Simile 6.6 hanging on a Mac

Hi

I am currently running an ecological modelling class of 4th year undergrad students. A couple of students with Macs are having issues with Simile hanging.

Below is an error report from one computer and here is the information about the system.

Are there any known bugs causing this beghaviour, and is there a work around that I can give to the students affected?

All the best

Jon

OS X El Capitan

Version 10.11.2

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)

Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5

Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB

Serial Number C02GGQFTDV13

Problem Report for Simile:

Process:               Simile [3516]

Path:                  /Applications/Simile v6.6 64-bit.app/Contents/MacOS/Simile

Identifier:            com.Simulistics.Simile

Version:               6.6 (6.6)

Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)

Parent Process:        ??? [1]

Responsible:           Simile [3516]

User ID:               501

Date/Time:             2016-02-03 16:23:19.726 +0000

OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.2 (15C50)

Report Version:        11

Anonymous UUID:        CF435C62-73DE-EAAB-13CF-74002940E82E

Sleep/Wake UUID:       DDD61B1C-B65A-42AB-BEC6-522C45A86CA2

Time Awake Since Boot: 48000 seconds

Time Since Wake:       1900 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

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

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGABRT)

Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000004d555458

Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

VM Regions Near 0x4d555458:

-->

    __TEXT                 000000010338c000-0000000103390000 [   16K] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /Applications/Simile v6.6 64-bit.app/Contents/MacOS/Simile

Application Specific Information:

objc[3516]: garbage collection is ON

TKWindow

[3516] stack overflow

Model: MacBookPro8,1, BootROM MBP81.0047.B2C, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.68f99

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353737334448302D4348392020

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353737334448302D4348392020

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)

Bluetooth: Version 4.4.3f4 16616, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1

Serial ATA Device: TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF, 500.11 GB

Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS31N

USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: IR Receiver

USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus

USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 22.1