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Safari Crashing for Both iOS and Mac Users, Fixes Identified [Update: Fixed]

Not happy about the problem, but definitely happy that I saw this post! Least I have some information now on what might be causing the issue. Address bar issue began after updating to 10.11.3.

Update: Yes, turning "off" Safari Suggestions or turning "on" private browsing mode seems to fix the address bar issue. Otherwise pages do not load, you cannot shortcut "command L" into the address bar, and typing an address glitches out and duplicates itself in the bar, like the pic in the previous post.
 
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I haven't experience any crash so far for 10.11.4 beta. Hang on for little people update will come fast to fix many issues besides safari browser crashing.
 
I was wondering what was going on this morning. I rebooted my iPhone and everytime I would touch the url bar and Safari would crash.

I found another solution. Go into System Preferences > Safari > Advanced > Website Data and press remove all data
 
I wonder if this is a US only thing? In the UK i'm having no issues at all? UK nodes working ok maybe?
 
kaostheory777 said:
Grrrr - i've spent the last 2 hours thinking my Safari was broken, deleting .plist files - reseting - fixing permissions etc. Oh well at least I stopped short of a full reinstall. Fingers crossed this is fixed by tomorrow. I don't like using Chrome :(
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Yeah me too...it was so annoying. After that I was busy setting up my favorites and top sites.
 
I've been having an intermittent problems loading a simple Google search since at least the last two OS X versions.
Currently on 10.11.4 beta and had Safari suggestions off since they were first introduced.
Switching to DuckDuckGo or Yahoo works just fine, but I really got used to the Google layout and visuals. ;P
 
gijoeinla said:
Yes this is true. I can only use Safari on my mac by using New Private Window option. Oddly, if I open the regular Safari window, I get only the apple.com address, twice, see the attached photo... I cannot input anything into the normal Safari browser. Chrome and Firefox are working though. Clearly a Safari only problem.View attachment 612750
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Same, it appears to be a wider issue than search suggestions; my suspicion is that the security update did something to how the system handles URLs, and it just happens to be manifesting as issues in Safari, as I'm not aware of any Safari specific update (though Apple aren't great on giving information about these).

But yeah, it renders the address bar essentially unusable, and is causing crashes with search suggestions enabled.

This is a very major issue to have gotten past Q&A though, as Safari crashed the very first time I tried to use it after installing the update.
 
Spoke to an AppleCare representative today who immediately gave the turn off search suggestions fix and said Apple is aware of the issue and they should have it fixed today.
 
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dannys1 said:
I wonder if this is a US only thing? In the UK i'm having no issues at all? UK nodes working ok maybe?
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I am from the UK mine was working fine all morning, then about 20-30minutes ago safari on my iPhone kept crashing, done the trick as advised here and seems to have worked.

Rogifan said:
So this must not be affecting everyone as I'm not experiencing it on my iPad Pro.
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Correct I was in the same boat as you, until mine must have decided to flip over
 
So this must not be affecting everyone as I'm not experiencing it on my iPad Pro.
 
This bit me this morning, I was scrambling to find a fix, and googling but my verbiage was such that it failed to come up with the solution. Thanks MR, it was right there on the front page :)
 
It's fine on my mini 3 and 6S plus but is crashing on my air 2 and MacBook Air. I hope Apple fix this soon.
 
Good fix.... Never come across this issue myself, another one is using Firefox is another alternative browser. That solves all problems.

Ideally, i never really found "Safari suggestions" to be anything but an annoyance...... it never seems to suggest what i'm actually looking for, but when it works, it works. But i don't like tech telling me "oh... no u don't mean that, u actually meant this."

I feel like saying " don't bug me, i know what i meant"
 
So it's a problem on apples end. I'm sure they will correct it shortly.

Time to invest more in QA. This does not look like a simple bug that was missed , as we are talking about core functionality of safari
 
Tech198 said:
Good fix.... Never come across this issue myself, another one is using Firefox is another alternative browser. That solves all problems.

Ideally, i never really found "Safari suggestions" to be any but an annoyance...... it never seems to suggest what i'm actually looking for.
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by the time i get a suggestion i have it already typed out. same reason i dont have auto correct enabled :D
 
dannys1 said:
I wonder if this is a US only thing? In the UK i'm having no issues at all? UK nodes working ok maybe?
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Whilst I haven't had any issues with my Macs or iOS kit I have had 3 support calls regarding this from clients in London. All fixed by disabling safari suggestions or spotlight suggestions in older versions of OS X. Glad I was browsing Mac Rumors before the calls came in :)
 
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Seeing this problem on both my iPad Air 2 running 9.2.1 and Mac running 10.11.3.

My iPhone 6S appears to be unaffected though despite the Safari Suggestions being enabled on it.
 
It's happening in the UK, 500 iPad's on site with no Safari access with no central way to turn off the setting! What a day :mad:

For anyone interested, here is the error message that appears in the Console Log when Safari Crashes:

MobileSafari[24297] <Error>: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** +[NSURLComponents initWithURL:resolvingAgainstBaseURL:]: nil URLString parameter
 
Apple announced 1 billion active apple devices yesterday...

Just one day later...

1 billion apple devices with safari issues at the same time.

Seems like they like to set up one record other the other.
 
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I had this on my iPad Air this morning in the UK, strangely so far my iPhone and mac don't seem to be affected.
 
Thought my iPhone 5S had finally succumbed to software getting ahead of the hardware. Started thinking about buying new iPhone.

Fix works perfectly.

A little embarrassed, a little pleased, a little disappointed.
 
barbossa said:
It's happening in the UK, 500 iPad's on site with no Safari access with no central way to turn off the setting! What a day :mad:

For anyone interested, here is the error message that appears in the Console Log when Safari Crashes:

MobileSafari[24297] <Error>: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** +[NSURLComponents initWithURL:resolvingAgainstBaseURL:]: nil URLString parameter
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just get a coffee and walk away, deny all knowledge :p

tech3475 said:
I had this on my iPad Air this morning in the UK, strangely so far my iPhone and mac don't seem to be affected.
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Count your lucky stars for now I had the same until mine flipped :p
 
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