Why does File:/// crash my app? 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?
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 &amp; Text Preference Pane in System Preferences on affected versions of Mountain Lion:


Select (click) on Text in the middle towards the top of the window
deselect (uncheck) "Correct spelling automatically"
deselect (uncheck) "Use symbol and text substitution"


Credit for this workaround goes to user shess on the open radar web site.