Another Safari Crash issue

[driftless]

Greetings:

Safari has been crashing for me regularly and now won't open it all. The problem is unique to one of my Mac, a late '09 iMac, which I am planning to replace with a 5K iMac within weeks. I have other Macs which do not have this problem. I deleted a few preferences through Finder but I am hesitant to do a complete install on this machine. I am running 10.10.1 Thoughts?

Thanks,
David

 

[TETENAL]

Can you post the crash log?

 

[driftless]

Sure, it will be truncated:

Process: Safari [457]
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Identifier: com.apple.Safari
Version: 8.0.2 (10600.2.5)
Build Info: WebBrowser-7600002005000000~1
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Safari [457]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2014-12-18 18:23:50.303 -0600
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.10.1 (14B25)
Report Version: 11
Anonymous UUID: 633C18D6-BC91-3364-A220-B0E3696BB55E


Time Awake Since Boot: 380 seconds

Crashed Thread: 97

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000020

External Modification Warnings:
Thread creation by external task.

VM Regions Near 0x20:
-->
__TEXT 0000000109f0d000-0000000109f0e000 [ 4K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari

Application Specific Information:
Process Model:
Multiple Web Processes

Enabled Extensions:
com.nytimes.breakingnews-QNQCGZ7YU5 (0.1.0 - 0.1) Breaking News
com.thurlyapp.thurly-U3HGK842DS (2.0.1 - 2.0.1) Thurly
com.nytimes.updates-QNQCGZ7YU5 (0.1.0 - 0.1) The New York Times
be.grincheux.validator-RQZY68H5RH (8 - 1.4.2) Validator
com.sonereker.vss-6GDPUK989W (1 - 1.1) View Style Sheets
com.yourcompany.builtwith-YDBU6SA4GL (1.1 - 1.1) BuiltWith
org.zotero.zoteroconnectorforsafari-69X6C999F9 (4.0.21 - 4.0.21) Zotero Connector
com.diigo.safari.awesomeScreenshot-5DXNM3K2CT (1.4.5 - 1.4.5) Awesome Screenshot
com.panic.CodaNotes-VE8FC488U5 (1.3 - 1.3) Coda Notes
com.starplace.safari.snapper-FYV43T6NC5 (11 - 0.6) Snapper
com.pinterest.extension-HWZFLG9PNK (3 - 1.35) Pin It Button


Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libsystem_platform.dylib 0x00007fff8aa8af80 _platform_memset_pattern16$VARIANT$Merom + 64
1 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x00007fff936f933a CGBlt_fillBytes + 222
2 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x00007fff936f4187 argb32_mark + 3069
3 libRIP.A.dylib 0x00007fff978cd888 RIPLayerBltShape + 1465
4 libRIP.A.dylib 0x00007fff978cb9f8 ripc_Render + 317
5 libRIP.A.dylib 0x00007fff978c7926 ripc_DrawRects + 372
6 com.apple.CoreGraphics 0x00007fff936ef8f7 CGContextFillRects + 96
7 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff96ee57b7 NSRectFillUsingOperation + 337
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff96f8d66e NSDrawWindowBackground + 253
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff96ecf1d4 -[NSThemeFrame drawWindowBackgroundRect:] + 129
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff96ecea38 -[NSFrameView drawThemeContentFill:inView:] + 287
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x00007fff96f8cc01 -[NSFrameView drawRect:] + 1158

Thread 21:: JavaScriptCore::BlockFree
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f132 __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libc++.1.dylib 0x00007fff94108d2e std::__1::condition_variable::__do_timed_wait(std::__1::unique_lock<std::__1::mutex>&, std::__1::chrono::time_point<std::__1::chrono::system_clock, std::__1::chrono::duration<long long, std::__1::ratio<1l, 1000000000l> > >) + 126
2 com.apple.JavaScriptCore 0x000000010af193fa JSC::BlockAllocator::waitForDuration(std::__1::chrono::duration<long long, std::__1::ratio<1l, 1000l> >) + 170
3 com.apple.JavaScriptCore 0x000000010ad08244 JSC::BlockAllocator::blockFreeingThreadMain() + 84
4 com.apple.JavaScriptCore 0x000000010acfda9f WTF::wtfThreadEntryPoint(void*) + 15
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1942fc _pthread_body + 131
6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e194279 _pthread_start + 176
7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924b1 thread_start + 13

Thread 22:: JavaScriptCore::Marking
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f132 __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libc++.1.dylib 0x00007fff94108c95 std::__1::condition_variable::wait(std::__1::unique_lock<std::__1::mutex>&) + 47
2 com.apple.JavaScriptCore 0x000000010ad0886b JSC::GCThread::waitForNextPhase() + 171
3 com.apple.JavaScriptCore 0x000000010ad086c8 JSC::GCThread::gcThreadMain() + 88
4 com.apple.JavaScriptCore 0x000000010acfda9f WTF::wtfThreadEntryPoint(void*) + 15
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1942fc _pthread_body + 131
6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e194279 _pthread_start + 176
7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924b1 thread_start + 13

Thread 23:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 24:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 25:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 26:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 27:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 28:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 29:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 30:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 31:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 32:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 33:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924a1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 34:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8d85f946 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8e1924a1 start_wqthread + 13

 

[TETENAL]

Do you have DropBox, Google Drive or something like that installed?

The warning "External Modification Warnings: Thread creation by external task." in this crash log sounds like some external code is infinitely spawning threads within Safari.

 

[driftless]

Safari is back and working better than ever. I removed Google Drive (although I had not used it in a while) and stopped DropBox from syncing. I also just ran Clean My Mac 2 aggressively. The end result is that Safari is back and DropBox has resumed syncing.