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

"I have a small workaround, minor sacrifice."

sry Louis, but this is not really helping.

the finder crashes when you open a finder window in icon-view and highlight an icon, same with list- or column-view.

I just installed the Developer Safari 12.0.1 (Beta 3) for Sierra and the issue remains. The date of the release is Oct 4th so I hope something newer is on the horizon and will fix this nasty bug. None of the workarounds work for me.

MacOS Sierra 10.12.6, Safari Version 12.0 (12606.2.11) same issue. Additionally spotlight crashes multiple times depending on what it finds (so the 2 issue may be related).

I have tried some pref cleaning tricks, spotlight reindexing, updates, but I still have the issue. I have no desire to go back with time machine. Any pro trick may work?

This just started on my mac 10.12.6 with Firefox links just a day ago and I have not downloaded any new programs or software updates as far as i know. when i open them up from a folder, the finder crashes. Tried Disk Utility but did not help. Chrome crashes the finder as well. ???

Hello Christoph.

How did you revert to safari 11.1.2 ?

Not sure if the current version of sierra, as downloaded from Apple (oct 2018), contained that version of safari. If so, then clearly reinstalling another copy of sierra 'over the top' should fix the problem....not bother with all the safari updates of course otherwise the problem would replecate.

When I used command-R on startup to reinstall the OS in an attempt to fix the problem, the version of Safari that was installed was 10.1.2, which works beautifully. I do, of course, have to live with daily reminders that there is an update available, but I am ignoring those for now. The only other solution that I know of is to upgrade to High Sierra, and I still have a software issue to work out before I can do that.

How can we even upgrade to High Sierra now on older devices that aren't compatible with Mojave? The only upgrade option shown is Mojave and High Sierra is gone.

Plus, I really resent the fact that Apple has left such a blaring, huge bug left festering in their OS this long for customers that can't upgrade to High Sierra because of compatibility issues made through new bugs in that OS. Do they want us to switch to Windows machines?

This problem was first reported here a month ago . One participant in this discussion noted that it was duplicated on a mac in an Apple Store. Why hasn't Apple fixed this or offered a work-around, or even acknowledged it?

Thanks for sharing this info Christoph (and to original poster AsburyParkJoe). I've just reverted to Safari 11.1.2 on Sierra using this method and the Finder no longer crashes when using webloc files. One small point: booting into macOS Recovery mode in single-user mode using ⌘-R-S (instead of just ⌘-R) allows you to enable/disable SIP (csrutil enable/disable) slightly more quickly.

I'm literally having the exact same problem as you. Posted on similar threads!

I'm also having this problem with Finder too--and it started around the same time as you after upgrading some applications in late September. I've tried re-installing Sierra 10.12.6 and while it fixed the problem for a few days, just last night Finder began crashing again with basically any folder that had a URL file in it. Regardless of whether I was actually clicking on a URL file. And it doesn't seem switching/testing other users works either, it's only a temporary fix along with re-installing your OS.

It's happening to any URL file from any browser (I've tried all of them) too. It's refreshing to know it's not just a me problem, I was worried that I would need to get a new computer... I hope that Apple fixes this soon.

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.

Oh, I definitely wasn't seriously considering buying a new computer--I was more worried if it was personal or a program issue as a whole.

Yeah, the Safari 12.0 and additional security update have seemed to fry a lot of peoples' Finder whenever there is a .webloc file in a folder. I'll see what I can do, since I've basically tried everything up to this point and don't want to try to update anything too much because I'm currently in school and the set up I have is ideal.

Thanks for your advice!

I reported this issue as mentioned and did the try out at a local Apple store, with a machine they had.... absolutely disgusted with lack of attention to this problem since then by the Apple team. The consequences are in fact far reaching for many users and I fear that Apple is going the way of Microsoft in the early days.

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 !

DG, the finder crash issue can occur on all browser url links, chrome, safari, firefox. I am not a mac software expert, though have been using it for 30 years in the design applications world. I doubt Safari is the problem since i never used it until when i started testing what types of browser links within folders would cause the finder to crash...it was all of them.