Both Safari & Chrome freezing when downloading a file

Hi,
Ever since upgrading to Yosemite I'm having issues sometimes downloading files from browsers. I usually use Safari and I noticed that when clicking on file and selecting Download Linked File or Download Linked File As, Safari freezes and requires force quit. I had the same experience with Chrome. I'm specifically trying to download from Blackboard, if that makes any difference. The only way to fix this is to reboot. Also, perhaps this bug is related to Finder because today, Restart would not work. I had to manually force restart.
Anyone else having this?

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Process:         Google Chrome [169]
Path:            /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome
Identifier:      com.google.Chrome
Version:         30.0.1599.101 (1599.101)
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [134]
User ID:         501
Date/Time:       2013-10-20 23:36:09.196 +0400
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Report Version: 10
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Thread 0 Crashed:: CrBrowserMain Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   com.google.Chrome.framework             0x008c0f27 0xb3000 + 8445735
1   com.google.Chrome.framework             0x008dc89f 0xb3000 + 8558751
2   com.google.Chrome.framework             0x002329f2 0xb3000 + 1571314
3   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x946186e9 +[NSException exceptionWithName:reason:userInfo:] + 73
4   com.apple.AppKit                        0x96cb5b54 -[NSBrowser setSelectionIndexPaths:] + 1019
5   com.apple.AppKit                        0x96cb52d0 -[NSBrowser setSelectionIndexPath:] + 87
6   com.apple.FinderKit                     0x958d0975 -[FI_TColumnViewController openTarget] + 1214
7   com.apple.FinderKit                     0x95915d2d -[FIFinderViewGutsController commonFinishInitialization] + 119
8   com.apple.FinderKit                     0x9590f04a -[FIFinderViewGutsController createBrowserViewWithViewStyle:] + 590
9   com.apple.FinderKit                     0x9591139c -[FIFinderViewGutsController buildBrowserView:] + 224
10 com.apple.FinderKit                     0x959118cf -[FIFinderViewGutsController _internalSetTargetPath:withViewStyle:] + 695
11 com.apple.FinderKit                     0x95911afa -[FIFinderViewGutsController setTargetPath:withViewStyle:] + 47
12 com.apple.FinderKit                     0x95910ce8 -[FIFinderViewGutsController setTargetNode:withViewStyle:] + 573
13 com.apple.FinderKit                     0x9591092a -[FIFinderViewGutsController setTargetNode:] + 64
14 com.apple.FinderKit                     0x95912643 -[FIFinderViewGutsController deferredRetargetAndReloadForNode:] + 383
15 com.apple.FinderKit                     0x95912a1e -[FIFinderViewGutsController urlResolutionCompleted:] + 163
16 com.apple.Foundation                    0x92c49e52 __57-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_0 + 49
17 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x9467a851 ___CFXNotificationPost_block_invoke_0 + 257
18 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x945c5e8a _CFXNotificationPost + 2794
19 com.apple.Foundation                    0x92c32988 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 92
20 com.apple.Foundation                    0x92c42727 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:] + 55
21 com.apple.FinderKit                     0x9590c409 -[FI_FinderURLResolver resolutionCompleted:] + 99
22 libobjc.A.dylib                         0x990895d3 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:] + 70
23 com.apple.Foundation                    0x92c81326 __NSThreadPerformPerform + 395
24 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x9458f04f __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 15
25 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x9458eb49 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 441
26 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x945b4826 __CFRunLoopRun + 934
27 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x945b401a CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 378
28 com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x945b3e8b CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
29 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9a0fef5a RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 242
30 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9a0febf5 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 162
31 com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x9a0feb44 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88
32 com.apple.AppKit                        0x96a3293a _DPSNextEvent + 724
33 com.apple.AppKit                        0x96a3216c -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 119
34 com.apple.AppKit                        0x96a285cc -[NSApplication run] + 855
35 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x008ac74b 0xb3000 + 8361803
36 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x008ac27c 0xb3000 + 8360572
37 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x008e4501 0xb3000 + 8590593
38 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x008fa1b1 0xb3000 + 8679857
39 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x00239e8b 0xb3000 + 1601163
40 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x02c7a610 0xb3000 + 45905424
41 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x02c7b193 0xb3000 + 45908371
42 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x02c76bde 0xb3000 + 45890526
43 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x00805e95 0xb3000 + 7679637
44 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x00805220 0xb3000 + 7676448
45 com.google.Chrome.framework             0x000b5a39 ChromeMain + 41
46 com.google.Chrome                       0x000aef78 main + 24
47 com.google.Chrome                       0x000aef55 0xae000 + 3925

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