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Why does my safari icon in have a question mark over it when I double click to open it?

Why does my safari icon have a question mark over it and I cannot open and get on the Internet from my MacBook?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Apr 24, 2013 6:09 AM

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Posted on Apr 24, 2013 6:18 AM

The question mark indicates that the Mac cannot find the application that is being launched.

This can happen when apps are accidentally deleted, or key files have been changed.


Have you still got Safari in your applications folder?

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Why does my safari icon in have a question mark over it when I double click to open it?

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