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

strangely finder crash when i open any link located in any folder - when i double click on whatever web link, instead of chrome (or safari ) opening that link, the source folder restart - seems like finder crash and restart that folder but without open the web page.

is very weird cos if try with right click and then "open with" chrome ( or safari ), it works.. it works even if i copy to desktop and clicking on that link

if i try changing to "always open with" safari, instead of chrome - it crash again but it came with the error attached bellow.

it happens only with web links inside any folder - but as well it work fine w any kind of files like png, jpeg, psd or whatever others

i use an mac pro and worked just fine without any glitch with os sierra till today. i didn't installed or make any kind of major changes lately.. only yesterday itunes didn't saw my iphone ( after i upgraded to ios 12 ) and asked to instal some kind of software first when i plugged my phone to itunes. ( i really didn't pay much attention - it was an pop up window with " installing software") but after itunes restarted, my iphone was there.

i reinstalled chrome, repair disk permissions .. but without any luck

any suggestion pls? Thanks

Posted on Sep 19, 2018 10:25 AM

96 replies

Jan 4, 2019 11:08 PM in response to Petertje

sorry if it is not clear.

Spotlight never crashed for me. Or maybe it does but I never use it. Do not like how it works, as I wrote earlier. Any link I click in a folder on on the DT crashes the DT.

Jan 25, 2019 12:56 AM in response to Petertje

Yep, after an embarrassingly long wait upgrading to Safari 12.0.3 stops the crashes after restart. But, it doesn't show web previews so it's not a total fix but better than crashes. As mentioned, Apple still needs to fix Quick Look.

Look like a new Security Update 2019-001 10.12.6 is now available as well. I'm going to backup before doing that though.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209446

Oct 10, 2018 8:59 AM in response to drcre8tive

Check out my post right before yours. There is a Quicklook bug that crashes the finder on webloc files. Turn off the preview column in column view and do not invoke Quickloook on icons.

Oct 15, 2018 4:33 PM in response to Christoph Landon

Went back to Safari 11.1.2 and things are working great again. I'm not sure what Apple was thinking when releasing 12 and also, none of the workarounds worked for me. Doing the happy dance again...

el.tiki

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4 points

Dec 9, 2018 10:16 AM in response to pjfreitas

This is just a sick bad joke ... Safari 12.0.2 still not fixing the issue ... Looks like Apple does not give a f*** about what users report in the forums here ...

Jan 4, 2019 9:08 AM in response to Petertje

it still crashes, makes no difference in other words.

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