What is ReportCrash on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Writes a crash report whenever an app or background process crashes.
ReportCrash runs automatically when something crashes. It examines the crashed process and saves a crash report, which developers (and Apple, if you share analytics) use to fix bugs. Reports are saved in Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports and can be viewed in the Console app. Seeing it busy means something is crashing, often repeatedly.
- Category
- macOS system
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as ReportCrash
Why is ReportCrash using so much CPU or memory?
- An app or background service crashing over and over
- A large app crashing, which takes longer to analyse
- Several crashes at once after an update
What to do
- 1Open the Console app and look under Crash Reports to see which app is crashing
- 2Update or reinstall that app, or quit it if it's not needed
- 3Restart your Mac
- 4If an Apple process keeps crashing, install the latest macOS update
Safe to quit? With care.
Quitting stops the current report but doesn't fix the crashing app; it will run again at the next crash.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library