When I open safari on my iMac, it will not allow me to click on anything in the browser; can’t minimize, close out, switch tabs or anything. I can’t restart because “safari has interrupted restart” message pops up. I do a force shut down and restart the whole computer and it’s the same exact thing.
Launch Safari with the shift key held down. Then clear History… all history : [Clear History]. That will get rid of all cookies and history. In Safari Preferences : Advanced : [√] Show Develop menu in menu bar. In the Extensions tab, disable all extensions. Close Safari Preferences. Now, you can press option+command+E to clear your Safari browser cache. Quit Safari.
Download and run Malwarebytes for Mac to see if it finds any browser hijacking malware. Any malware that it finds, it will offer to remove.
Now, launch Safari normally. Does it still hang?
Disclaimer: Although I personally use Malwarebytes, I receive no benefit from the vendor for mentioning their product in the support communities.
Launch Safari with the shift key held down. Then clear History… all history : [Clear History]. That will get rid of all cookies and history. In Safari Preferences : Advanced : [√] Show Develop menu in menu bar. In the Extensions tab, disable all extensions. Close Safari Preferences. Now, you can press option+command+E to clear your Safari browser cache. Quit Safari.
Download and run Malwarebytes for Mac to see if it finds any browser hijacking malware. Any malware that it finds, it will offer to remove.
Now, launch Safari normally. Does it still hang?
Disclaimer: Although I personally use Malwarebytes, I receive no benefit from the vendor for mentioning their product in the support communities.
That fixed the problem. Thank you!
Safari problems
