Safari will not launch

All of a sudden Safari will not launch on my iMac. I have not made any recent changes for it to stop working. I have osMojave, which is up to date, & Safari seems to be up to date. Any suggestions?

Posted on Oct 3, 2019 10:37 AM

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Posted on Oct 4, 2019 5:25 PM

I did add a new admin account, which Safari didn't launch with either. I also attempted to restart in safe mode, but was unsuccessful in doing so. I still cannot get Safari to launch. Thank you for your suggestions though.

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Oct 4, 2019 5:25 PM in response to sonvaughn

I did add a new admin account, which Safari didn't launch with either. I also attempted to restart in safe mode, but was unsuccessful in doing so. I still cannot get Safari to launch. Thank you for your suggestions though.

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Oct 3, 2019 11:37 AM in response to sonvaughn

Are you running any anti - virus programs? Using a VPN?


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 


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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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Oct 4, 2019 5:37 PM in response to sonvaughn

Restart the computer holding down the command - option/alt - P - R keys before the gray screen appears. Continue to hold until you hear the startup chime for the second time. You may need to do this 2-3 times.


 Reset NVRAM/PRAM


Then do a backup, preferable 2 separate ones on 2 drives. Boot to the Recovery Volume (command - R on a restart). Run Disk Utility and select First Aid. Then re-install the OS.


Reinstall from macOS Recovery


OS X Recovery

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