Safari problems since Sonoma upgrade

Apple solved my Safari problem in Sonoma today. I do have a few suspect add-ons in my system, particularly Windscribe VPN, Little Snitch and Control D apps, so there is some question about where some specific resources were being affected in my OS. Ultimately though, throwing out a few files in some buried system folders helped my situation.

First, backup your Safari bookmarks if you don’t have one, then Quit Safari. Next, use Go to Folder (Go menu at Finder level), then type:

~/Library/Containers/Safari/Data/Library/Preferences/

and then hit Enter. Now, move these files to trash from that directory:

com.apple.safari.plist

com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncAgent.plist

Now run Safari and see if that solved your issue. Mine is solved, let me know if this helped anyone or if I can answer any questions!

May not be Safari but additions to it. For example, I updated to 14.0 Sonoma then added LA Court Connect app to Safari. Safari went nuts but I did not know the reason. I took my computer to the Apple Genius Bar and they could not figure it out. I finally reinstalled everything from a 10/1/2023 backup and everything worked fine. I had a remote court appearance scheduled so I reinstalled LA Court Connect to my computer and Safari again went nuts and would not load. When I called Tech Support for LA Court Connect they stated: "LA Court Connect does not work with Sonoma". "Not work" is an understatement, it corrupts your entire system. I requested they (Los Angeles Court System) put a warning on the download. Unknown if they did.

Hello daveh909,

Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities, and we'll be happy to help in any way we can. We understand you're having issues with Safari. Next, what we would recommend, is testing this issue in another user account. What we need to do, is log out of your current user. Log back in under another Standard or Administrator account and see if the same issue occurs there. This way we can tell if it is an issue with your user account, or if it is system wide: Add a user or group on Mac - Apple Support

We hope this helps.

Cheers!

I checked the box open with Rosetta, Rosetta Mode or something like that on the get information box in Safari. Safari now loads and faster. Try it and see if it works for you.

Those still having problem with Safari under 14.2.1 check out this thread:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255361261?answerId=260000037022&sortBy=best#260000037022

This is a permissions fix made in the terminal the has fixed a couple of systems for me, and others.

Please note: Apple support told a user to do this.

I want to confirm this worked for my user. After Sonoma auto-updated he could no longer read emails or browse websites, and his sound control panel would not load. Deleting UDC_Virtual2ch.driver and restarting resolved the issue. Cyreniac, thanks so much.

After scouring the web for possible things on my iPad to get things to work since my MacBook Air wouldn’t connect trying one after another , I went through the WiFi configuration and renewed I think it was the DHCP and restarted Safari and it’s worked fine ever since. Since doing that, I’ve not had any more connection issues. That was the only thing that wasn’t working that I noticed. If there’s anything else I’ve not encountered it. Maybe I got lucky? IDK...but HEY it worked for me!

yes.

it's definitely Safari.

brand new machine, with a brand new os, No plugins installed at all.

restarted in safe mode. same issues.

and then I made a new admin user. same issues.

I cannot believe safari passed any quality testing.

I'm having exactly the same problem. It seems to somehow affect the entire OS as well, I have pauses when typing etc unless I quit Safari first.

Chrome works perfectly. This sucks, I would like to use Safari but it's totally impossible atm in Sonoma.

I also have 1Blocker enabled, as well as 1Password. I have tried disabling all the 1Blocker and 1Password extensions but it makes no difference.

k_Faith,

I can attest that with a completely different machine than dave909, with a completely reformatted drive, completely brand new OS install, completely new user account with nothing installed...

Safari is unusable.

it routinely locks up. and it locks up Other apps when it does. Safari is sucking down on a ridiculous amount of system resources, and producing nothing at all. No web pages, no feedback no responses at all to mouse input.

Something is dreadfully wrong with Safari

Sonoma 14.0 and 14.1 get bricked when adding the application "LA Court Connect". I called tech support for Los Angeles Superior Court and was informed that they were aware the LA Court Connect new download was not working with Sonoma but unaware it rendered Safari useless when installed. I have several hours into resolving this issue including a trip to the apple store. It was only upon reverting back to a backup that did not have LA Court Connect installed (Safari worked perfect) and then reinstalling LACC, that I discovered the issue. Hope this helps somebody avoid the grief I went through. Their may be other add on additions that disrupt Safari also. Use caution and backup before adding.

"We must have a t-shirt with at least free shipping and laundry for cleaning the t-shirt :-)"

Apple has so far been unable to find solutions for these various problems with the Sonoma 14.0 update, let alone address the issues with Sonoma 14.1.

I finally decided to waste two days updating and reformatting my iMac. I then updated to Sonoma 14.1 and everything seems to be working normally.

What remains "bizarre" for me is that the upgrade of my Intel MacBook Pro worked perfectly with Sonoma 14.0. Of course, I didn't upgrade to Sonoma 14.1 to avoid another nightmare!

Browsing Mac forums in different countries, I found that Intel iMacs and Intel Mac minis, as well as some MacBooks with the M1 chip, were more frequently affected by this unsuccessful update.

Apple thanks you for doing less but better, and no one will complain about this return to the updates that made Apple's reputation in the past!

Apple support, where are you?

Hello,

trying this solution - I find two Folders ~/Library/Containers/Safari/ !!! Contents similar but not equal. Dates of change nearly no difference. Not knowing, which one is best, I renamed one of these folders. Then I had to re-organise Safari. But now it seems to work better. I will observe....