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