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Q: safari keeps crashing

Does anyone know how to stop safari from crashing. I keep getting the message cannot find server

iPad 2, iOS 6.1.3

Posted on Jul 31, 2016 10:38 AM

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  • by dominic23,

    dominic23 dominic23 Jul 31, 2016 1:10 PM in response to GlynisfromBude
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    Mac OS X
    Jul 31, 2016 1:10 PM in response to GlynisfromBude

    What is the actual message that you are getting?

     

    Can you please post the error message that shows up when you launch Safari?

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jul 31, 2016 2:46 PM in response to GlynisfromBude
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    Jul 31, 2016 2:46 PM in response to GlynisfromBude

    Might be a corrupt .plist.

     

    Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.

     

    Quit the application.

     

    Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J.  When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder.  Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist.  Move the .plist to your desktop.

     

    Restart the computer, open the application, and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.

     

    If the application is the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.

     

    Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

     

    Safari Corruption       See post by Linc Davis