[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 80756] LibO crashes when Nuance Dragon Dictate is running

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80756

--- Comment #35 from Henry Lieberman <lieber at media.mit.edu> ---
Libre Office has had a longstanding bug that makes it crash whenever a Mac user
has the Accessibility feature turned on of allowing other programs to "control
your computer". This bug is still present in Libre Office 6.2.  It is likely
responsible for many other Libre Office bug reports from unsuspecting users. 

You can see the option under System Preferences > Security and Privacy >
Privacy tab and Accessibility option on sidebar.  The option is, "Allow the
apps to control your computer". If you don't have that turned on for any apps,
LO works fine.

However, increasing numbers of programs do use that option. I have it turned on
for:
 Default Folder X (file and folder cache)
 Dragon (speech reco)
 Dropbox (cloud file system)
 IShowU (screen recorder)
 Quickeys (macro program)

LO is unreliable in the presence of this option, often crashing and rendering
it unusable. Turning on and off this option for multiple programs takes a fair
bit of work, so is not feasible on an everyday basis for most users. Nor is
abandoning every program that needs this option. 

This should really be fixed. Otherwise you will see an attrition of your Mac
user community as people keep on running into this bug and not understanding
the cause, they will blame LO. It's a shame, but I have abandoned everyday use
of LO because of this. I would like to go back.

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