So the text string “ File : SLASHSLASHSLASH ” ( with real slashes)can inexplicably doss down just about any app on Mountain Lion . Aside from being a curiosity , it can also be a weapon if you starthurling Indian file : SLASHSLASHSLASH salvos at your friendsthrough iMessage . If you get hit , or you hit someone and feel bad afterwards , here ’s how you’re able to cook the equipment casualty .
https://gizmodo.com/this-text-string-crashes-almost-any-app-on-a-mac-runnin-5981370
If you get crashed with a message contain that strand , you may find that iMessage just maintain reboot . That ’s because that string is still hiding in your account . We have to get rid of it . First you have to make your User Library seeable :
Open a final windowpane
go in “ sudo chflags nohidden ~/Library/ ”
Press Return
Enter your password when inspire .
Once you ’ve done that , the most certain - fire fix is to erase your full iMessages history :
Quit iMessage
Hit Command+Shift+G and enter
insert “ ~/Library / Messages/ ” in the Go To Folder window that appears
Take all the “ chat.db ” and “ chat.db- * ” files and put them in the trash
Empty the trash
Restart iMessage
In the meanwhile , just hope your trickster protagonist are n’t savvy enough to get laid they can go down your iMessages with just a duo of characters . Either that , or get them before they get you . [ ThanksSteve T - SandManfred Scheiner ! ]
Update : We remove any example of the existent text string from the Charles William Post and newspaper headline because it was crashing folks ’ Safaris . deplorable GUYS .
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