Dorico 5.1 appears to be crashing my Mac

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I love EtreCheck, as it provides all the relevant information you need.

Any problem with your Mac will be one of three things:

  1. Bug in the OS.
  2. Problem with third-party software.
  3. Hardware problem.

A Bug in the OS would likely affect large numbers of users, and generate lots of internet traffic.

Testing should always start with ruling out the third-party software. You can read through the EtreCheck report, and see what’s listed.
For each item, ask: “Do I need it?” and “Is it up-to-date”.

You’ve got Acrobat Reader 9 installed? Surely that doesn’t work? Support ended over a decade ago. Get rid of it. Use the latest version of Reader, or another PDF viewer.

You’ve got DisplayLink drivers, are you using an additional display? (Why not via TB adaptor?)

Internet plug-ins have long been abandoned as a technology. Shockwave? Silverlight? Scorch?

You’ve not got loads of VSTs, so I don’t know why Dorico should be bringing everything down. What’s “MMAudio Device”? And a GM Audio Unit from 2010?
I’d remove HALion Sonic SE 3.5, as you’ve got HALion Sonic 7.

Is that Soundflower kernel extension up-to-date? Unlikely.

And as usual, you can see how terrible Chrome is! :roll_eyes: (To say nothing of the privacy issues.)

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