<p>Check if you have Silverlight plugin on your mac:</p>

<ol>
<li>Access your hard drive</li>
<li>Double-click the hard drive icon on your desktop</li>
<li>Find the plugin</li>
<li>Navigate to your Internet Plug-Ins directory: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/</li>
</ol>

<p>If installed: </p>

<ol>
<li>Remove the plugin</li>
<li>Drag any of the following into your trash bin:

<ul>
<li>Silverlight.plugin</li>
</ul></li>
</ol>

<p>Then dowload and install the Silverlight plugin from here:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/" rel="nofollow">https://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/</a></p>

<p>If not ok remove and reinstall Mindstorms software.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-01-03T21:41:06.740Z
I removed en reinstalled silverlight and this solved the problem, thanks
FF16
CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-09-12T14:38:25.823Z
This solved my problem as well on Mojave... this was driving me crazy. Hanging with nearly every action.
Erich
CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-01-03T20:05:52.157Z
2016-01-06T03:55:37.047Z
2016-01-06T03:55:37.047Z
woz
<p>I get the following problem details, can anyone help me?</p>

<pre><code>Process:               MindstormsEV3 [595]
Path:                  /Applications/LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Home Edition.app/Contents/MacOS/MindstormsEV3
Identifier:            ___ev3.lego.com
Version:               1.0 (1)
Code Type:             X86 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           MindstormsEV3 [595]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2016-01-02 19:49:06.678 +0100
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.2 (15C50)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        7C4B40A6-2FAA-BA7A-5740-01D0F51AF6AB


Time Awake Since Boot: 2100 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

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

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
abort() called

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

Logical CPU:     0
Error Code:      0x00080148
Trap Number:     132
</code></pre>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-01-03T03:09:08.097Z
I don't see anything useful here. Is this the entire crash report? (looking for a stack trace - that is the most useful part). Also, try running `/Applications/LEGO\ MINDSTORMS\ EV3\ Home\ Edition.app/Contents/MacOS/MindstormsEV3` in a terminal and see if there is any extra output in the terminal.
David Lechner
CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-01-03T21:43:20.120Z
The crash report was seen by this community as spam and  could not be posted. I removed en reinstalled silverlight and this solved the problem,
FF16
<mindstorms><ev3><software><mac>
LEGO Mindstorms EV3 crashes on OS X El Capitan
FF16
# LEGO Mindstorms EV3 crashes on OS X El Capitan

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-02)

I get the following problem details, can anyone help me?
Process:               MindstormsEV3 [595]
Path:                  /Applications/LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Home Edition.app/Contents/MacOS/MindstormsEV3
Identifier:            ___ev3.lego.com
Version:               1.0 (1)
Code Type:             X86 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           MindstormsEV3 [595]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2016-01-02 19:49:06.678 +0100
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.2 (15C50)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        7C4B40A6-2FAA-BA7A-5740-01D0F51AF6AB


Time Awake Since Boot: 2100 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

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

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
abort() called

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

Logical CPU:     0
Error Code:      0x00080148
Trap Number:     132

**Tags:** mindstorms, ev3, software, mac

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I don't see anything useful here. Is this the entire crash report? (looking for a stack trace - that is the most useful part). Also, try running `/Applications/LEGO\ MINDSTORMS\ EV3\ Home\ Edition.app/Contents/MacOS/MindstormsEV3` in a terminal and see if there is any extra output in the terminal.  
> **username_0**: The crash report was seen by this community as spam and  could not be posted. I removed en reinstalled silverlight and this solved the problem,  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-01-03. Score: 5

Check if you have Silverlight plugin on your mac:

1. Access your hard drive
2. Double-click the hard drive icon on your desktop
3. Find the plugin
4. Navigate to your Internet Plug-Ins directory: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/

If installed:

1. Remove the plugin
2. Drag any of the following into your trash bin:
   * Silverlight.plugin

Then dowload and install the Silverlight plugin from here:

<https://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/>

If not ok remove and reinstall Mindstorms software.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I removed en reinstalled silverlight and this solved the problem, thanks  
> **username_3**: This solved my problem as well on Mojave... this was driving me crazy. Hanging with nearly every action.  

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