Problem with Stata Mac

[giuseppe sorrenti]

Hi! Every time I try to open a log file (.smcl) with my Stata 16 MP, Stata crashes. I use Mac OS Catalina and both Stata and the Mac are updated. Do you know what could be the cause of this problem? Solutions?

[William Lisowski]

Welcome to Statalist.

I would recommend you raise this issue directly with Stata Technical Services. We Mac users are not that numerous here on Statalist (comparing the number of "" to the number of "/" that I see in file paths!) and for myself, I have yet to upgrade. But I don't think the behavior you see is expected behavior, and I suspect it doesn't happen to everyone. So the odds of finding someone else who has had the problem are not favorable.

One question that a Stata user on Catalina might want to have: how are you trying to open the log file? From Stata's File menu, selecting Log > View? Or something else?

[Nick Phillips]

I am using MacOs Catalina 10.15.3. Stata 16. I am trying to import csv. The crash occurs on clicking the browse for file button for me.

[William Lisowski]

Perhaps the discussion linked to below of the same problem in Stata 15 is relevant. If not, I would again recommend contacting Stata Technical Services directly.

https://www.statalist.org/forums/for...ting-csv-files