HT203353: If Safari is slow, stops responding, quits unexpectedly, or has other issues

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CarMelo Cherubin
Level 1 (4 points)
iTunes

Q: Safari 6.1.6 Launch error

Safari is launching to the last page viewed as opposed to the homepage I have it assigned to. It started happening all of a sudden. How do I correct this? I've deleted all unsolicited extensions, and that did nothing.

I was trying to add screen shots, but that's acting up, too, even though my files meet all the required parameters (<1600x900, <2MB, .jpg)

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jul 9, 2015 5:28 AM

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CarMelo Cherubin

Q: Safari 6.1.6 Launch error

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  • by D.Cohen,

    D.Cohen D.Cohen Jul 9, 2015 5:32 AM in response to CarMelo Cherubin
    Level 6 (8,424 points)
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    Jul 9, 2015 5:32 AM in response to CarMelo Cherubin

    Go to Safari menu (At the very top right side of your screen next to Apple icon), choose "Quit Safari"

    press "Shift" button and while holding this button on your keyboard single click on the Safari icon on your Dock.


    Open Safari - Preferences - Privacy - Remove All Website Data.


    Open the Go menu with Option (Alt) key pressed - Library - locate Safari folder and move it to your desktop.


    After this, open Safari - Preferences - General and assign your homepage once again.


    Hope this helps!

  • by CarMelo Cherubin,

    CarMelo Cherubin CarMelo Cherubin Jul 10, 2015 7:18 AM in response to D.Cohen
    Level 1 (4 points)
    iTunes
    Jul 10, 2015 7:18 AM in response to D.Cohen

    Good mooring, DC.

    Thank you for your help, so far.

     

    I get stuck at:

    Open the Go menu with Option (Alt) key pressed - Library - locate Safari folder and move it to your desktop.


    Pardon my ignorance, but I have no idea where this "Go" menu is.

    Please advise.


    Thanks.

    -C

  • by CarMelo Cherubin,

    CarMelo Cherubin CarMelo Cherubin Jul 13, 2015 4:46 PM in response to CarMelo Cherubin
    Level 1 (4 points)
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    Jul 13, 2015 4:46 PM in response to CarMelo Cherubin

    Duh. I located the GO menu. I never ever use it, so I didn't realize it was sitting right there in my finder toolbar.

    That said, I did what D. Cohen suggested, and noting changed. It didn't work.

     

    What do I do with the safari folder that is now on my desktop?

    I see that a new one was created in my GO>Library, so, can I delete the one I moved to my desktop?

     

    Any other ideas on how I can correct my original issue?

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jul 14, 2015 6:41 AM in response to CarMelo Cherubin
    Level 9 (69,582 points)
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    Jul 14, 2015 6:41 AM in response to CarMelo Cherubin

    Yes.

     

    10.10

     

    Safari/Preferences/Advanced - enable the Develop menu, then go there and Empty Caches. Quit/reopen Safari and test. Then try Safari/History/Show History and delete all history items.  Quit/reopen Safari and test. You can also try try Safari/Clear History and Web Site Data. The down side is it clears all cookies.Doing this may cause some sites to no longer recognize your computer as one that has visited the web site. Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J.  When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder.  Select Library./Caches/com.apple.Safari/Caches.db and move it to the trash.

     

    Go to Safari Preferences/Extensions and turn all extensions off. Test. If okay, turn the extensions on one by one until you figure out what extension is causing the problem.

     

    Safari Corruption       See post by Linc Davis


    10.9 and lower


    Safari/Preferences/Advanced - enable the Develop menu, then go there and Empty Caches. Quit/reopen Safari and test. Then try Safari/History/Show History and delete all history items.  Quit/reopen Safari and test. You can also try try Safari/Reset Safari. The down side is it clears all cookies.Doing this may cause some sites to no longer recognize your computer as one that has visited the web site. Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J.  When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder.  Select Library./Caches/com.apple.Safari/Caches.db and move it to the trash.

     

    Go to Safari Preferences/Extensions and turn all extensions off. Test. If okay, turn the extensions on one by one until you figure out what extension is causing the problem.

     

    Safari Corruption       See post by Linc Davis