I have random crashes of my Mac OS X application and there is no indication of a bug in my code. How to debug such kind of bugs? I have no access to user's computer where it is randomly crashes.
Here is an example of crash log:
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8 (12A269)
Report Version:  10
Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000008fe00000
VM Regions Near 0x8fe00000:
MALLOC_SMALL           0000000082000000-0000000083800000 [ 24.0M] rw-/rwx SM=PRV  
__TEXT                 000000008fe05000-000000008fe38000 [  204K] r-x/rwx SM=COW  /usr/lib/dyld
Application Specific Information:
objc_msgSend() selector name: _absorbDeferredNeedsDisplayRegion
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libobjc.A.dylib                 0x994d3c0b objc_msgSend + 27
1   com.apple.AppKit                0x9502985f -[_NSDisplayOperationStack exitDisplayOperationForWindow:] + 602
2   com.apple.AppKit                0x95181f8b -[NSView(NSLayerKitGlue) _drawViewBackingLayer:inContext:drawingHandler:] + 2523
3   com.apple.AppKit                0x951814fe -[NSView(NSLayerKitGlue) drawLayer:inContext:] + 167
4   com.apple.QuartzCore            0x91fe2b6a -[CALayer drawInContext:] + 136
5   com.apple.QuartzCore            0x920e0b5f backing_callback(CGContext*, void*) + 88
6   com.apple.QuartzCore            0x91fe1bbd CABackingStoreUpdate_ + 3241
7   com.apple.QuartzCore            0x91fe0943 CA::Layer::display_() + 1369
8   com.apple.QuartzCore            0x91fe03e4 -[CALayer _display] + 20
9   com.apple.QuartzCore            0x91fe03c5 CA::Layer::display() + 221
10  com.apple.QuartzCore            0x91fe02e3 -[CALayer display] + 20
11  com.apple.QuartzCore            0x91fe020b CA::Layer::display_if_needed(CA::Transaction*) + 673
12  com.apple.QuartzCore            0x91fdfa84 CA::Layer::layout_and_display_if_needed(CA::Transaction*) + 38
13  com.apple.QuartzCore            0x91fd4cfa CA::Context::commit_transaction(CA::Transaction*) + 338
14  com.apple.QuartzCore            0x91fd4a70 CA::Transaction::commit() + 362
15  com.apple.QuartzCore            0x91fd487d CA::Transaction::observer_callback(__CFRunLoopObserver*, unsigned long, void*) + 67
16  com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98c7b51e __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 30
17  com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98c7b45d __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 381
18  com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98c54d85 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 405
19  com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98c54bdb CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
20  com.apple.HIToolbox             0x9a0ef8aa RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 242
21  com.apple.HIToolbox             0x9a0ef619 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 374
22  com.apple.HIToolbox             0x9a0ef494 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88
23  com.apple.AppKit                0x94fefa5a _DPSNextEvent + 724
24  com.apple.AppKit                0x94fef28c -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 119
25  com.apple.AppKit                0x94fe56dc -[NSApplication run] + 855
26  com.apple.AppKit                0x94f888e6 NSApplicationMain + 1053
Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x95af69ae kevent + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib               0x94e00cc5 _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 993
2   libdispatch.dylib               0x94e007fd _dispatch_mgr_thread + 53
Thread 2:: com.apple.CFSocket.private
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x95af5be6 __select + 10
1   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98c99320 __CFSocketManager + 1632
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918b557 _pthread_start + 344
3   libsystem_c.dylib               0x99175cee thread_start + 34
Thread 3:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x95af37d2 mach_msg_trap + 10
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x95af2cb0 mach_msg + 68
2   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98c4fcc9 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 185
3   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98c556af __CFRunLoopRun + 1247
4   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98c54d6a CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 378
5   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98c54bdb CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
6   com.apple.Foundation            0x97b2ca86 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 278
7   com.apple.Foundation            0x97abe8f0 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) run] + 76
8   [cut by author]                0x003de1dd +[HTTPServer bonjourThread] + 173
9   com.apple.Foundation            0x97b27318 -[NSThread main] + 45
10  com.apple.Foundation            0x97b2729b __NSThread__main__ + 1396
11  libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918b557 _pthread_start + 344
12  libsystem_c.dylib               0x99175cee thread_start + 34
Thread 4:: com.apple.NSURLConnectionLoader
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x95af37d2 mach_msg_trap + 10
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x95af2cb0 mach_msg + 68
2   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98c4fcc9 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 185
3   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98c556af __CFRunLoopRun + 1247
4   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98c54d6a CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 378
5   com.apple.CoreFoundation        0x98c54bdb CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
6   com.apple.Foundation            0x97ac329a +[NSURLConnection(Loader) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 395
7   com.apple.Foundation            0x97b27318 -[NSThread main] + 45
8   com.apple.Foundation            0x97b2729b __NSThread__main__ + 1396
9   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918b557 _pthread_start + 344
10  libsystem_c.dylib               0x99175cee thread_start + 34
Thread 5:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x95af60ee __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918e04c _pthread_workq_return + 45
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918de19 _pthread_wqthread + 448
3   libsystem_c.dylib               0x99175cca start_wqthread + 30
Thread 6:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x95af60ee __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918e04c _pthread_workq_return + 45
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918de19 _pthread_wqthread + 448
3   libsystem_c.dylib               0x99175cca start_wqthread + 30
Thread 7:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x95af60ee __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918e04c _pthread_workq_return + 45
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918de19 _pthread_wqthread + 448
3   libsystem_c.dylib               0x99175cca start_wqthread + 30
Thread 8:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x95af60ee __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918e04c _pthread_workq_return + 45
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918de19 _pthread_wqthread + 448
3   libsystem_c.dylib               0x99175cca start_wqthread + 30
Thread 9:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x95af60ee __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918e04c _pthread_workq_return + 45
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918de19 _pthread_wqthread + 448
3   libsystem_c.dylib               0x99175cca start_wqthread + 30
Thread 10:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x95af60ee __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918e04c _pthread_workq_return + 45
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918de19 _pthread_wqthread + 448
3   libsystem_c.dylib               0x99175cca start_wqthread + 30
Thread 11:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x95af60ee __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918e04c _pthread_workq_return + 45
2   libsystem_c.dylib               0x9918de19 _pthread_wqthread + 448
3   libsystem_c.dylib               0x99175cca start_wqthread + 30
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
  eax: 0x818950b0  ebx: 0xac76a5d8  ecx: 0x9592966f  edx: 0x90000000
  edi: 0x8fe00000  esi: 0x00000000  ebp: 0xbfff8c88  esp: 0xbfff8c54
   ss: 0x00000023  efl: 0x00010282  eip: 0x994d3c0b   cs: 0x0000001b
   ds: 0x00000023   es: 0x00000023   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x0000000f
  cr2: 0x8fe00000
Logical CPU: 2
After that you should have better stack trace
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