Safari wont let me open links in new tabs anymore? Please help!?

Hi,

From the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari / Empty Cache. When you are done with that...

From the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari / Reset Safari. Select the top 5 buttons and click Reset.

Go here for trouble shooting 3rd party plugins or input managers which might be causing the problem. Safari: Add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues

Since you are running Snow Leopard, *make sure Safari is opening in 32-bit mode, not 64*. Right or control click the Safari icon in the Applications folder, then click: Get Info In the Get Info window click the black disclosure triangle next to General so it faces down. Select 32 bit mode. Also, (in that same window) *make sure Safari is NOT running in Rosetta.*



Web pages now include a small icon or 'favicon' which is visible in the address bar and next to bookmarks. These icons take up disk space and slow Safari down. It is possible to erase the icons from your computer and start fresh. *To delete Safari's icon cache using the Finder, open your user folder, navigate to ~/Library/Safari/ and move this file "webpageIcons.db to the Trash.*

If Safari still won't let you open links in new tabs, go to the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari/Preferences. Make note of all the preferences under each tab. Quit Safari. Now go to ~/Library/Preferences and move this file com.apple.safari.plist to the Desktop. Relaunch Safari. If it's a successful launch, then that .plist file needs to be moved to the Trash.

If your forum profile is correct (10.6.1) go to the Apple Menu/Software Updates ...
Very important to keep your system software up to date.

If you install the 10.6.3 update make sure and repair disk permissions.

Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.







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Edited by: Carolyn

Login to another user account. Launch Safari. See if you open links/tabs.

Are you running anti virus software?






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From the Safari Menu Bar click Safari/Preferences then select the Autofill tab.

Click the Edit button next to: Other forms.

Delete .ebay.com then click Done.

Relaunch Safari.

Also.. go to Safari/Preferences then select Tabs

Make sure your preferences are set to your liking.

See my previous post 🙂

Try Safari/Preferences - Tabs

Reinstalling Safari will more than likely cause more problems then troubleshooting the copy you have installed.

*You are sure there aren't any third party plugins installed such as Glims ??*

See if you can find a crash log.

Open Finder.
Click "Go" in the menu, then select "Go to Folder".
Copy and paste this path into the Finder dialog:
~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/
Click the Go button.
Finder opens the folder containing the crash log. Look for a the crash file with a date field that looks like the *most recent.*

Just copy/paste into your Reply here.







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Message was edited by: Carolyn Samit

You are certain you do not have any third party plugins installed like Glims?







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See my first response to you... information on how to trouble shoot 3rd party plugins.







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