# Crashing on Mac OS 15.6.1 when attempting to access various notes in sidebar **URL:** \ **Category:** Beta\ **Tags:** bug\ **Created:** [September 18, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/crashing-on-mac-os-15-6-1-when-attempting-to-access-various-notes-in-sidebar/18232 "2025-09-18T16:04:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yazmsw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/yazmsw/32/1741_2.png) [@Yazmsw](https://community.bear.app/u/Yazmsw)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/crashing-on-mac-os-15-6-1-when-attempting-to-access-various-notes-in-sidebar/18232/1 "2025-09-18T16:04:17Z")
Frequent crashing on Mac OS 15.6.1 when clicking on random notes in the sidebar. There does not seem to be a pattern as to which notes will cause the crash, but when it affects a particular note it continues to crash when trying to access it after restarting Bear. Thus, there are several notes that are currently not accessible. Here are the Beta stats: ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/5/575552644118d869af0715e6e200670ea7152be7.png) ---
**Author:** ![AdamRadPro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@AdamRadPro](https://community.bear.app/u/AdamRadPro)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/crashing-on-mac-os-15-6-1-when-attempting-to-access-various-notes-in-sidebar/18232/2 "2025-09-18T21:17:59Z")
This was happening to me as well. I was running into a consistent bug on macOS (Mac Studio M1) since pre-OS26 updates. After updating to OS26, I’m no longer seeing crashes. I do have plenty of Apple crash reports saved though and have sent a few from Apple’s popup. **Previous Setup** - macOS 15.6.1 (24G90) - Mac Studio M1 - MacBook Pro M3 - Bear macOS Version 2.6 (13715) - Bear iPadOS Version 2.6 - iPad Pro M4 **Previous Steps** - Restarted devices. Updated apps. Nothing is on OS26 yet. - I started searching for older files. After clicking on them, macOS crashes. It happens every time. It was older notes containing PDF or images. Not all. Only some notes. - I can access the same files on the iPad without any issues. I tried pinning and updating the note on the iPad and then editing the updates on the Mac, still crashes on the Mac. - This happens on my Mac Studio M1. Not my MacBook Pro M3. **2025-09-18 - New Updates** - I updated everything to OS26. Nothing is crashing anymore. Everything is working normal. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2025, 7:39am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/crashing-on-mac-os-15-6-1-when-attempting-to-access-various-notes-in-sidebar/18232/3 "2025-09-19T07:39:26Z")
Hello, Please write to our [customer support](https://bear.app/contact/), attaching the latest Bear crashlog you can find in Console.app \> Crash Reports. Right-click on the log and select Reveal in Finder to access the .ips or .crash file. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/crashing-on-mac-os-15-6-1-when-attempting-to-access-various-notes-in-sidebar/18232/4 "2025-09-19T12:33:34Z")
Both of my Macs crash on any note that has a table with more than two columns beginning with Bear v. 2.5.2 and continuing on 2.6. I am still on Sequoia. I’m in contact with support, but you might try creating a new note, adding a table, and then adding a third column to see if that causes a crash, and/or accessing the notes in question on iOS or the web to see if find a similar pattern. ---
**Author:** ![Yazmsw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/yazmsw/32/1741_2.png) [@Yazmsw](https://community.bear.app/u/Yazmsw)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/crashing-on-mac-os-15-6-1-when-attempting-to-access-various-notes-in-sidebar/18232/5 "2025-09-19T13:26:55Z")
Thanks, everyone! Appreciate the support.