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AutoCAD will not launch following a crash on Mac OS X (Lion)

Issue

You have experienced a crash of AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT running on Mac OS X 10.7.x (Lion) and subsequently AutoCAD will not launch any more.

Solution

You can recover from this condition by deleting the saved state for AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT using the following steps:

  1. Open a Terminal window (the Terminal app is typically found in the /Applications/Utilities folder).
  2. Type:
      cd ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State
    and press return.
  3. For AutoCAD, type:
      rm -rf com.autodesk.AutoCAD.savedState
    and press return.

    For AutoCAD LT, type:
      rm -rf com.autodesk.autocadlt.savedState
    and press return.
  4. Quit the Terminal application.

You should then be able to launch AutoCAD normally.

To use the Finder to delete the file, please check out this Up and Ready blog post:

http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2011/11/mac-where-is-my-library-folder.html

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  • Document Information

    Published date: 2012-Aug-06
    ID: TS18406763

     

    Applies to:
    AutoCAD® 2012 for Mac®
    AutoCAD® 2011 for Mac®
    AutoCAD LT® for Mac® 2012