After spending over 14 hours to finally complete the "emergency security update" of Monterey 12.2, Safari (which was the reason for the update) now freezes whenever I start it up. Is anyone having the same issue and/or have a resolution?
Thanks for any suggestions!
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.2
I should have mentioned in my original post that I have had issues with Safari crashes on my MBP16 M1, since the very first day. Safari would immediately freeze on various websites, but could potentially freeze on any website. The issue only became much more prevalent following the "emergency security update" of Monterey 12.2. Following that update, Safari, for all intents and purposes, became totally useless. Fortunately, I was able to force quit the Safari app, without having to restart the entire OS. As long as I only used Firefox, everything was OK (other than various less critical issues).
Over time, I scaled Safari down to the bare essentials: NO extensions, no pre-loading favorites, etc, etc. Nothing helped to remedy the issue.
Then, with the release of 12.3.1 (21E258) update to Monterey, all issues with Safari went away. So, while nobody in Customer Support was aware of the problems (or was allowed to admit to them), this update did solve my Safari problems!
I wanted to give it a few days before declaring victory, as one never knows what might happen as soon as you do so. But it would seem that someone in the development group actually read some of my numerous crash reports and figured out what was wrong.
THANK YOU, APPLE! It's good to be back in the fold! I've been using Apple products exclusively for far to many decades to ever consider returning to a MicroSoft product!
Hello, Jack. You are welcome! Yes the new updates 12.1 and 12.2 is a nightmare! I have for first time: poping sound, battery drawing extremely fast, FaceTime robot voice, safari freeze on start up...., but in my case i solve: Safari problem with the steps that I share with you, and the battery drawing: Solution reset SMC.
I hope Apple Team fix this problems fast.
Best
Gabriel
Well here I am again (no... STILL). This is incredibly frustrating. I have been trying to fix this issue for over 4 months now, hoping that I can find the issue, or that it will fix itself with macOS updates. So far... NOTHING.
In addition, many other things are not going as intended. For example, I had used "1Password" for a very long time and it worked flawlessly. Then Monterey's "Password" System Preference totally screwed up EVERY password I've ever used. Who thought this one up?
I've been using Apple products since the Apple II, and exclusively Apple products since System 6, in 1988. Every version had it's issues, but for me, MacOS Monterey has absolutely been the most devastatingly horrible OS I've experienced... and it will surely be the LAST one that I will use and/or recommend to my clients, family and/or friends! There is absolutely NO excuse for this!!!!!
This sounds quite logical, Alancito. I'll give that a shot. If it works, I'll change the response from "Helpful Answer" to "Correct Answer", with additional feedback. Thank you!
PS: I absolutely LOVE your signature ( õ¿õ¬ )
Another thought worth trying. Safari doesn't always crash on startup... sometimes it might take a while to do so. I'll have to start keeping a log of which sites crash frequently. I do recall that HomeDepot.com crashes quite often. Another culprit is MacDonalds' log-in screen popup, after doing the actual log-in. Once it crashed, I could select the same WiFi and it was OK, as once logged in I was not asked to again during the same session.
As a developer, I've grown very dependent upon Safari's Developer Menu. One shouldn't have to memorize a bunch of work-arounds in order to utilize Apple's "Premier Web Browser". It's starting to feel like the old days, when spending more than half my time trying to create work-arounds, in order for otherwise legitimate code to work inside Microsoft Internet Exploder!
Thanks for the suggestion.
Thank You, Svdrifter,
I hope Apple fix this issuse fast!
Hello, again
Here is a screenshots, what exactly happening even at SafeMode.
Safari freezes on startup in Monterey 12.2
