Q: Safari 6.1.6 crashes at Google Maps

The App, a one-click icon I keep on my desktop that opens the full version of Google Maps in FireFox, is written entirely in Applescript. Find the native Applescript Editor inside the Utilities folder inside your Applications folder. Open it.

Here's a link to a web page with details on how to write the code:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3645763/how-do-i-instruct-applescript-to-open -a-new-firefox-window-with-a-link

My code ended up looking like this:

     tell application "Firefox" to activate

     tell application "Firefox"

          open location "https://www.google.com/maps/"

     end tell

After you've successfully run and/or compiled the code, save your work as an Application. Mine sits on the desktop and looks like this. I substituted a custom icon for the default Applescript Icon so it's a little easier to spot on the desktop.

One small thing about this code... if Firefox is not already open -- when it opens, it opens a blank page and then opens an additional page to load Firefox so you end up with two Firefox windows instead of one. Not a big deal. The extra window sits beneath the active Google Map and doesn't impede workflow. It's just an extra window to close when you're done with Firefox. There's probably a way to write this script such that you'll only get one window when you activate Firefox and load Google Maps but the extra window was not enough of an annoyance for me to sort it out. This code was tested in OS X 10.7.5 and works great.

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The Service, written for Safari, enabling you to open your current Safari page/URL, in Firefox, is actually written using Automator (native). Find Automator inside your Applications folder, open it, and select "Service" from the icon options and drag "Run Shell Script" from the list of actions, into the Automator workflow area. Here's a link to a page with detailed instructions.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6624316?start=0&tstart=0

Follow them exactly as explained in the post by Hiroto -- careful to make sure you execute all the instructions in both step 0 and step 1. If you duplicate his settings in "Run Shell Script", it should work perfectly. Again, I've tested this service in OS X 10.7.5 with Safari 6.1.6 and it works every time. The only catch is that the Safari active webpage URL must be highlighted entirely in order for the Service to show up in the Services Menu. (click URL field + command A). This is what the Safari Service looks like when it's done. When I saved it in Automator, I named it "Open Safari URL in Firefox".

I have exactly the same problem.  But no solution.

Try using lite mode: https://www.google.com/maps/?force=lite

No more crashing for me!

Same for me. Just updated my early 2007 Macbook (Macbook 3,1) from OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) to 10.7.5 (Lion) and got the same issue.

I cannot update more than this (this Macbook does not meet the minimum requirements of Mountain Lion) but I decided to upgrade from Snow Leopard just because with iOS9 I couldn't sync anymore my device with the Macbook (the supported iTunes version is declared as obsolete).

I will go with Firefox, but it's a shame for Apple. Lion is an OS just 5 and half years old. The latest version of Lion is just 3 years and half old (source: Wikipedia).

Is Apple going to think we have to update our OS every half year like kiddies?

Emanuele

I just tried again, and found that the full version of Google maps now works in Safari 6.1.6.

Works for me too! Thanks!

Me too! Working fine now! Thanks Apple and Google or any combination therein!  =]

FYI, in the last 24 hours the full version of Google maps is not working properly for me in Safari 6.1.6. The satellite view doesn't load. The lite version seems to work OK.

Same here. Full Version of Google Maps is no longer working properly. Page loads without any navigation tools including Satellite view. If you input a location and hit enter, nothing happens. The Lite version seems to be working though. Oh well...

Same for me. At least the browser doesn't crash...