I’ve just upgraded to Monterey 12.6.6 and safari won’t open, as soon as I click the icon I get “Safari quit unexpectedly” click reopen to open the application again doing that clears the screen then displays the same problem page. Never had this problem before can anyone help please
iMac 27″, macOS 12.6
Press and hold a Shift key while opening Safari from Applications or the Dock. That action opens Safari without any previously opened windows or tabs with content that may be causing the crash.
Release the Shift key when Safari opens.
Press and hold a Shift key while opening Safari from Applications or the Dock. That action opens Safari without any previously opened windows or tabs with content that may be causing the crash.
Release the Shift key when Safari opens.
If safari is corrupted ( you have to click on finder > Go > hold on option key from the context menu click on library ) , clear contents from folders of caches , cookies , saved application state .
Drag and drop complete safari folder to the desktop , restart the Mac and again open safari and browse .
If the problem still exists follow the article Update to the latest version of Safari - Apple Support
Note : uninstall third party Apps / softwares from Mac .
This is happening with me too after upgrading to OS 12.6.6
It is the second time it has happened to me after having a software update, last time it took until a software update came through for safari to fix it.
It just gives the "this application cannot be opened on this Mac" as if it thinks it is the old generation, not the current updated one.
Please determine if the same problems occur in "Safe Mode": How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support. If it does reinstalling macOS is justified: How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support.
I have reinstalled Monterey and that has got Safari working normally - BUT -I am currently running on Safari 15.6.1 (which came with the Monterey download) and there is an update Safari 16.5 and I am iffy about installing it in case....
I am wondering if this is a bug from something associated with past versions of safari. It is literally like the OS thinks it is a version of safari that predates current versions of the OS. Like, it thinks it is a 32 bit version or a 16 bit version, It gets the greyed out with the no entry symbol.
Maybe, the icon seemed quite normal but only bounced once and then the problem report came up. However re-installing the OS worked and the subsequent upgrade from 15.6 to 16.5 went without problem. Seems like a Safari screw up in the first attempted upgrade to 12.6.6. A bit academic as I got a way to restore everything to normality.
Ciao
Iain
No effect I’m afraid. Still immediately comes up with a Safari problem report.. Hohum.
No difference with Safe mode, one bounce of the icon and then no problem report.. Reverting to normal mode I now no longer get a problem report - simply nothing.
Go ahead and update Safari. If you don't like it you can always revert a Time Machine "local snapshot". That takes about three minutes; less than that if you're already familiar with it.
John Thank you for your help - got me out of a lot of hassle.
Kind regards
Iain
You're welcome Iain. Glad to help.
Yours is a different problem Stu. Start a new Discussion if you haven't done that already.
If you want to reply to this one that's ok, but it might take longer to get an answer.
Safari won’t open
