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Safari acting strangely

This has been going on for a couple of months. I'm not entirely sure, but I have a feeling that it started to happen when I updated to Monterey. Safari keeps reloading pages and keeps going back to the previous page. If it open a new tab and write a search query in the search bar it will briefly open the search results and go back to start page. It will sometimes open a page after I click the link and a second later go back. Is there a way to reinstall Safari? I'm on an M1 Mac Mini 16GB, MacOS Monterey v. 12.3, Safari v. 15.4.

Mac mini, macOS 12.3

Posted on Mar 30, 2022 2:36 AM

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Posted on Mar 30, 2022 5:19 AM

Go step by step and test.

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

How to force an app to quit on your Mac - Apple Support

About pop-up ads and windows in Safari - Apple Support

2. Startup in Safe Mode.

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support.

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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

Clear your browsing history in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

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

If Safari on Mac doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected - Apple Support

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Mar 30, 2022 5:19 AM in response to pbajnoci

Go step by step and test.

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

How to force an app to quit on your Mac - Apple Support

About pop-up ads and windows in Safari - Apple Support

2. Startup in Safe Mode.

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support.

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

Clear your browsing history in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

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

If Safari on Mac doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected - Apple Support

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Safari acting strangely

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