Typing 'File:///' Will Crash Almost Any Mac Application

Posted February 2, 2013 at 8:47am by iClarified · 28048 views

An interesting bug in OS X Mountain Lion causes almost all Mac apps to crash when typing in 'File:///', according to a Radar report spotted by 9to5Mac.

The crash is thought to be caused by Spell Checker and affects numerous apps including: Safari, TextEdit, Console, Messages, Xcode, TweetBot, Chrome, and others.

The bug does not affect Lion or Snow Leopard.