Hookmark 6.9 High Memory Usage and Crash on macOS 15.4.1

Bug Reports
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Hello,

I’m experiencing a critical issue with Hookmark 6.9 (build 6231) on macOS 15.4.1 (Apple Silicon).

Shortly after launching Hookmark, the memory usage grows rapidly, exceeding 12 GB, and the app becomes unstable or crashes entirely. I’ve already attempted the following without success:

  • Full reinstall of Hookmark
  • Deleted user preferences (com.cogsciapps.hook.plist)
  • Disabled all integrations and auto-hooking features
  • Reproduced the issue in Safe Mode and under a new macOS user account

The crash report shows an assertion failure in -[NSMenuItem setKeyEquivalent:], leading to a SIGABRT. This may point to a UI or AppKit-related issue, possibly involving menu configuration.

Is anyone else seeing this behavior on macOS 15.4. x?
Any known workarounds or upcoming fixes?

I’ve sent a detailed report to support@cogsciapps.com with logs and screenshots, but I’d appreciate hearing from the community as well.

Thanks in advance!

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Tsutomu from Japan

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Sync links through iCloud on → Memory 6GB - 12GB
Sync links through iCloud off → Memory 30MB

I stopped Sync links through iCloud.

3

I was wrong Hook ddn’t make any crash report.

4

I have seen Hookmark crash at least twice on Silicon since I upgraded it but I did not check its memory usage at that time. I’ll make sure to monitor this.

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I’ve been troubleshooting high memory usage by Hookmark 6.9 (build 6231) on macOS 15.4.1 (Apple Silicon).

While iCloud sync is enabled, I captured a sample of the Hookmark process using macOS Activity Monitor. The sample shows:

  • Hookmark was using 5.6 GB of physical memory at the time of sampling.
  • A thread labeled DispatchQueue_20595: init_linksyncrhonization was active.
  • This thread was running deep inside _NSJSONReader parseData, specifically within newJSONString, newJSONValue, and newJSONObject calls from the Foundation framework.
  • No unusually large .hookmark file was present in iCloud Drive; the largest observed was 29 bytes.

These details were taken directly from the system sample file and Finder. I’ve excluded interpretation here for clarity.

I’d appreciate any feedback if anyone has encountered similar patterns or can provide context.

6

I’m getting crashes about every 15 minutes using Version 6.9 (6231; Integration v. 362). I’m on macOS 15.5. Using Dropbox (via File Provider API) to Sync.

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When Hookmark crashes periodically when Sync is on, please try to do the following:

  1. Disable sync of Hookmark on all devices.
  2. Remove all files under Hookmark sync folder. If sync through iCloud, the path is iCloud Drive/hookmark/sync. If sync through file sharing, you can find path by following Hookmark->Settings->Sync
  3. Reenable sync on Hookmark.
    While we are trying to trouble shoot the problem, the above steps should fix the problem before a fix is available.