LabVIEW Crashes on macOS Big Sur

Updated Dec 22, 2023

Reported In

Software

  • LabVIEW

Operating System

  • Mac OS X

Issue Details

LabVIEW crashes on macOS Big Sur with the following message:

System Integrity Protection: enabled

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

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
/Library/Frameworks/nipalu.framework/Versions/1/nipalu
abort() called

Solution

This behavior is related to the macOS specification, and the OS denies LabVIEW access to the necessary paths and the DLLs.

In order to solve the issue please follow the steps below:
1. Open Terminal on macOS.
2. Execute the following commands. 
defaults write com.ni.labview NSGraphicsContextAllowOverRestore -bool YES
defaults write com.ni.labview NSViewAllowsRootLayerBacking -bool NO
3. Reboot the PC.

Additional Information

After completing the steps above, if the issue still persists, please contact NI Technical Support for further assistance. 

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