finder crash when clicking on any web link located inside the folder

I'm having the same issue, really annoying. The finder crash/refresh only happens while using column view in a finder window (doesn't do it in icon view or list view). I'm always working in column view mode, and constantly save weblog files in my workflow.

It definitely seems to be something to do with Safari 12 and the way webloc files are handled after upgrading to Sierra 10.12.6 on my Mac Pro.

I can't upgrade to Mojave because of some older apps I must use that are not compatible with Mohave. Hope apple fixes this soon; really irritating!

You certainly don't need to buy a new computer possibly_a_penguin. It sounds like you have encountered the dreaded Safari 12.0 update issue. Look at one of the previous posts by Christoph Landon which details how to revert to Safari 11.1.2. I did that and no more crashing finder when I look at webloc files. If you do that, just make sure you don't then upgrade Safari to v12.0 when prompted by the App Store.

I've finally "bitten the bullet" so to speak, having become fed up with waiting for Apple to provide a fix.

Reinstalled OS Sierra over the top of my existing sierra (also downgrades safari to 10.1.2.

All fixed now.......shall not install updates to safari, I'll stick with Firefox !

Maybe of use to all of the people concerned. I just did my monthly automatic run of Onyx 3.3.1 (a tool, to clean up caches and rebuild a lot of things), and suddenly I have no problems with the finder crashing on web links anymore... I do not know what solved it, but clearly something was repaired of the automatic list, except for spotlight index, mail email folders and the appearance of folders (if I translate the text correctly)...

I did not update anything else since the problem started to appear.

Good luck to everyone, and I hope it will last for a while without crashing finder here, will report back if it starts again!

Iwert

Petertje: "I tested another user account on my machine (which I use regularly for demos and giving courses), but that account doesn't have the problem ! I can safely preview web links. So there must be something fishy in the User Library, maybe in combination with a System component...".

Thanks - I didn't try this. Glad it's related to something user-library specific. I'm going to start looking at my ~/Library folder items related to: preview, safari, spotlight, quicklook, etc. (the things that might affect generating a live preview of a .webloc file - which is where the crash occurs) to see if I can isolate it. Maybe I'll hunt for old cruft, or missing new stuff...

But I think that it's related to conflicts with Safari 12+updates, and older User Library files in use/conflict might be a key reason/explanation why Apple might not be seeing this bug/crashing to fix it? You'd think it would be part of Sarai 12 update regression testing on still-supported older macOS.

Boot into Safe Mode and let us know if it works as expected there, then boot back up normally and test:

Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac - Apple Support

working in the command-r boot mode, i just reinstalled the 10.12.6 Sierra and everything is restored correctly and works fine.

Hi, I have same problem on iMac `27 + Sierra.

Here's my solution.

Download this app, and replace the file WEBLOC to URL.

Then it never happned.

https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Mac-OS/Webloc-Finagler-FREE.html

Try creating a new user account for test purposes. Also create some webloc files in folders in that account to test. Let us know if that works as expected.

Finally with the last Safari 12.0.3 upgrade no more crash occur in finder and in spotlight with .webloc files in Sierra.

👍👍👍

It's not a virus and it doesn't seem like hardware either. That leaves software, which is why I suggested the Combo Update route. If you'd rather restore from a TIme Machine backup that predates the issue, that's fine.

I have a small workaround, minor sacrifice. Command-J to bring up View options in the finder, turn off preview column. and do not Quicklook weblocs.

Ahhhh,

Finally some relief with this long running snafu.

Safari 12.0.3 seems to have fixed things.

Finder not crashing here anymore !!!