Safely terminate Alias and save your data, if the application hangs or takes too long to complete an action.
(Mac) From the Apple Go menu, select Applications > Autodesk >Alias 2013 > Save And Exit
Your data is saved under your current project, in file wire\_M.SAVES\_msaved_<month>_<day>_<time>_Stage.wire, and Alias exits.
Also written out is an exception log, named in the format:
ExceptionLog-userName-binaryName-pid-mmddyyyyhhmmss.log
pid = process id of the alias process when it first started
mm - Month (1 – 12; January = 1).
hh - Hours after midnight (0 – 23).
mm - Minutes after hour (0 – 59).
ss - Seconds after minute (0 – 59).
This file may provide useful information to Customer Support about the application failure, if it is repeatable.