It is often distracting for a software developer to have the Problem Reporter application pop up each time an application under development crashes.
Also, in Snow Leopard, there is no longer an option to not submit the report to Apple, which raises security and privacy concerns.
Here's one way to disable Problem Reporter: simply run the following command in Terminal:
sudo chmod 000 /System/Library/CoreServices/Problem\ Reporter.appTo re-enable Problem Reporter, do the following:
sudo chmod 755 /System/Library/CoreServices/Problem\ Reporter.app
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