Breaking: Apple Patches Safari Search Crash Bug

Earlier this morning, some users of Apple’s Safari were reporting that the browser would crash when they tried to run a search from the search bar. The issue went unresolved for at least seven hours this morning.

According to Apple, developers have fixed the bug, which caused the browser to crash anytime something was typed into the search bar in Safari. All Apple hardware capable of running Safari is affected.

For users still experiencing browser crashes in Safari, you can disable the search feature in System Preferences for a temporary fix.