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Q: safari keeps launching by itself

I use google chrome as my default browser, and for some reason safari keeps launching by itself (I'm not sure the reason).

 

It is fairly random, happening after 30 minutes, 1 hour or several -- there is no obvious prompt or keystroke or sequence that seems to be launching safari.

 

When safari opens it opens to the normal default page. There are no popups that show up nor third party sites.

 

Any thoughts or suggestions how to troubleshoot? Perhaps it is linked to a third party application on my computer that is prompting safari to launch? Thank you so much!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 7.1

Posted on Jan 19, 2015 8:25 PM

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 20, 2016 8:42 AM in response to Mussau
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    Aug 20, 2016 8:42 AM in response to Mussau

    You posted it behaved in a new account. Did you try the Safe Mode?

     

    Safe Mode - About El Capitan

     

    Safe Mode Startup – El Capitan.

  • by Mussau,

    Mussau Mussau Aug 29, 2016 1:11 AM in response to Eric Root
    Level 1 (14 points)
    Mac OS X
    Aug 29, 2016 1:11 AM in response to Eric Root

    Safe mode appears to work, but it's so slow that I can't be 100% sure. I've tried eliminating some apps (MacID, TripMode, Monolingual), testing, and replacing them when the problem persists without them. I've also removed some extensions and preference panes that I probably didn't need any more (Perian, Flip4Mac, RCDefaultApp). Still the problem persists. Here's the latest from EtreCheck:

    EtreCheck version: 3.0.2 (306)

    Report generated 2016-08-29 10:01:59

    Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

    Runtime 2:01

    Performance: Excellent

     

    Click the [Support] links for help with non-Apple products.

    Click the [Details] links for more information about that line.

     

    Problem: Other problem

    Description:

    Safari relaunches

    Removed various preference panes and some plug-ins

     

    Hardware Information:

        MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)

        [Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

        MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,3

        1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

        16 GB RAM Not upgradeable

            BANK 0/DIMM0

                8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

            BANK 1/DIMM0

                8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

        Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

        Wireless:  en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

        Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 247

     

    Video Information:

        Intel Iris Pro

        NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - VRAM: 2048 MB

            Color LCD 2880 x 1800

     

    System Software:

        OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G31) - Time since boot: less than an hour

     

    Disk Information:

        APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500.28 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

            EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

            Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB

            Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 499.07 GB (63.15 GB free)

                Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked

                Core Storage: disk0s2 499.42 GB Online

     

    USB Information:

        Western Digital My Passport 0820 2 TB

            EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

            John Duplicate 1 (disk2s2) /Volumes/John Duplicate 1 : 500.37 GB (69.00 GB free)

            Marjo Backup 1 (disk2s3) /Volumes/Marjo Backup 1 : 250.00 GB (50.80 GB free)

            Archive 1 (disk2s4) /Volumes/Archive 1 : 1.25 TB (124.41 GB free)

        Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

        Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

        PIXART USB OPTICAL MOUSE

     

    Thunderbolt Information:

        Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

     

    Gatekeeper:

        Mac App Store and identified developers

     

    Kernel Extensions:

            /Library/Extensions

        [loaded]    at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (3.6.4 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-08-02) [Support]

     

    System Launch Agents:

        [not loaded]    8 Apple tasks

        [loaded]    160 Apple tasks

        [running]    70 Apple tasks

     

    System Launch Daemons:

        [not loaded]    46 Apple tasks

        [loaded]    158 Apple tasks

        [running]    87 Apple tasks

     

    Launch Agents:

        [running]    at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist (2016-08-02) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2016-08-05) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist (2010-04-13) [Support]

        [running]    com.bjango.istatmenusagent.plist (2015-12-16) [Support]

        [running]    com.bjango.istatmenusnotifications.plist (2015-12-16) [Support]

        [running]    com.bjango.istatmenusstatus.plist (2015-12-16) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-03-03) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (2014-10-25) [Support]

        [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist (2016-05-05) [Support]

     

    Launch Daemons:

        [running]    at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist (2016-08-02) [Support]

        [loaded]    ch.tripmode.nke.TripMode.plist (2016-08-24)

        [running]    com.adobe.agsservice.plist (2016-08-13) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.barebones.authd.plist (2012-04-23) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.barebones.textwrangler.plist (2011-01-14) [Support]

        [running]    com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist (2015-12-16) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.charlessoft.pacifist.helper.plist (2015-12-24) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.cocoatech.pathfinder.SMFHelper7.plist (2016-06-26) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (2016-03-03) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist (2010-08-25) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.opendoor.doorstopdaemon.plist (2010-04-13) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (2014-10-25) [Support]

        [running]    com.stclairsoft.AppTamerAgent.plist (2015-10-15) [Support]

        [loaded]    com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderXAgent.plist (2011-08-30) [Support]

