diff --git a/osdep/mac/swift_extensions.swift b/osdep/mac/swift_extensions.swift
index 2399c86509..e49806aaa0 100644
--- a/osdep/mac/swift_extensions.swift
+++ b/osdep/mac/swift_extensions.swift
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ extension NSScreen {
     }
 
     public var name: String {
-        // force unwrapping is fine here, regex is guaranteed to be valid
-        let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: " \\(\\d+\\)$", options: .caseInsensitive)
+        guard let regex = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: " \\(\\d+\\)$", options: .caseInsensitive) else {
+            return localizedName
+        }
         return regex.stringByReplacingMatches(
             in: localizedName,
             range: NSRange(location: 0, length: localizedName.count),
diff --git a/video/out/mac/view.swift b/video/out/mac/view.swift
index 91ace66245..4921b7512c 100644
--- a/video/out/mac/view.swift
+++ b/video/out/mac/view.swift
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ class View: NSView, CALayerDelegate {
     }
 
     func isURL(_ str: String) -> Bool {
-        // force unwrapping is fine here, regex is guaranteed to be valid
-        let regex = try! NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^(https?|ftp)://[^\\s/$.?#].[^\\s]*$",
-                                             options: .caseInsensitive)
+        guard let regex = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: "^(https?|ftp)://[^\\s/$.?#].[^\\s]*$",
+                                                   options: .caseInsensitive) else {
+            return false
+        }
         let isURL = regex.numberOfMatches(in: str,
                                      options: [],
                                        range: NSRange(location: 0, length: str.count))