First Safari just bounced and bounced in the dock for quite a while.
So I tried to Force Quit. It won't Force quite by any method. But it
won't open either. I'm pretty sure I have to restart my iMac, but it's
having problems and takes AGES to start so I'm wondering if there's
anything else I can do. Thanks
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.14
You are welcome.
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You are welcome.
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
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.
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Are you running any anti - virus programs? Using a VPN?
A restart takes a while, but is the simplest troubleshooting step.
No anti-virus programs, can't be using a VPN since I have
no clue what it is :-)
I did restart (sigh...). Messages did the same thing a few
days ago. I've got a slow Mac since I upgraded to Mojave
last year, and was having a geek fix it for me when we
got "locked down." So my iMac still misbehaves from time
to time. Thanks for helping!!
Thank you Eric. I've actually done that -- in another discussion on
this forum when I posted about the slow Mac. Then I tried to go
thru it with Apple over the phone. It was too difficult for me. I'm
old. LOL! My brain was keeping up, my stamina was out the door.
I'm waiting for my geek pal to come back after the quarantine -- if
that ever happens...
I appreciate your input! I'll just restart when it misbehaves. Thanks!
You are welcome.
Safari won't open or force quit by any method
