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Hi all,
I recently updated to Catalina but due to poor system performance then rolled back to Mojave.
Everything is working fine with the exception of Safari ...
I think the simplest solution is to overwrite Safari 13.1 with an earlier build; say 12.1.2.
Does anyone reading this have a copy of Safari earlier than 13.1? I can't download from the App Store, or Software Update in System Preferences.
Thanks.
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.14
Hi orangegrouptech,
Thanks for your comment.
In the end I found an earlier build of Safari (12.1.2). I overwrote 13.1, and despite receiving the following error message, Safari now launches and runs fine ...
Curiously the Dock icon still has a "do not use" symbol superimposed, though the Safari icon in Applications doesn't.
Happy to have resolved the issue without reinstalling again.
Hi orangegrouptech,
Thanks for your comment.
In the end I found an earlier build of Safari (12.1.2). I overwrote 13.1, and despite receiving the following error message, Safari now launches and runs fine ...
Curiously the Dock icon still has a "do not use" symbol superimposed, though the Safari icon in Applications doesn't.
Happy to have resolved the issue without reinstalling again.
Something to try. Do not restore Safari from your backup. Do a backup, preferable 2 separate ones on 2 drives. Boot to the Recovery Volume (command - R on a restart). Run Disk Utility/First Aid. Reformat the drive using Disk Utility/Erase. Use Mac OS Extended (Journaled), then click the Option button, and select GUID. Quit Disk Utility, then re-install the OS.
When you reboot, use Setup Assistant to restore your data.
You will need to reinstall macOS Mojave in recovery mode. It shouldn’t erase data unless something goes very wrong.
press and hold command+r on boot till you see the Apple logo and then loading bar. Then release and rest Your hands while it boots up. After booting up click Reinstall macOS.
Thanks orangegrouptech and dominic23. I reinstalled Mojave using the steps described.
Safari is still inoperable. Are you both certain that overwriting Safari 13.1 with Safari 12.x won't work? I can't see the harm in trying, but—again—I don't have a copy of Safari 12x.
If anyone reading this has a 12.x Safari build (accessible via Time Machine, say), I would really appreciate it being shared with me.
Thanks Eric, useful to know.
As stated previously, I'm not keen to wipe my HD (again) and reinstall my OS (again). While relatively uncomplicated, it is time consuming and more effort than overwriting Safari as a first step.
For clarity, I don't have a Safari 12.x build, so if anyone reading this does, please reach out.
Try using AppCleaner to search for everything related to Safari and delete everything. Before that navigate to their paths and make a backup of them by copying them to the desktop or somewhere convenient for you. Make a copy of your data by backing them up to an external drive just in case it gets wiped but it shouldn't. AppCleaner: https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
Then on boot, go to recovery mode by holding command+r on boot till you see the Apple logo and the loading bar. Then click Reinstall macOS. It will do a reinstall but should keep all data on it, but you do have a backup. (Just like what KrazyKen did to fix his problem)
The reason why overwriting Safari is not recommended is that Safari has more than just the app itself to overwrite. In case you mess things up.
1.Backup the computer
2.Reinstall macOS from Recovery.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
Command (⌘)-R
Reinstall the latest macOS that was installed on your Mac (recommended).
Safari 13.1 inoperable on Mojave
