AppleScript to open URL in Safari crashes for Flash-based websites

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Published on 2010-06-04T06:22:02Z Indexed on 2010/06/05 7:22 UTC
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I'm trying to open a URL in Safari. It works fine for websites without Flash embedded, but crashes Safari for Flash sites.

Example (this WORKS):

tell application "Safari" to open location "http://google.com"

This CRASHES when Safari is not already running:

tell application "Safari" to open location "http://grooveshark.com"

Two things I noticed:

  • Safari only crashes for websites with embedded Flash
  • The script above only crashes if a new instance of Safari is created (i.e. Safari was not running before)

From the second observation I assume that it could be a permission issue of some sort. Maybe the Safari instance launched from the AppleScript has a problem loading plugins?

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