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Reader glitchy on Safari 7.0

I am having some trouble with the Reader function on Safari 7.0


Reader will occasionally work, whilst it sometimes does not on the same article.


On launching a website and clicking onto an article, I will click on the Reader icon and Reader will appear, as per normal. On entering another article, the Reader icon becomes available (ie is blue), and on selecting it the Reader page does not appear, despite the Read icon indicating it had been launched. I can continue to scroll up and down the page, and despite clicking on the Reader icon multiple times, Reader does not appear.


Closing the tab, reopening the same article and clicking the Reader icon launches the Reader, however the issue persits when I try another article.

Refreshing the page does not resolve the issue.


I have tested on multiple sites, and I understand that some pages with limited text will not allow for Reader to display, however I am sure that is not the issue.


Just recently updated to Mavericks 10.9 from Snow Leopard 10.7.8. All updates for Safari and Mavericks have been installed.


I have never had this issue before.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 24, 2013 4:24 PM

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Oct 24, 2013 7:41 PM in response to williamvu

Ok...


Might be corrupted Safari preferences ...



Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder


Type or copy paste the following:


~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist


Click Go then move the com.apple.Safari.plist file to the trash.


Quit and relaunch Safari to test.


If that didn't help, try troubleshooting extensions and third party plugins. (The Glims extension has apparently caused issues with Safari 7)


From the Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Turn that OFF, quit and relaunch Safari to test. If that helped, turn one extension on then quit and relaunch Safari to test until you find the incompatible extension then click uninstall.


If it's not an extensions issue, try troubleshooting third party plug-ins.


Back to Safari > Preferences. This time select the Security tab. Deselect: Allow all other plug-ins. Quit and relaunch Safari to test.


If that made a difference, instructions for troubleshooting plugins here.

Nov 22, 2013 9:29 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

I am having the same problem as William, I wanted to try what you wrote:

'Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder'

But when I open finder in my menu bar there is no GO, and when I type it into 'search for' it also doens't go anywhere.

All I have in finder is all tohese things like 'All my files' ' Downloads' 'desctop' 'applications'.......no Go

How do I do it?? I am not very experienced in thse things....

Reader glitchy on Safari 7.0

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