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Unable to open safari at all

Whenever I open safari, the app name on the menu bar shows that I have opened safari, but the app window is not at all opening. I tried force quitting and reopened it, but no use.

I followed several tutorials online to clear cache, history etc etc. But all in vain.

But, when I created another user account and tried opening safari, it opens there, But not in my main user account.

This is very annoying, for the past several weeks I have been reaching out to the apple support team, but no one has been able to solve this issue. I could not even find anyone facing a similar issue online.

Please anyone suggest me some way to rectify the issue.

I am using MacBook M1 Pro, 14 inch. MacOS Ventura.

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.0

Posted on Nov 14, 2022 4:59 AM

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John Galt

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Posted on Nov 14, 2022 5:18 PM

Among the many things Apple Support had you try, did they have you start your Mac in "Safe Mode"?

How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

I agree reinstalling macOS is likely to be a waste of time, since you already know the problem does not occur in a different User Account. Unfortunately I have no idea what the source of the corruption may be. In cases such as yours I will progressively expand the concept of dragging things out of likely folders in ~/Library until something eventually changes.

Also please confirm I am understanding the problem correctly. When Safari fails to launch, does its icon "bounce" in the Dock followed by no other apparent action? Does the Safari app open but no windows appear? In the latter case the Mac's menu bar will indicate Safari at the upper left, adjacent to the  (Apple) menu. What appears in the Mac's menu bar instead of Safari?

Another fundamental question: Please confirm you are launching Safari from /Applications and not some other location. This may not be obvious. To confirm, please use the Finder's Go menu > Applications, and launch Safari from that folder.

Before you go any further please be sure to have created a backup as a fallback solution in the event things get seriously messed up: Back up your files with Time Machine on Mac - Apple Support. That should just go without saying.

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