Numbers closes randomly, not crash. Operation not permitted

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Numbers closes randomly, not crash. Operation not permitted

Recently I'm seeing my numbers app automatically closed randomly. It didn't crash. It just closes on its own, even within a very short period of time like several min.

I searched the launchd.log file, found this "Operation not permitted", I guess that's when it was closed?

I had the same issue on Safari sometimes, but not as often as the numbers app.

Here's some of the log file, hope someone can help. Key word: failed activation, operation not permitted.

2022-02-01 11:38:20.315208 (gui/501/application.com.apple.iWork.Numbers.11096488.11096635) <Notice>: internal event: WILL_SPAWN, code = 0

2022-02-01 11:38:20.315217 (gui/501/application.com.apple.iWork.Numbers.11096488.11096635) <Notice>: service state: spawn scheduled

2022-02-01 11:38:20.315218 (gui/501/application.com.apple.iWork.Numbers.11096488.11096635) <Notice>: service state: spawning

2022-02-01 11:38:20.315227 <Notice>: Coalition Cache Hit: app<application.com.apple.iWork.Numbers.11096488.11096635(501)> [1055]

2022-02-01 11:38:20.315278 (gui/501/application.com.apple.iWork.Numbers.11096488.11096635) <Notice>: launching: non-ipc demand

2022-02-01 11:38:20.315555 (gui/501/application.com.apple.iWork.Numbers.11096488.11096635 [34674]) <Notice>: xpcproxy spawned with pid 34674

2022-02-01 11:38:20.315566 (gui/501/application.com.apple.iWork.Numbers.11096488.11096635 [34674]) <Notice>: internal event: SPAWNED, code = 0

2022-02-01 11:38:20.315567 (gui/501/application.com.apple.iWork.Numbers.11096488.11096635 [34674]) <Notice>: service state: xpcproxy

2022-02-01 11:38:20.315588 (gui/501/application.com.apple.iWork.Numbers.11096488.11096635 [34674]) <Notice>: internal event: SOURCE_ATTACH, code = 0

2022-02-01 11:38:20.318826 (gui/501/application.com.apple.iWork.Numbers.11096488.11096635 [34674]) <Notice>: service state: running

2022-02-01 11:38:20.318832 (gui/501/application.com.apple.iWork.Numbers.11096488.11096635 [34674]) <Notice>: internal event: INIT, code = 0

2022-02-01 11:38:20.318834 (gui/501/application.com.apple.iWork.Numbers.11096488.11096635 [34674]) <Notice>: job state = running

2022-02-01 11:38:20.318848 (gui/501/application.com.apple.iWork.Numbers.11096488.11096635 [34674]) <Notice>: Successfully spawned Numbers[34674] because non-ipc demand

2022-02-01 11:38:20.463414 (pid/34674 [Numbers]) <Notice>: uncorking exec source upfront

2022-02-01 11:38:20.463434 (pid/34674 [Numbers]) <Notice>: created

......

2022-02-01 11:38:36.446091 (pid/34681 [QuickLookUIServ]) <Notice>: Service stub created for com.apple.security.pboxd

2022-02-01 11:38:36.446140 (pid/34681/com.apple.sidecar.DisplayMarkup) <Notice>: created the implicit endpoint upfront

2022-02-01 11:38:36.446141 (pid/34681/com.apple.sidecar.DisplayMarkup) <Notice>: draining messages from com.apple.sidecar.DisplayMarkup

2022-02-01 11:38:36.446146 (pid/34681 [QuickLookUIServ]) <Notice>: Service stub created for com.apple.speech.SpeechSynthesisServerXPC

2022-02-01 11:38:36.446149 (pid/34681 [QuickLookUIServ]) <Notice>: Service stub created for com.apple.textkit.nsattributedstringagent

2022-02-01 11:38:36.447463 <Notice>: Flushed 52 logs [limit: 20]

2022-02-01 11:38:36.449736 (pid/34680 [com.apple.appki]) <Notice>: Service stub created for com.apple.ctcategories.service

2022-02-01 11:38:36.495467 (pid/34680/com.apple.quicklook.QuickLookUIService [34681]) <Notice>: job state = running

2022-02-01 11:38:36.512544 (gui/501/com.apple.xpc.launchd.unmanaged.QuickLookUIServ.34681 [34681]) <Notice>: added unmanaged active

2022-02-01 11:38:36.516409 (pid/34674 [Numbers]) <Warning>: failed activation: name = com.apple.iWork.Numbers.apple-extension-service, flags = 0x0, requestor = com.apple.appki[34680], error = 1: Operation not permitted

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 10:27 AM

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Old Toad

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Feb 1, 2022 10:41 AM in response to bxz

Log into a basic admin user account, Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac, and see if the problem persists. This tells us if the problem is limited to your user account or is system wide.

If the problem persists then boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and test to see if the problem persists. Reboot normally and test again.

NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 3 - 5 minutes as it's doing the following;

• Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed

• Loads only required kernel extensions (prevents 3rd party kernel/extensions from loading)

• Prevents Startup Items and Login Items from opening automatically

• Disables user-installed fonts

• Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files

This tells us if there are any 3rd party apps that are causing the problem.

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bxz Author

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Feb 6, 2022 10:13 AM in response to bxz

Tried safe mode with admin account, same results. It just closes by itself after a while, there's one thing I noticed is that app closes when it's not on the active desktop.

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