The setting to do this is hidden in the system, but it can be changed by running the following command in the Terminal:ĭefaults write DialogType MODE The crash reporter will by default show the full crash log on screen, but this can be changed to either show just a warning, or never show the crash reporter. This can be used to help troubleshoot the situations or be submitted to developers so erroneous code can be tested and corrected. When a program unexpectedly quits in OS X, the system will activate the crash reporter that will generate a report that includes the memory backtrace for each thread and other information about the crashed process.