Mac and iOS Versions of Safari Crashing due to Search Suggestions Feature
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On Wednesday, reports started coming in that the Mac and iOS versions of Safari were crashing due to a popular feature with search engines.
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When someone goes to one (such as Google.com) and types in a search term, the web site comes back with suggestions on what it thinks the user is searching for. Â When that happens, Safari errors out and exits.
The problem comes up regardless of what the user uses for a search engine. Â This is because all search engines flow through the same API that Safari uses for those web sites.
People who still have a working copy of Safari should avoid actions that will reset their cache, such as turning on Airplane Mode, since once back online Safari will start trying to fetch suggestions if the feature isn’t already disabled.
Apple has yet to comment on the matter or offer a timeline for a fix.
We’ll be monitoring this and update as necessary.
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