Notes.app crashing continuously in El Capitan

Solution 1:

I had the same issue but fixed it by:

• deselecting iCloud sync for Notes
• opening Notes
• reselecting iCloud sync

So far so good...it crashed after ~5 sec before, now all appears well.

Solution 2:

In my case was Safari that closed randomly for weeks. I resolved it by doing the following

1. Delete Safari with AppCleaner

2. Mount OS X recovery partition with

   diskutil mount Recovery\ HD hdiutil mount /Volumes/Recovery\ HD/com.apple.recovery.boot/BaseSystem.dmg cp -R /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/Applications/Safari.app /Applications
   

3. Install Pacifist then open OS X Installer and install Safari with Pacifist.

4. In iCloud disable Safari and then enable it

   

Solution 3:

I had this issue with TextEdit and Preview. Deleting the com.apple.xxx files in ~/Library/Preferences/ and ~/Library/Components as suggested on other forums didn't help. At best it solved the issue for a couple of days.

Problem was coming from wrong permissions on some font files. Repairing permissions on the Fonts folder solved my issue. Open Terminal and type

sudo /usr/libexec/repair_packages --repair --standard-pkgs /Library/Fonts/

You will be asked for your password (sudo means get super user powers) Repairing permissions used to be available from the Disk Utility app but Apple removed it since Mavericks or Yosemite for some reason.

Solution 4:

As with most of you, I just had the same issue. I combined a couple of different suggestions (e.g., Capt G) from this thread to find a solution for me:

1. Open Internet Accounts
2. Select the "Exchange" account if you have one set-up.
3. Uncheck the Notes app in the window to the left showing the apps associated with the Exchange account. Keep this window open.
4. Open Notes. Notes stayed open for me, with just the iCloud data available.
5. Close Notes.
6. Now, in the Internet Accounts window check the Notes app in the window to the left associated with the Exchange account.
7. Open Notes. This time the Notes app stayed open for me with all my original data.

I hope this helps!