I have the exact same issue. Anytime I try to polar align or plate solve it instantly crashes. I am using a Mac M1 chip Sonoma 14.2.1. I also have the issue using both the simulator and my own equipment. I am able to guide and capture images. I have been trying to get this to work for over a month now.

I too had no helpful logs from within Kstars Ekos. I know the apple crash reports are not overly helpful but here is the termination reason it provided me:

Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 11 Segmentation fault: 11
Terminating Process: exc handler [29008]

Any help or solutions is greatly appreciated!

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