SoapUI becomes unresponsive after starting on Mac OS X

Question

Mac OS version: Sierra, 10.12.3 SoapUI version: 5.3.0

Steps to reproduce:

• Launch SoapUI

• Wait a few seconds

• The mouse cursor turns into a colourwheel

• Activity monitor shows the SoapUI process as not responding: need to kill the process to quit the app.

Answer 1

Found a solution here:

https://community.smartbear.com/t5/SoapUI-NG/SoapUI-Pro-5-1-2-hangs-on-Mac-OS-X-10-8-5/td-p/95626

cd /Applications/SoapUI-5.3.0.app/Contents

In file java/app/bin/soapui.sh uncomment line 66:

65 # uncomment to disable browser component
66     JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Dsoapui.browser.disabled=true"

In file vmoptions.txt add the following line:

-Dsoapui.browser.disabled=true

Note This will disable "test on demand"

Answer 2

Alternatively, you can navigate to SoapUI*.app, right-click and select "Show Package Info" (from popup menu). Then you should see Contents directory; open Info.plist and add the following lines:

<key>soapui.jxbrowser.disable</key>
<true/>