# Mac OS X: How to view exceptions thrown by exported app?
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/mac-os-x-how-to-view-exceptions-thrown-by-exported-app/5460
**Category:** Processing
**Created:** [November 11, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/mac-os-x-how-to-view-exceptions-thrown-by-exported-app/5460 "2018-11-11T23:12:37Z")
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### Author:  [@dtmr](https://discourse.processing.org/u/dtmr)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/mac-os-x-how-to-view-exceptions-thrown-by-exported-app/5460/1 "2018-11-11T23:12:37Z")
Is there a way for Mac OS X users of an exported Processing 3 app to view the text of non-fatal exceptions (those messages that normally appear in red in the Processing editor)?
- I’ve tried to enable logging/console in the Java 8 preferences - no effect (no console popping up)
- I’ve tried to start the app via a terminal (open -a appname) - no output
- I don’t see those messages in the Mac OS system log viewer
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### Author:  [@Kevin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Kevin)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/mac-os-x-how-to-view-exceptions-thrown-by-exported-app/5460/2 "2018-11-12T22:59:29Z")
Can you post some example code that throws the exception you’re trying to view?
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### Author:  [@dtmr](https://discourse.processing.org/u/dtmr)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/mac-os-x-how-to-view-exceptions-thrown-by-exported-app/5460/3 "2018-11-12T23:43:27Z")
This was a general question, I don’t care about specific cases, but if you need one: SaveStrings() and no permission to write to the path. If the error message that is normally printed by Processing (not necessarily ending execution) ends up in some Java or Mac OS X log, I’d like to know where.