Safari leaves ghost image after start-up

After downgrading from Yosemite to Mavericks, I get a ghost image at start-up. Seems like it´s the outline of Safari´s window. Any idea how to fix this? I did a clean install of Mavericks to avoid any problems, but am running into a few though. Very annoying!


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Regards, Till

OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 16GB RAM, 2TB HDD

Posted on Nov 29, 2014 12:45 AM

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Nov 29, 2014 9:56 AM in response to SpeedyGonzales

What happens if you force quit Finder (command - option/alt-esc)? Does it return.
Do a backup, using either Time Machine or a cloning program, to ensure files/data can be recovered. Two backups are better than one.


Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.

Isolating an issue by using another user account

Try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account. Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear and again when you log in. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don’t do them all at once.

Safe Mode - Mavericks also Yosemite


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