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Apple News app quits unexpectedly

Having problems all of a sudden with Apple News crashing.



Process: News [7131]

Path: /Applications/News.app/Contents/MacOS/News

Identifier: News

Version: 4.1.1 (1706)

Code Type: X86-64 (Native)

Parent Process: ??? [1]

Responsible: News [7131]

User ID: 501


Date/Time: 2019-03-25 18:11:05.088 -0400

OS Version: Mac OS X 10.14.3 (18D109)

Report Version: 12

Anonymous UUID: ABE8AAB6-0A08-3534-5687-0C3FF4190C45



Time Awake Since Boot: 40000 seconds


System Integrity Protection: enabled


Crashed Thread: 21 Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.utility-qos


Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)

Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY


Application Specific Information:

*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSCFNumber compare:]: nil argument'

terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

abort() called


Application Specific Backtrace 1:

0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff46032f15 __exceptionPreprocess + 256

1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff7219aefb objc_exception_throw + 48

2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff46032d47 +[NSException raise:format:] + 193

3 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff45fa8cc6 -[__NSCFNumber compare:] + 84

4 NewsCore 0x000000010229ad8f -[FCModifyUserInfoCommand mergeLocalRecord:withRemoteRecord:] + 1294

5 NewsCore 0x00000001022e9335 __107-[FCModifyRecordsCommand handleBatchOfLocalRecords:internalPrivateDataContext:qualityOfService:completion:]_block_invoke + 436

6 NewsCore 0x0000000102309674 -[FCCKPrivateFetchRecordsOperation operationWillFinishWithError:] + 132

7 NewsCore 0x0000000102166538 -[FCOperation _finishOperationWithError:] + 1061

8 NewsCore 0x00000001021660fd -[FCOperation _finishedPerformingOperationWithError:] + 305

9 NewsCore 0x0000000102165f92 -[FCOperation finishedPerformingOperationWithError:] + 86

10 NewsCore 0x00000001023095a4 __52-[FCCKPrivateFetchRecordsOperation performOperation]_block_invoke.45 + 141

11 NewsCore 0x0000000102249bdd __83-[FCCKPrivateDatabaseCKOperationResults notifyWhenFinishWithQoS:completionHandler:]_block_invoke + 88

12 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff73212d53 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12

13 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff73213dcf _dispatch_client_callout + 8

14 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff73221e80 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 671

15 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff732224bd _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 90

16 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff734546dd _pthread_wqthread + 619

17 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff73454405 start_wqthread + 13


Model: MacBookPro10,2, BootROM 274.0.0.0.0, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.9 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.6f59

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3831554738454255302D474E2D4620

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3831554738454255302D474E2D4620

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x10F), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.21.190.32 AirPortDriverBrcm4360-1315.1)

Bluetooth: Version 6.0.10f1, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0

PCI Card: Apple 57761-B0, Ethernet Controller, Thunderbolt@193,0,0

PCI Card: pci11c1,5901, IEEE 1394 Open HCI, Thunderbolt@192,0,0

PCI Card: pci11c1,5901, IEEE 1394 Open HCI, Thunderbolt@197,0,0

PCI Card: pci12d8,400e, USB Open Host Controller, Thunderbolt@191,0,1

PCI Card: pci12d8,400e, USB Open Host Controller, Thunderbolt@191,0,0

PCI Card: pci12d8,400f, USB Enhanced Host Controller, Thunderbolt@191,0,2

Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM512E, 500.28 GB

USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Display)

USB Device: Apple Thunderbolt Display

USB Device: Display Audio

USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus

FireWire Device: unknown_device, OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro, Up to 800 Mb/sec

FireWire Device: unknown_device, OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro, Up to 800 Mb/sec

Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 23.4

Thunderbolt Device: Thunderbolt Display, Apple Inc., 3, 26.2


MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 25, 2019 3:19 PM

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I fixed it by going to user folder/library/containers and removing com.apple.news. Then relaunched it.

Posted on Mar 25, 2019 3:32 PM

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