Fix for Chrome crash in Yosemite 10.10.2

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Temporary fix

Put the following in a file “patch.m”:

#import <AppKit/AppKit.h>
__attribute((constructor)) void Patch_10_10_2_entry()
{
NSLog(@”10.10.2 patch loaded”);
}
@interface NSTouch ()
– (id)_initWithPreviousTouch:(NSTouch *)touch newPhase:(NSTouchPhase)phase position:(CGPoint)position isResting:(BOOL)isResting force:(double)force;
@end
@implementation NSTouch (Patch_10_10_2)
– (id)_initWithPreviousTouch:(NSTouch *)touch newPhase:(NSTouchPhase)phase position:(CGPoint)position isResting:(BOOL)isResting
{
return [self _initWithPreviousTouch:touch newPhase:phase position:position isResting:isResting force:0];
}
@end

Compile it:

clang -dynamiclib -framework AppKit patch.m -o patch.dylib

Use it:

env DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=/path/to/patch.dylib “/path/to/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome”

Safer way

A safer way would be to copy the 10.1.1 AppKit.framework and create as a local framework for just Google Chrome:

cd /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/
mkdir Frameworks
cp -R path-to-10.1.1/AppKit.framework Frameworks/
install_name_tool -change /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit @executable_path/../Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit MacOS/Google Chrome

link:  http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/2n721c/temporary_fix_for_chrome_crash_in_yosemite_10102/