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safari on MacBook Pro not working

Safari is not working on my MacBook Pro mid 2012 after upgraded operating system to Catalina. Should I reinstall it or go back to an older operating system?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 13, 2021 5:42 AM

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Posted on Jul 13, 2021 6:39 AM

Try these steps first please.


Go step by step and test.


1. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987


2. Startup in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/start-up-your-mac-in-safe-mode-mh21245/mac.  

    Quote:

    It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility

    And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and 

    the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed


3. Clear History

    https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/clear-your-browsing-history-sfri47acf5d6/mac

    Please read the article before clearing history, 

    this is like a low level resetting of Safari without affecting passwords and bookmarks.


4. If Safari doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204098

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Jul 13, 2021 6:39 AM in response to djaris

Try these steps first please.


Go step by step and test.


1. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987


2. Startup in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/start-up-your-mac-in-safe-mode-mh21245/mac.  

    Quote:

    It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility

    And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and 

    the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed


3. Clear History

    https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/clear-your-browsing-history-sfri47acf5d6/mac

    Please read the article before clearing history, 

    this is like a low level resetting of Safari without affecting passwords and bookmarks.


4. If Safari doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204098

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