Open Preferences (Command + ,) does not work and leads to VirtualBox quit.

[vboxmania]

As the title describes, opening Preferences (Command + ,) does not work and leads to VirtualBox quit.

I am using the latest VirtualBox (including extension) and OS X version on iMac 5k.

Does anybody experience the same issue? Or only for me?

And if possible, how to generate a crash log for this problem?

[socratis]

Does anybody experience the same issue? Or only for me?

It took me 1/2 hour searching the forums, because I definitely remember seeing this report recently. It turns out I was looking in the wrong section of the forums. I finally found it in the Beta forums: 5.1 - crash when opening Preferences on OS X.

As you'll see from the link, there is ticket #15617 open, just for this, so add your voice there. But please read the link, because it contains instructions about another question that you had:

And if possible, how to generate a crash log for this problem?

[vboxmania]

BTW, how to generate the log file?

[socratis]

I moved your question from the Beta forum where it won't get much attention, here. Plus it's not a VirtualBox Beta question really, it's "How do I use my Mac" question.

The crash report is generated by OSX. In order to view it (and other diagnostics) user the /Applications/Utilities/Console app. There under "~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports" you'll see the crashes. Or you can navigate to your filesystem to the folder "~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports". Same thing actually.