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Certain websites in safari showing up as black squared question marks, letters and symbols.

When I open certain websites in safari (Gibiru.com for example) and a few other random sites the whole page is filled with black squared question marks, symbols and letters(see pic below). i already tried restarting and restoring standard fonts. i made sure "western font" is chosen and "never use font sizes smaller then" is not checked in safari presences. i also don't use any extensions. i have a MacBook pro, late 2011 using macOS Sierra Version 10.12.6 (can't update any further). How can i resolve this problem? thanks.

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Posted on Apr 12, 2022 9:18 PM

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Posted on Apr 13, 2022 3:42 AM

Giburu.com works on this Mac.





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


5 Click "Develop" in Safari menubar and Empty Caches twice.

Safari > Preference > Advanced

Use the developer tools in the Develop menu in Safari on Mac - Apple Support




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Apr 13, 2022 3:42 AM in response to KayDee1234

Giburu.com works on this Mac.





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


5 Click "Develop" in Safari menubar and Empty Caches twice.

Safari > Preference > Advanced

Use the developer tools in the Develop menu in Safari on Mac - Apple Support




Certain websites in safari showing up as black squared question marks, letters and symbols.

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