Even a freshly downloaded copy of the latest EOS Utility (EU-Installset-M3.18.5.13.dmg) crashes shortly after launch. The install fails. The summary crash report generated by Mac OS 14.6 follows. My comments and questions are after the end of the summary.
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Translated Report (Full Report Below)
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Process: UniversalInstaller [62617]
Path: /var/folders/*/UniversalInstaller.app/Contents/MacOS/UniversalInstaller
Identifier: UniversalInstaller
Version: ???
Code Type: ARM-64 (Native)
Parent Process: Exited process [62616]
Responsible: OFICore [62612]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2024-08-06 08:55:46.9124 -0600
OS Version: macOS 14.6 (23G80)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 9E77241D-C92D-EAEA-FD94-8261AFE3C161
Time Awake Since Boot: 430000 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 0x0000000000000000
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000
Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 11 Segmentation fault: 11
Terminating Process: exc handler [62617]
VM Region Info: 0 is not in any region. Bytes before following region: 4331274240
REGION TYPE START - END [ VSIZE] PRT/MAX SHRMOD REGION DETAIL
UNUSED SPACE AT START
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__TEXT 1022a0000-10230c000 [ 432K] r-x/r-x SM=COW /private/var/folders/*/UniversalInstaller.app/Contents/MacOS/UniversalInstaller
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libsystem_platform.dylib 0x195b0f904 _platform_strlen + 4
1 UniversalInstaller 0x1022d0cdc std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>>::basic_string<std::__1::nullptr_t>(char const*) + 36
2 UniversalInstaller 0x1022c00f0 canonsoft_uix::CServiceLogUtil::WriteSystemInformation() + 628
3 UniversalInstaller 0x1022a6374 canonsoft_uix::CUIXApplication::ApplicationWillFinishLaunching() + 188
4 UniversalInstaller 0x1022a4320 -[UIxApplicationDelegator applicationWillFinishLaunching:] + 64
5 CoreFoundation 0x195bb6144 __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 148
6 CoreFoundation 0x195c4a3d8 ___CFXRegistrationPost_block_invoke + 88
7 CoreFoundation 0x195c4a320 _CFXRegistrationPost + 440
8 CoreFoundation 0x195b84678 _CFXNotificationPost + 768
9 Foundation 0x196ca12c4 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 88
10 AppKit 0x19941223c -[NSApplication finishLaunching] + 248
11 AppKit 0x199411f1c -[NSApplication run] + 252
12 AppKit 0x1993e9240 NSApplicationMain + 880
13 dyld 0x195757154 start + 2476
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I'm running a Mac Studio, Mac OS 14.6.
Earlier versions of EOS Utility, running under Mac OS 14.5 and now 14.6 cannot "see" a connected camera. I have a workaround using Apple's Image Capture, but it's a kludge and tedious, requiring three steps to get meaningfully named photos from the camera to the catalog. When EOS Utility worked, it was a single step.
Does anyone have any better experience, a better workaround or any idea whether Canon is working on the problem?
Thanks.
Jim DeWitt
Frozen Feather Images
