I have a late model 2013 Mac. 3.5GHz, 6-core xeon E5, 64GB 1866 MHz DDR3, and AMD FirePro D700 6GB. I just upgraded to Monterey 12.6.2 from 12.6.0 and now Safari doesn't work. It's greyed out with a line through it. Updates says it's up to date. Any ideas why Safari all of a sudden isn't compatible with the Mac?
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Mac Pro, macOS 11.5
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes.
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...
Open System Preferences>Users & Groups, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.
Does it work in the new account?
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes.
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...
Open System Preferences>Users & Groups, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.
Does it work in the new account?
I found the answer. The answer was that safari 12.6.2 wasn't released along with the OS update. It came in a week later. I downloaded the update when it showed up yesterday and it fixed the issue.
Is it possible there is a Safari update in the App Store?
There was this I can't use Safari since Monterey 12.6.1 … - Apple Community
Just to add, if you click on the Safari icon and press command+i or choose "Get Info" from the Finder File menu it should also give you the version.
I think you need to reinstall the OS.
If you click on it's icon in the Applications folder it will list the Version in the preview pane.
Seems to be one for Apple Support
yes, I do. I actually don't use Safari much. I usually use Chrome. And honestly it's not the browser I'm worried about. I'm concerned that this strange error is a symptom of something going wrong that might cause later issues. As in there is something corrupt there and this Safari issue is the warning sign of something to come.
thanks for your help. much appreciated.
What version of Safari? For Monterey it should be 16.1 or 16.2. I actually forget.
I don't know. I can't open it to find out, but I also can't delete it or update it.
Ah thanks. I never use preview.
It's version 16.2, so no idea why it won't work.
You're welcome. Actually, I have no idea why it's not working either. That icon indicates it's not compatible which clearly it should be. Hopefully someone may have an idea.
anybody?
Monterey 12.6.2 safari doesn't work anymore
