Hello everyone Please help me! Safari and the App Store won't open on my old MacBook Air after reinstalling the software. What should I do?
chimita82 wrote:
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Safari cannot open the page because Safari is unable to establish a secure connection to the server "www.apple.com".
Unable to connect to the App Store.
1.7GHz Intel Core i5 Processor
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)
The original security method used to secure https connections against eavesdropping was found to be insecure. Internet sites moved on to a newer method. I'm pretty sure that the version of Safari in Lion does not know how to handle that newer method and that Lion's version of Safari would have trouble connecting to modern https sites.
According to MacTracker, a MacBookAir4,2 is a MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011). For it, the end of the line is High Sierra.
To get back to High Sierra, I think you're going to have to do the upgrade in stages. The first step will be to get your Mac upgraded to El Capitan or Sierra so that you have versions of the Safari and the App Store that work well enough to get the High Sierra installer. The second
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Using a modern Mac or PC, download the "Sierra 10.12" .DMG installer. Don't run the installer. If you're on a Mac that unpacks the .DMG file or runs the installer, quit out of the installer. Copy the .DMG file as is onto a USB flash drive, or onto a external drive that's been formatted using HFS+ (not APFS – Lion is far too old to understand it).
How to download and install macOS - Apple Support
Move the USB flash drive over to the old MacBook Air. Copy the .DMG file onto the MacBook Air. Open (mount) the .DMG file and run the Sierra installer on the mounted disk image.
Once Sierra is installed and running, make a bootable clone backup of the system to a spare external drive using Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper!
Then, on the MacBook Air, visit the "How to download and install macOS" page and use the "High Sierra 10.13" link. With any luck, Sierra's versions of Safari and the App Store will work well enough to let you use that link. Once you have High Sierra back, you may want to make a bootable clone backup of it, so that if you ever find yourself needing to recover in the future, you can use the backup to help you recover.
chimita82 wrote:
Written:
Safari cannot open the page because Safari is unable to establish a secure connection to the server "www.apple.com".
Unable to connect to the App Store.
1.7GHz Intel Core i5 Processor
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)
The original security method used to secure https connections against eavesdropping was found to be insecure. Internet sites moved on to a newer method. I'm pretty sure that the version of Safari in Lion does not know how to handle that newer method and that Lion's version of Safari would have trouble connecting to modern https sites.
According to MacTracker, a MacBookAir4,2 is a MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011). For it, the end of the line is High Sierra.
To get back to High Sierra, I think you're going to have to do the upgrade in stages. The first step will be to get your Mac upgraded to El Capitan or Sierra so that you have versions of the Safari and the App Store that work well enough to get the High Sierra installer. The second
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Using a modern Mac or PC, download the "Sierra 10.12" .DMG installer. Don't run the installer. If you're on a Mac that unpacks the .DMG file or runs the installer, quit out of the installer. Copy the .DMG file as is onto a USB flash drive, or onto a external drive that's been formatted using HFS+ (not APFS – Lion is far too old to understand it).
How to download and install macOS - Apple Support
Move the USB flash drive over to the old MacBook Air. Copy the .DMG file onto the MacBook Air. Open (mount) the .DMG file and run the Sierra installer on the mounted disk image.
Once Sierra is installed and running, make a bootable clone backup of the system to a spare external drive using Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper!
Then, on the MacBook Air, visit the "How to download and install macOS" page and use the "High Sierra 10.13" link. With any luck, Sierra's versions of Safari and the App Store will work well enough to let you use that link. Once you have High Sierra back, you may want to make a bootable clone backup of it, so that if you ever find yourself needing to recover in the future, you can use the backup to help you recover.
Hi,
Try to start up in Safe mode, then normal boot could help your issues.
Start up your Mac in safe mode – Apple Support (AU)
Do the programs not launch at at all? Or is it just that they do not connect to Web sites or the App Store?
Which MacBook Air ( > About This Mac) and which version of Mac OS X / macOS?
Written:
Safari cannot open the page because Safari is unable to establish a secure connection to the server "www.apple.com".
Unable to connect to the App Store.
1.7GHz Intel Core i5 Processor
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)
Thank you very much! Unfortunately, I can't open it in safe mode.
Hello everyone Please help me! Safari and the App Store won't open on my old MacBook Air after reinstalling the software. What should I do?
