Wil Shipley shows how an application can add information to a crash log by assigning to a special string variable. I see the same technique used in Apple’s source for configd: /* CrashReporter info */ const char *__crashreporter_info__ = NULL; asm(“.desc ___crashreporter_info__, 0x10”); I also like to use -[NSThread setName:]. Update (2013-05-03): Mike Ash adds … Continue reading Application Specific Crash Report Information