Disable Auto Force Quit?

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Disable Auto Force Quit?

To say I'm beyond frustrated and livid is an understatement. And I have been having this problem ever since I upgraded to Yosemite.

I have only encountered this problem with the browser Google Chrome and a drawing application called Manga Studio EX 5 [Mac is not fond of it]. Anyway, I'm browsing/drawing, going between the two sometimes. But, the application would freeze and go into "Application is Not Responding" mode, [which in a drawing program is like a mini-heart attack], and I get the little evil rainbow spinning wheel. Usually, before, I would be able to click on the window and it would go back to being responsive. However, now in Yosemite, after the program has been unresponsive for more than ten seconds....it will automatically close on it's own.

Now, working extremely hard on a drawing for hours and having just wiped away because the application froze, it's heartbreaking and frustrating.

Is there any solution? [Like switching back to OS X?] Or will I have to suffer?

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And I have submitted reports [after Chrome/Manga Studio has crashed on itself] to Apple, but nothing yet.

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Sep 3, 2015 6:25 PM

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ChrisJ4203

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Sep 3, 2015 6:31 PM in response to KuraiHanran

I'm not a Mac user, but I know that most Windows programs that I use allow for one to save many times during the creation of whatever content they are used for, so the worse that could happen is I lose a portion of the content instead of the entire thing. Does this drawing application not allow for that? Especially since you were working for hours, I would guess this is rather important?

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Sep 3, 2015 9:45 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

But that's not the problem I'm having. The problem I'm trying to solve is how not to have programs auto-force quit on me.

I do save my projects, when I want to work on them another time, but that's not issue here.

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Sep 4, 2015 6:11 AM in response to KuraiHanran

There really is no auto-force-quit after a period of time. I think your analysis of which is the cause and which is the effect may be flawed.

What I think is happening:

An application that crashes will often give you the beachball before it completes its termination, and it may freeze the whole computer up for a short while. The beachball may show for the application that is NOT crashed, and that would still be considered normal.

If you can note the exact time when this occurs, console.app can be used to examine the system log for messages from about that time, which may have an error message or "suicide note" with more information about what exactly was going on.

Alternatively, if you get the large Application crashed screen, its top-line reason can be helpful, (you could cut-and-paste the text here). The rest of the stuff is really only helpful to the developer.

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KuraiHanran Author

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Sep 4, 2015 6:15 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thank you.

Well, Google Chrome nor Manga Studio freezes the whole MacBook [never did]. Just the application freezes, I get the little 'beachball', and it just closes without giving me a chance. So, it's the application that freezes, not the whole system.

I have learned to dismiss this with Chrome, because it does have a restore feature on it (and most of the case, it's Tumblr that's causing it to lock up). But it's rather strange with Manga Studio, since I was able to use it earlier [for a longer time] and have it closed [while I was relaxing]. And no other application besides those two I have problems with.

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ChrisJ4203

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Sep 4, 2015 7:51 AM in response to KuraiHanran

KuraiHanran wrote:

But that's not the problem I'm having. The problem I'm trying to solve is how not to have programs auto-force quit on me.

I do save my projects, when I want to work on them another time, but that's not issue here.

Sorry, I was trying to understand your original statement - "Now, working extremely hard on a drawing for hours and having just wiped away because the application froze, it's heartbreaking and frustrating." I was just addressing a portion of your post since, as I stated, I'm not a Mac user. Sorry to have taken up your time.

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