# Crashing Anki Version 2.1.29 (bbff62bf)

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**Created:** [July 31, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/crashing-anki-version-2-1-29-bbff62bf/1650 "2020-07-31T11:09:52Z")\
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**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:** [July 31, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/crashing-anki-version-2-1-29-bbff62bf/1650/3 "2020-07-31T23:30:47Z")

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You should be able to work around this for now by opening Terminal.app and starting Anki with the following command:

```auto
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 /Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/Anki

```

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