Safari problems with new MacBook Air

My son just bought a new MacBook Air and we seem to have some configuration issues. Safari displays a welcome page with the introduction tour (see photo), but Safari itself is non-responsive and cannot be shut down except by force quit. No other webpages can be opened.

The list of bookmarks in my son's version of Safari is an exact copy of my bookmarks, which is what makes me wonder if we have a configuration problem and my son's Safari is based on my user profile despite being logged on with his own appleID? I can further add that he has not been able to authenticate the MacBook Air via his iPhone despite both units being logged on with his AppleID.

Does anyone have any experience with this kind of issue and what may be a possible remedy?

Thanks on behalf of both my son and me


Niklas Frank Hall

MacBook Air

Posted on Aug 25, 2019 4:47 AM

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Posted on Aug 25, 2019 6:27 AM

You may  have adware/malware installed. Try downloading this program which was written by Thomas R, a long time poster. The program will search for malware/adware. The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After running the scans, restart the computer.


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Try setting up another admin user account in System Preferences/Users & Groups to see if the same problem continues. Please post back on whether or not this worked. Also try the Safe Mode. Please post back on whether or not this worked.


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If it works in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor.  Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown. If the log won’t post, try posting it in Pastebin and provide a link in a reply. After pasting the report in a PasteBin page, go to the top of the page, and copy the address in the URL bar. Paste that in a new reply.        Pastebin


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Aug 25, 2019 6:27 AM in response to frank hall

You may  have adware/malware installed. Try downloading this program which was written by Thomas R, a long time poster. The program will search for malware/adware. The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. It may be necessary to run more than one scan. After running the scans, restart the computer.


Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac      10.10 and later


Malwarebytes uninstall


Try setting up another admin user account in System Preferences/Users & Groups to see if the same problem continues. Please post back on whether or not this worked. Also try the Safe Mode. Please post back on whether or not this worked.


Isolating an issue by using another user account 


Safe Mode - About


If it works in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor.  Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown. If the log won’t post, try posting it in Pastebin and provide a link in a reply. After pasting the report in a PasteBin page, go to the top of the page, and copy the address in the URL bar. Paste that in a new reply.        Pastebin


Etrecheck – System Information


He is entitled to 90 days of telephone support from Apple. Try contacting them.


Apple Support Contact


Work through the screens to get an email or chat option.


Apple Support by e-mail or chat

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Aug 25, 2019 8:08 AM in response to Eric Root

Hi Eric,


Thank you very much for all your suggestions. I did not find any malware, but the suggestion to create a new admin account worked perfectly and Safari now works normally. Consequently, I have not tried the remaining suggestions.


Thank you so much for excellent support! 👍

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