Whenever I type File:///
into the URL bar in Chrome, into Text Edit, and more, it crashes the app. I found out about this after reading this blog post.
How can I avoid this crash and make it impossible for apps that get this string whether it's typed, pasted or arrives in a file, message or download?
Best Answer
It's a bug in 10.8.1 and 10.8.2 only.
The workaround for this pesky bug is to disable two items in Language & Text Preference Pane in System Preferences on affected versions of Mountain Lion:
Credit for this workaround goes to user shess on the open radar web site.