Keynote crashing frequently on my MacBook Pro

During the span of one day, Keynote has crashed 7 times. I have a MacBook Pro M5 Max and have no idea what could be forcing the issue. I updated Keynote, downloaded the new version and it still crashes after approximately 20 minutes of work. How could I fix it? Thank you.


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MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 26.5

Posted on May 31, 2026 8:47 AM

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Posted on May 31, 2026 10:19 AM

Keynote isn't crashing on my MacBook Pro. Is it possible you're running low on storage space? At System Settings>General> Storage, my Mac says 745 GB of 1TBB used. What does yours say? 


Try these things:

  • Restart the computer (of course)
  • Re-start in Safe Mode. This bypasses certain potentially disruptive processes, and it often helps. Safe Mode is different for different computers, so see this: 

          Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support 

  • Make a new keynote file to work with to see if it was the file itself that was corrupted.

Make a new user and see if the same problem recurs with it.


The idea is to find out if the problem is with the file, with your account, or with caches and login items, and stuff like that. One of these steps may fix the problem, but their failure to work also helps figure out what's happening.


Let us know what happens…

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May 31, 2026 10:19 AM in response to ivavlkv

Keynote isn't crashing on my MacBook Pro. Is it possible you're running low on storage space? At System Settings>General> Storage, my Mac says 745 GB of 1TBB used. What does yours say? 


Try these things:

  • Restart the computer (of course)
  • Re-start in Safe Mode. This bypasses certain potentially disruptive processes, and it often helps. Safe Mode is different for different computers, so see this: 

          Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support 

  • Make a new keynote file to work with to see if it was the file itself that was corrupted.

Make a new user and see if the same problem recurs with it.


The idea is to find out if the problem is with the file, with your account, or with caches and login items, and stuff like that. One of these steps may fix the problem, but their failure to work also helps figure out what's happening.


Let us know what happens…

Keynote crashing frequently on my MacBook Pro

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