1.9.0 crashes in opening every time

[EOS Rich B]

version 1.9 crashes every time apon opening, deleted and reinstalled same issue

2017 iMac running Cataline 10.15.7   3.8ghz  I5, 48 gigs ram, Radon pro 850 8 gig ram plenty of HD space

rocess:               Affinity Photo [6562]
Path:                  /Applications/Affinity Photo.app/Contents/MacOS/Affinity Photo
Identifier:            com.seriflabs.affinityphoto
Version:               1.9.0 (1.9.0)
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Affinity Photo [6562]
User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2021-02-07 17:26:18.733 -0500
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.15.7 (19H512)
Report Version:        12
Anonymous UUID:        6B16D889-6A8E-D0C1-3068-17CA4C30981D

Time Awake Since Boot: 310000 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000008
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Signal:    Segmentation fault: 11
Termination Reason:    Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb
Terminating Process:   exc handler [6562]

VM Regions Near 0x8:
--> 
    __TEXT                 00000001092d7000-000000010932f000 [  352K] r-x/r-x SM=COW  /Applications/Affinity Photo.app/Contents/MacOS/Affinity Photo

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   liblibkernel.dylib                0x0000000116786971 Kernel::FontMap::GetReplacement(Kernel::Font const&) const + 65
1   liblibkernel.dylib                0x0000000116631686 Kernel::FontCache::GetBestFontMatch(Kernel::Font const&, Kernel::FontMatchType) const + 406
2   liblibkernel.dylib                0x0000000116601e1b Kernel::GetClosestAvailableFont(Kernel::Font const&, Kernel::FontMatchType) + 59
3   com.seriflabs.libcocoaui          0x00000001419c85dd -[Application initialiseBackend] + 3181
4   com.seriflabs.libcocoaui          0x00000001412ce5ff -[ApplicationDelegate applicationWillFinishLaunching:] + 175
5   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x00007fff35b2b80f __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 12
6   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x00007fff35b2b7a3 ___CFXRegistrationPost1_block_invoke + 63
7   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x00007fff35b2b718 _CFXRegistrationPost1 + 372
8   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x00007fff35b2b384 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke + 80
9   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x00007fff35afb4fd -[_CFXNotificationRegistrar find:object:observer:enumerator:] + 1554
10  com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x00007fff35afa9a9 _CFXNotificationPost + 1351
11  com.apple.Foundation              0x00007fff38178746 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 59
12  com.apple.AppKit                  0x00007fff32d96869 -[NSApplication finishLaunching] + 330
13  com.apple.AppKit                  0x00007fff32d963f0 -[NSApplication run] + 244
14  com.apple.AppKit                  0x00007fff32d68396 NSApplicationMain + 777
15  libdyld.dylib                     0x00007fff6fbd5cc9 start + 1

Thread 1:
0   libsystem_pthread.dylib           0x00007fff6fdd5b68 start_wqthread + 0

Thread 2:
0   libsystem_pthread.dylib           0x00007fff6fdd5b68 start_wqthread + 0

Thread 3:
0   libsystem_pthread.dylib           0x00007fff6fdd5b68 start_wqthread + 0

Thread 4:
0   libsystem_pthread.dylib           0x00007fff6fdd5b68 start_wqthread + 0

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
  rax: 0x000000010933d1e0  rbx: 0x00007ffee6927df0  rcx: 0x00000000ffffffff  rdx: 0x00007ffee6927de8
  rdi: 0x00007ffee6927750  rsi: 0x0000000000000000  rbp: 0x00007ffee6927720  rsp: 0x00007ffee69276b0
   r8: 0x00000000000faa38   r9: 0xffffffff00000000  r10: 0x00007fff95e39c00  r11: 0x00000001168783a0
  r12: 0x00007ffee6927de8  r13: 0x0000000000000000  r14: 0x00007ffee6927750  r15: 0x0000000116875e80
  rip: 0x0000000116786971  rfl: 0x0000000000010202  cr2: 0x0000000000000008
  
Logical CPU:     2
Error Code:      0x00000004 (no mapping for user data read)
Trap Number:     14
 

[Gabe]

Hi @EOS Rich B,

Welcome to the forums and sorry for the delayed reply. 

Can you try the latest beta and see if it's any better? https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/19-photo-beta-on-mac/