Hi Gerd

This is a known problem with macOS Tahoe and recent QT-builds.  The problem are 
the dialog boxes which cannot be clicked.  (More complicated ones are fine).  

Workaround for your problem: 

(1) Rename your last saved lyx file for safety reasons
(2) Edit the name of the emergency file by deleting the .emergency at the end 
of the filename. 
(3) Start lyx again. It will load the emergency file. In most cases, this is 
exactly what you need. Should there be a serious problem with the file, then 
close LyX, delete or rename the emergency file and work with the saved copy 
from (1). 

The same methods works for autosave files which might be present (“#" in the 
name).

The problem you are experiencing is simply that LyX tries to load the newest 
emergency file or autosave file and asks for confirmation. The confirmation 
dialogue is the problem and makes LyX unresponsive. 

Best regards, Marcus

> On 26 Oct 2025, at 13:10, Gerhard Gsänger via lyx-users 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Dear all
> 
> I’m working on a Macbook Pro 2022 with M“ chip under Tahoe 26.0.1 (25A362).
> While testing LyX 2.5.0 RC1, I experienced an abnormal program termination of 
> unknown reason. When starting LyX again, LyX presented a window asking : 
> Recover emergency save?
> LyX did not react to any of the offered buttons. It remained stuck without 
> any noticable reaction.
> 
> To demonstrate the issue, I created a small LyX document and saved it. Then 
> made a small text addition and killed the programm by the keyboard shortcut 
> Option+Command+Esc.
> When attempting to open the document again, the described problem occurs.
> 
> Please find attached a ZIP Archive Test LyX Absturz.zip including the LyX 
> files. I hope this is sufficient to demonstrate the problem.
> 
> best regards
> Gerd
> 
>  
> <Test LyX Absturz.zip>
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