# Bear crashes when importing more .enex files after several successful imports

**URL:** <https://community.bear.app/t/bear-crashes-when-importing-more-enex-files-after-several-successful-imports/18982>\
**Category:** Bear Bug Report\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [March 28, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/bear-crashes-when-importing-more-enex-files-after-several-successful-imports/18982 "2026-03-28T20:48:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![snsokstan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@snsokstan](https://community.bear.app/u/snsokstan)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/bear-crashes-when-importing-more-enex-files-after-several-successful-imports/18982/1 "2026-03-28T20:48:01Z")

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- **Bear Version** : 2.7.1
- **OS Version** : 26.4 Tahoe MBP M5
- **What were you doing** : importing more .enex files
- **What feature did you use** : Import \> Evernote
- **What happened** : except for one tiny .exex file, Bear crashes and disappears
- **What did you expect to happen** : do more successful imports

Yesterday, I migrated from Evernote to Bear. I import several thousand notes without any problem. Today, when I tried to import two more .exex files, Bear crashes instantly. I submitted a crash report to Apple when asked.

Downloaded from Apple Store and signed up for Pro.

Did not see any other reports that were germane to my issue.

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**Author:** ![evanfuchs](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/evanfuchs/32/5408_2.png) [@evanfuchs](https://community.bear.app/u/evanfuchs)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/bear-crashes-when-importing-more-enex-files-after-several-successful-imports/18982/2 "2026-03-28T21:48:46Z")

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I would contact Bear support. I would also try:

- Importing on iOS
- Leaving the app at the forefront while it is importng
- Export smaller sets from Evernote

My initial import from EN a few years was tough because I had a lot of notes and a couple of them (needles in a haystack) were corrupt or for whatever reason caused crashes, so I had to isolate them by splitting my exports up: These 1,000 notes crash, so split into 2 sets of 500. First one works, second crashes. Split into two groups of 250…

I don’t know if these steps are relevant now a few years later, but I would give them a shot.

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**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 7:34am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/bear-crashes-when-importing-more-enex-files-after-several-successful-imports/18982/3 "2026-04-02T07:34:02Z")

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Thanks for reporting this issue. The bug it’s solved with release 2.7.2.  
You should probably visit Bear’s Mac App Store page to update

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