        [loaded]    jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller.plist (2016-07-02) [Support]

        [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist (2016-05-05) [Support]

     

    User Launch Agents:

        [loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (2016-06-22) [Support]

        [not loaded]    com.linotype.FontFolderProtector.plist (2016-08-29) [Support]

     

    User Login Items:

        Flux    Application  (/Applications/Flux.app)

        Watts    Application  (/Applications/Utilities 3rd Party/Interface Utilities/Watts.app)

        Dashboard KickStart    Application  (/Library/PreferencePanes/Dashboard KickStart.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Dashboard KickStart.app)

        LaunchBar    Application  (/Applications/Utilities 3rd Party/Interface Utilities/LaunchBar.app)

        Path Finder    Application  (/Applications/Utilities 3rd Party/Interface Utilities/Path Finder.app)

        FontExplorer X Pro    Application Hidden (/Applications/FontExplorer X Pro.app)

        Typinator    Application  (/Applications/Typinator.app)

        App Tamer    Application Hidden (/Applications/App Tamer.app)

        Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector EX    Application Hidden (/Applications/Canon Utilities/IJ Network Scanner Selector EX/Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector EX.app)

        Dropbox    Application  (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

        PopChar    Application  (/Applications/PopChar.app)

        Default Folder X    Application  (/Applications/Default Folder X.app)

        Synergy    Application  (/Applications/Utilities 3rd Party/Interface Utilities/Synergy/Synergy Preferences.app/Contents/PreferencePanes/Synergy.prefPane/Contents/Helpers/Syne rgy.app)

        Android File Transfer Agent    Application  (~/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)

        DragThing    Application  (/Applications/Utilities 3rd Party/Interface Utilities/DragThing.app)

        MacID    Application  (/Applications/MacID.app)

     

    Internet Plug-ins:

        AdobeAAMDetect: AdobeAAMDetect 1.0.0.0 - SDK 10.6 (2015-10-07) [Support]

        JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 102 build 14 (2016-08-24) Check version

        QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-08-03)

        AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 11.0.17 - SDK 10.6 (2016-08-02) [Support]

        AdobePDFViewer: 11.0.17 - SDK 10.6 (2016-08-02) [Support]

        Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-08-03)

        SharePointBrowserPlugin: 14.6.7 - SDK 10.6 (2016-08-23) [Support]

        Google Earth Web Plug-in: 7.1 (2016-08-20) [Support]

        npViewpoint: 1.0 (2011-07-15)

        iPhotoPhotocast: 7.0 (2010-04-14)

     

    User internet Plug-ins:

        Folx3Plugin: 4.0 - SDK 10.6 (2015-07-26) [Support]

        AddLive_v3: AddLive_v3 3.0.6.3 (2016-04-13) [Support]

        Google Earth Web Plug-in: 7.1 (2013-10-08) [Support]

     

    Audio Plug-ins:

        iWow: Unknown (2011-09-28) [Support]

     

    3rd Party Preference Panes:

        Dashboard KickStart (2014-01-09) [Support]

        Java (2016-06-22) [Support]

        TeXDistPrefPane (2010-05-10) [Support]

     

    Time Machine:

        Skip System Files: NO

        Mobile backups: ON

        Auto backup: YES

        Volumes being backed up:

            Macintosh HD: Disk size: 499.07 GB Disk used: 435.91 GB

        Destinations:

            Archive 1 [Local]

            Total size: 1.25 TB

            Total number of backups: 54

            Oldest backup: 5/10/2015, 7:35

            Last backup: 29/08/2016, 8:59

            Size of backup disk: Too small

                Backup size 1.25 TB < (Disk used 435.91 GB X 3)

     

            Data [Network]

            Total size: 2.00 TB

            Total number of backups: 70

            Oldest backup: 4/04/2015, 2:08

            Last backup: 29/08/2016, 8:06

            Size of backup disk: Excellent

                Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk size 499.07 GB X 3)

     

    Top Processes by CPU:

             2%    fontd

             2%    App Tamer

             2%    WindowServer

             1%    iStat Menus Status

             1%    kernel_task

     

    Top Processes by Memory:

        1.19 GB    kernel_task

        999 MB    Google Chrome Helper(11)

        770 MB    LaunchBar

        541 MB    mdworker(24)

        442 MB    mds_stores

     

    Virtual Memory Information:

        7.81 GB    Free RAM

        8.18 GB    Used RAM (2.55 GB Cached)

        0 B    Swap Used

     

    Diagnostics Information:

        Aug 29, 2016, 09:50:05 AM    Self test - passed

     

     

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 29, 2016 9:31 AM in response to Mussau
    Level 9 (69,932 points)
    iTunes
    Aug 29, 2016 9:31 AM in response to Mussau

    I don't see anything. The following is a guess. Go to AppTamer and set it so it ignores Safari.

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