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MacBook air Freeze when I open safari

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

Posted on Jul 22, 2021 5:25 PM

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Posted on Jul 23, 2021 5:20 AM

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

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

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Jul 23, 2021 5:20 AM in response to Johann.rkj

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

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

MacBook air Freeze when I open safari

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