If it's a VM crash you are experiencing, there is no "run-up to the crash".
The whole Java process will die completely without warning or the chance
for IDEA to do anything about it. Other than when you manually trigger a
'Save All', IDEA only saves at certain times like frame deactivation, so
yes you will lose some of your recent changes if the VM rug gets pulled out
from under you. Perhaps try enabling Local History, AFAIK that checkpoints
quite frequently and might reduce the amount of work you lose. The real problem
of course is the poor state of Java on OSX and that doesn't seem to be something
that Apple is going out of its way to address.
Good morning.
Thought I would add my 2cents of data to this thread.
I'm on my second crash this morning (and maybe a dozen crashes over
the last few weeks), and have lost a bit of work both times, as if the
editor is not autosaving in the run-up to the crash.
Intellij version: 8.1.3 (build 9886)
with
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_13"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_13-b03-211)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.3-b02-83, mixed mode)
Under OS X 10.5.7
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