# FMOD Crashing on Launch (Mac)

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-crashing-on-launch-mac/17571>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Tags:** mac\
**Created:** [August 16, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-crashing-on-launch-mac/17571 "2021-08-16T13:14:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bassboi13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9a140/32.png) [@bassboi13](https://qa.fmod.com/u/bassboi13)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-crashing-on-launch-mac/17571/1 "2021-08-16T13:14:44Z")

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Hi everyone, hoping someone can help me.

Running on MacOS BigSur v11.5.2 (only updated this morning in hopes it would fix the issue) MacBook Pro.  
I was using FMOD with Unity last night and everything was working perfectly and well.

I woke up this morning to continue working on my project and **FMOD would crash on launch** resulting in the FMOD Studio Crash Reporter window appearing.

I tried reinstalling various versions of FMOD on my Mac but nothing seemed to work. **It does however work when I boot my Mac in Safe Mode** , but this is slow and definitely not a permanent solution.

If anyone could help me to solve this issue I would be greatly appreciative. I’m trying to use it for my University work!

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**Author:** ![joseph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/joseph/32/264_2.png) [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-crashing-on-launch-mac/17571/2 "2021-09-10T00:14:25Z")

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It sounds like the locally-stored user settings may have become corrupted, resulting in a crash when FMOD Studio tries to load those settings. If this is the case, you should be able to resolve this issue by locating the user settings file in `/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/FMOD Studio/` and deleting it.