Macs are Stable :)

[SYNACK]

Typing These 8 Characters Will Crash Almost Any App On Your Mountain Lion Mac - Slashdot

 

All software has bugs, but this one is a particularly odd one. If you type "File:///" (no quotes) into almost any app on your Mac, it will crash. The discovery was made recently and a bug report was posted to Open Radar. First off, it’s worth noting that the bug only appears to be present in OS X Mountain Lion and is not reproducible in Lion or Snow Leopard. That’s not exactly good news given that this is the latest release of Apple’s operating system, which an increasing number of Mac users are switching to. ... A closer look shows the bug is inside Data Detectors, a feature that lets apps recognize dates, locations, and contact data, making it easy for you to save this information in your address book and calendar.

[Roberto]

Just tried it here and they're not wrong. Big oops. It crashes finder & Safari, which is especially daft because that's the two main apps where you might legitimately type that while trying to do something. Big cock up on Apple's part.

[CAM]

Does it work if you click it?

[SYNACK]

Does it work if you click it?

 

Apparently it only works in a text input field where it can be parsed by an osx system library and only with the capitalised version.

[rich_tech]

sounds like something that you can expect a hotfix for sharpish there then

[Arthur]

Does it work if you click it?

Try this instead...

 

grack.com/hangsafari.html

 

or

 

mailto:[email protected]?subject=File:///&body=File:///

 

or

 

Type File:/// into Spotlight

 

Btw, turning off the spell checker will stop your Mac from crashing.

Edited February 3, 2013 by Arthur

[SYNACK]

sounds like something that you can expect a hotfix for sharpish there then

 

It's no where near as bad as the; doesn't bother checking passwords bug or, the stores your passwords in plaintext debug logs bugs. Those took some time to be patched, I can't imagine this one taking a higher priority, still a fun game for any Apple store patrons until then

[Arthur]

still a fun game

Indeed...

 

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/exploits_of_a_mom.png

[SYNACK]

Indeed...

 

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/exploits_of_a_mom.png

 

What's sad is that while this is an old joke but still would not work on our SMS, not because they sanitise their inputs but because the whole 3GB monster is based on three loosely linked Access 2003 databases. Now that's a joke

Edited February 3, 2013 by SYNACK

[Arthur]

the whole 3GB monster is based on three loosely linked Access 2003 databases.

That sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen, especially once all three DBs reach a combined size of 6GB.

[SYNACK]

That sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen, especially once all three DBs reach a combined size of 6GB.

 

Yea, that is without student photos or anything, the main file size killers are all the VB exe files and ancient DLL libraries, the system files install still choke out on 64bit systems because it tries to register a 16bit graphics library. The DB sizes expand rapidly when you have a hundred users all accessing the MDB over the network.

 

It even has a well known back door password in their online documentation. Still it doesn't crash when you type File:/// into it so it's not all bad

Edited February 3, 2013 by SYNACK

[Arthur]

IMO, the random crashes in Android 4.2 are much worse than this Apple bug because at least with the latter you can simply avoid typing File:/// into any text boxes. With Android, you're stuck with them until Google can be bothered to fix them.

 

http://i.imgur.com/Ax1mgJ5.png

[SYNACK]

IMO, the random crashes in Android 4.2 are much worse than this Apple bug because at least with the latter you can simply avoid typing File:/// into any text boxes. With Android, you're stuck with them until Google can be bothered to fix them.

 

 

Oh, that looks like my Nexus 7 which I replaced and got one that glitches the screen with weird lines when using a browser as well as being slow and crashy like the last one, I don't know how it became so popular. Angry Birds must be VERY addictive.

[Rozzer]

lol thats an interesting bug!

[CyberNerd]

IMO, the random crashes in Android 4.2 are much worse than this Apple bug because at least with the latter you can simply avoid typing File:/// into any text boxes. With Android, you're stuck with them until Google can be bothered to fix them.

 

How do you get that logfile? I want to check mine - but I've not noticed it crash at all - I've rebooted it 3 times (in two months) and use it for long periods when playing ingress.

[Arthur]

How do you get that logfile?

I use this app. Depending upon the type of crash it may not have enough time to save a copy of the relevant log file(s) though.

Edited February 3, 2013 by Arthur

[CyberNerd]

I use this app.

 

ok. I'll give it a go.

[CyberNerd]

IMO, the random crashes in Android 4.2 are much worse than this Apple bug because at least with the latter you can simply avoid typing File:/// into any text boxes. With Android, you're stuck with them until Google can be bothered to fix them.

 

http://i.imgur.com/Ax1mgJ5.png

@Arthur

I think you must have something seriously wrong with your tablet, is it running a custom ROM, overheating or something?

I've been running the app you suggested for over a week, some heavy ingress use over two weekends and the usual iPlayer, browser, email and games throughout the week. Still not had a single reported crash or reboot on mine. GF's is the same, crash count =0

[SYNACK]

@Arthur

I think you must have something seriously wrong with your tablet, is it running a custom ROM, overheating or something?

I've been running the app you suggested for over a week, some heavy ingress use over two weekends and the usual iPlayer, browser, email and games throughout the week. Still not had a single reported crash or reboot on mine. GF's is the same, crash count =0

 

Maybe you somehow lucked out and got a good one, have you had the screen separation issue, have seen it on two so far, one from japan and my second one.

[CyberNerd]

Maybe you somehow lucked out and got a good one, have you had the screen separation issue, have seen it on two so far, one from japan and my second one.

 

No, not at all. I bought my girlfriend a 32gig one for Christmas as well, she uses hers at work and streams iPlayer all evening. Not seen those problems either.

[sted]

i have similar reboot issuues with my phone android 4 is imo worse than 2 for phones and much worse than 3 on tablets. Im fed up of it refusing to connect to my car radio or staying connected when the car is turned off and out of range but the phone still thinks is connected and wont let go or reconnect until i turn bluetooth off and on. ive had it with android tablet has been replaced by an x86 win tab and phone will be replaced with a win8 phone or a nokia brick that just works when contracts up

[Arthur]

I think you must have something seriously wrong with your tablet

I did wonder that. Since I posted that screenshot my Nexus 10 has crashed a total of 41 times and when I unlocked it yesterday I found it has done some sort of partial factory reset - all of my apps were there plus various things I had downloaded to /sdcard, but almost all settings had been completely wiped out. I guess the last reboot must have corrupted something?

 

is it running a custom ROM, overheating or something?

I'm on the stock 4.2.1 ROM at the moment, although I might switch to a different ROM (CM 10.1m or Paranoid Android) to see if that helps. It must be a software issue because there are a lot of people reporting the same problem as me...

 

code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39879

Edited February 11, 2013 by Arthur
Deleted Nexus 10 bit. :-)

[CyberNerd]

They are both Nexus 7 on 4.2.1.

I'd be inclined to send it back as faulty.

At school we had a Toshiba android machine that kept crashing and rebooting, we send that back to tosh and a couple of weeks later they sent it back repaired. I guess it is easy to mix up a faulty hardware with a software bug if you don't have anything to compare it to.

[Arthur]

I'd be inclined to send it back as faulty.

I'll give that a try as it's starting to get ridiculous.