IORegistryExplorer crashes or hangs on 10.8

Originator:phil
Number:rdar://12024445 Date Originated:03-Aug-2012 12:31 PM
Status:Duplicate of 11093367 (Closed) Resolved:28-Aug-2012
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:Late July 2012
Classification:Crash/Hang Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
IORegistryExplorer from the "Hardware IO Tools for Xcode - Late July 2012" developer package fails to run on OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion.

Steps to Reproduce:
- Download "Hardware IO Tools for XCode - Late July 2012" from http://developer.apple.com/downloads/
- Open the .dmg on a Mac running Mountain Lion
- Copy IORegistryExplorer.app to a writable volume
- Run IORegistryExplorer

Expected Results:
The IORegistryExplorer window should appear as it did in previous versions.

Actual Results:
Typically the tool hangs ("Application not responding") and needs to be forcibly quit. Otherwise it crashes instead.

Regression:
This worked in all previous versions of OSX.

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