My MacBook Air (M1), running Big Sur ver. 11.2.2, freeze completely every time I open Safari, and the screen start to bleed and pixelate. The Mac work well with Chrome. Is this a safari problem, like with the cache? Or should I reinstall the OS?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2
Go step by step and test.
1. Update Safari, if an update is available. Update may come with bug fixes.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204416
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201541
2. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. If Safari doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected
Go step by step and test.
1. Update Safari, if an update is available. Update may come with bug fixes.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204416
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201541
2. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. If Safari doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected
MacBook air Freeze when I open safari
