Index: PtGUIUtilities.java
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--- PtGUIUtilities.java	(revision 65125)
+++ PtGUIUtilities.java	(working copy)
@@ -134,6 +134,20 @@
                 return false;
             }
         }
+        
+		// XXX Avoid JVM crashes in Kepler on Mac OS X 10.8 with Java 1.6 when 
+        // trying to use Save dialog's directory drop-down chooser menu by 
+        // not using java.awt.FileDialog.
+		// See http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5725
+		if (System.getProperty("os.name").equals("Mac OS X")
+				&& System.getProperty("os.version").startsWith("10.8")
+				&& System.getProperty("java.specification.version").equals(
+						"1.6")) {
+			System.out.println("Detected Mac OS X 10.8 and Java 1.6, PtGUIUtilities.useFileDialog() "
+				+ "returning false to avoid http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5725");
+			return false;
+		}
+        
         return PtGUIUtilities.macOSLookAndFeel();
     }