoreFoundation 0x7ff80f2d9336 ___CFXRegistrationPost_block_invoke + 88

………. Details 2 ……………………………

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Translated Report (Full Report Below)

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Process:               pycharm [8594]

Path:                  /Applications/PyCharm.app/Contents/MacOS/pycharm

Identifier:            com.jetbrains.pycharm

Version:               2025.2.3 (PY-252.26830.99)

Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)

Parent Process:        zsh [1101]

Responsible:           Terminal [1099]

User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2025-10-10 10:02:15.1274 +0200

OS Version:            macOS 14.1 (23B74)

Report Version:        12

Bridge OS Version:     8.1 (21P1069)

Anonymous UUID:        8CCD520C-60F5-34E4-1069-2F52630562CA

Sleep/Wake UUID:       3A02EC84-C5CD-44EE-8067-CD2429DFF70D

Time Awake Since Boot: 300000 seconds

Time Since Wake:       1196 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        0  main  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGABRT)

Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000020

Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000020

Termination Reason:    Namespace SIGNAL, Code 6 Abort trap: 6

Terminating Process:   pycharm [8594]

VM Region Info: 0x20 is not in any region.  Bytes before following region: 140737487609824

      REGION TYPE                    START - END         [ VSIZE] PRT/MAX SHRMOD  REGION DETAIL

      UNUSED SPACE AT START

---> 

      shared memory            7ffffff4a000-7ffffff4b000 [    4K] r-x/r-x SM=SHM 

Application Specific Information:

References to Carbon menus are disallowed with AppKit menu system (see rdar://101002625). Use instances of NSMenu and NSMenuItem directly instead.

Thread 0 Crashed:: main Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

0   libsystem_kernel.dylib               0x7ff80f13f7ce __pthread_kill + 10

1   libsystem_pthread.dylib           0x7ff80f177f30 pthread_kill + 262

2   libsystem_c.dylib                          0x7ff80f096a49 abort + 126

3   libjvm.dylib                         0x10b6ae809 os::die() + 9

4   libjvm.dylib                         0x10b93a799 VMError::report_and_die(int, char const*, char const*, __va_list_tag*, Thread*, unsigned char*, void*, void*, char const*, int, unsigned long) + 2521

5   libjvm.dylib                         0x10b939db4 VMError::report_and_die(Thread*, unsigned int, unsigned char*, void*, void*, char const*, ...) + 132

6   libjvm.dylib                         0x10b93ab01 VMError::report_and_die(Thread*, unsigned int, unsigned char*, void*, void*) + 33

7   libjvm.dylib                         0x10b7c8a21 JVM_handle_bsd_signal + 369

8   libsystem_platform.dylib          0x7ff80f1a537d _sigtramp + 29

9   ???                                          0x10945d588 std::io::stdio::OUTPUT_CAPTURE_USED::h90e2b3725d227e69 (.0) + 7

10  libsystem_c.dylib                        0x7ff80f096a49 abort + 126

11  libjvm.dylib                                        0x10b6ae7f1 os::abort(bool, void*, void const*) + 49

12  libjvm.dylib                                        0x10b93a7d0 VMError::report_and_die(int, char const*, char const*, __va_list_tag*, Thread*, unsigned char*, void*, void*, char const*, int, unsigned long) + 2576

13  libjvm.dylib                                        0x10b939db4 VMError::report_and_die(Thread*, unsigned int, unsigned char*, void*, void*, char const*, ...) + 132

14  libjvm.dylib                                        0x10b93ab01 VMError::report_and_die(Thread*, unsigned int, unsigned char*, void*, void*) + 33

15  libjvm.dylib                                        0x10b7c8a21 JVM_handle_bsd_signal + 369

16  libsystem_platform.dylib                         0x7ff80f1a537d _sigtramp + 29

17  ???                                               0x54 ???

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