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I cannot set the new tab or window preferences in safari

The fields New window open with: New Tab open with: Homepage: are not accessible in Preferences > General Tab. When I open a new tab, I get this annoying search website load in my browser

iMac Pro

Posted on Dec 3, 2019 4:56 PM

5 replies

Dec 3, 2019 6:48 PM in response to flynjimfromboise

What search web site is loaded?


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


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I cannot set the new tab or window preferences in safari

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