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> Absolutely nothing else does this That's not true. It's pretty easy to crash Finder, and when Finder crashes, the whole system goes with it. For example, T
by zenexer 6y ago
> Absolutely nothing else does this
That's not true. It's pretty easy to crash Finder, and when Finder crashes, the whole system goes with it. For example, Time Machine has a tendency to crash my devices. It takes down finder, and from there, it's impossible to do anything.
Heavy resource usage isn't usually what causes these kinds of crashes on macOS, from what I've seen (unless there's an underlying hardware issue).
But yes, I'd agree this one is probably on Apple.
> Drawing attention on social media is the new way to get tech support focused on an issue -- "blue checkmark service" as it's called on Twitter.
You're right, sadly.
> Edit: I bet there is a security vulnerability here given that it brings down the whole OS. Any security researchers in the audience?
Possibly, but crashes are a dime a dozen. Actually getting something useful out of that information can be difficult. Hopefully this will be fixed long before anyone is able to get that far.
- api 6y agoBy crash I don't mean can't use the machine. I mean hard total lock requiring holding down the power button and no dump is even generated.