# Change note type -\> anki for mac 2.1.45 crash **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [August 3, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-note-type-anki-for-mac-2-1-45-crash/11937 "2021-08-03T18:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mannyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@mannyk](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mannyk)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-note-type-anki-for-mac-2-1-45-crash/11937/1 "2021-08-03T18:33:55Z")
When I try to change note type anki crashes most of the time. This is the case even if I just change the note type to a copy of the same type (created via note type management). I just upgraded to anki 2.1.45 on a mac powerbook running osx catalina. osx provides crash information that I can provide if that would help. Also: I upgraded from 2.1.35 (? maybe 2.1.42) where I had no such problem. I don’t have any anki addons installed. Manny ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-note-type-anki-for-mac-2-1-45-crash/11937/2 "2021-08-04T05:47:37Z")
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**Author:** ![mannyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@mannyk](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mannyk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-note-type-anki-for-mac-2-1-45-crash/11937/3 "2021-08-04T18:55:37Z")
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**Author:** ![ara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/ara/32/5614_2.png) [@ara](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ara)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-note-type-anki-for-mac-2-1-45-crash/11937/4 "2021-08-04T19:26:29Z")
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**Author:** ![mannyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@mannyk](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mannyk)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-note-type-anki-for-mac-2-1-45-crash/11937/5 "2021-08-04T20:26:25Z")
> [@ara](#): > > [https://pastebin.com/](https://pastebin.com/) Thanks. Here’s a link (expires in 1 week): [https://pastebin.com/5GJqA13W](https://pastebin.com/5GJqA13W) ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-note-type-anki-for-mac-2-1-45-crash/11937/6 "2021-08-05T08:56:43Z")
It seems to be related to accessibility. Do you have any accessibility features enabled in the system preferences, or any apps listed in the accessibility section of security&privacy? ---
**Author:** ![mannyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@mannyk](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mannyk)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-note-type-anki-for-mac-2-1-45-crash/11937/7 "2021-08-05T16:23:52Z")
I have enabled: “Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom”, “speak selected text” on option-esc (which doesn’t work on displayed anki cards: It speaks the whole card instead of just the selected bits), accessibility keyboard is enabled (multiple languages). Apps enabled for accessibility in security&privacy are: Anki, Aquamacs, VirtualBox VMware Fusion, VLC, and com.wacom.IOManager. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-note-type-anki-for-mac-2-1-45-crash/11937/8 "2021-08-06T10:26:22Z")
It seems to be connected to the accessibility keyboard - while waiting for the toolkit to fix this issue, turning off the keyboard seems to work around the problem. ---
**Author:** ![mannyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@mannyk](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mannyk)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-note-type-anki-for-mac-2-1-45-crash/11937/9 "2021-08-07T23:24:24Z")
Turning off the accessibility keyboard while using anki works and is a useable workaround for me. Thanks for tracking it down. ---
**Author:** ![drpp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/drpp/32/6159_2.png) [@drpp](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/drpp)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-note-type-anki-for-mac-2-1-45-crash/11937/10 "2021-08-21T05:55:35Z")
This ‘Accessibility keyboard’ fix, is Not working in my case!! Accessibility keyboard, is and was turned off in my mac. Still I am experiencing the issue. It was present in Mac version 2.1.45 and still present in 2.1.46. Though it is not persistent, many times it crashes. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-note-type-anki-for-mac-2-1-45-crash/11937/11 "2021-08-22T07:35:53Z")
Maybe you have some other accessibility feature enabled, or are using some other utility that makes use of the accessibility API. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-note-type-anki-for-mac-2-1-45-crash/11937/12 "2023-05-01T04:54:29Z")