# Software stuck at data selection using can.ex2 example

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/software-stuck-at-data-selection-using-can-ex2-example/5336
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 14, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/software-stuck-at-data-selection-using-can-ex2-example/5336 "2020-09-14T17:08:35Z")
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### Author: ![CJustin](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cjustin/32/4929_2.png) [@CJustin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/CJustin)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/software-stuck-at-data-selection-using-can-ex2-example/5336/1 "2020-09-14T17:08:35Z")

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![Screen Shot 2020-09-14 at 12.16.16 PM](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/8/814d79620a17499827c321bfdcfa4288010e8b3f.png)

This is my first time using paraview and when I follow a tutorial online to use can.ex2 as the data input and use Find Data to select a section in this file, it get stuck when I click the run selection query and I have to force quit it.  
I’m using MacOS and I downloaded the latest paraview. May I check if this is because I’m not doing this correct?  
Thanks!

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### Author: ![Ethan\_Stam](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/ethan_stam/32/2520_2.png) [@Ethan\_Stam](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ethan_Stam)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/software-stuck-at-data-selection-using-can-ex2-example/5336/2 "2020-09-14T20:40:05Z")

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Hi @CJustin!

Couple of questions…

Is the selection query pictured causing it to get stuck? What MacOS are you running?

I am able to run the selection query pictured on Mojave (10.14.6) with the nightly binary from: [https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=nightly&type=binary&os=macOS&downloadFile=ParaView-5.8.1-1261-g06418d2c5f-MPI-OSX10.12-Python3.7-64bit.dmg](https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=nightly&type=binary&os=macOS&downloadFile=ParaView-5.8.1-1261-g06418d2c5f-MPI-OSX10.12-Python3.7-64bit.dmg)

 ![Screen Shot 2020-09-14 at 2.38.54 PM](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e8404986915a980ec24fc5683dce7fff646de91d.png)

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### Author: ![CJustin](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cjustin/32/4929_2.png) [@CJustin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/CJustin)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/software-stuck-at-data-selection-using-can-ex2-example/5336/3 "2020-09-14T22:27:32Z")

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Hi Ethan,

Yes, this is the query that causing it to stuck. I’m running it one Catalina.  
And the paraview I downloaded is:  
[https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=v5.8&type=binary&os=macOS&downloadFile=ParaView-5.8.1-MPI-OSX10.12-Python2.7-64bit.pkg](https://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/download.php?submit=Download&version=v5.8&type=binary&os=macOS&downloadFile=ParaView-5.8.1-MPI-OSX10.12-Python2.7-64bit.pkg)

Thanks!