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Q: my safari has got corrupted can i reinstall safari

I down loaded a program that changed the way safari worked re diverting my searches, i have tried to repair safari but its not acting correctly, How to re-install safari

MacBook Air (13-inch Late 2010), OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Aug 10, 2015 5:45 AM

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  • by D.Cohen,

    D.Cohen D.Cohen Aug 10, 2015 5:46 AM in response to MacBook Airman
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    Aug 10, 2015 5:46 AM in response to MacBook Airman

    Try these steps:

     

    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.


  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 10, 2015 5:53 AM in response to MacBook Airman
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    iTunes
    Aug 10, 2015 5:53 AM in response to MacBook Airman

    If the above doesn't fix the problem, 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


    Adware?


    Manual method:

     

    Malware – Adware removal – Apple Support

     

    Or download this program which was written by Thomas Reed, a long time poster. The program will do the work for you which makes it easy. If you are uncertain about downloading programs, try the manual method.


     

    Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac      10.7 and later


  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Aug 10, 2015 1:40 PM in response to MacBook Airman
    Level 10 (207,995 points)
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    Aug 10, 2015 1:40 PM in response to MacBook Airman

    You may have installed ad-injection malware ("adware").

    Don't use any kind of "anti-virus" or "anti-malware" product on a Mac. There is never a need for it, and relying on it for protection makes you more vulnerable to attack, not less.

    This easy procedure will detect any kind of adware that I know of. Deactivating it is a separate, and even easier, procedure that doesn't involve downloading anything.

    Some legitimate software is ad-supported and may display ads in its own windows or in a web browser while it's running. That's not malware and it may not show up.

    Step 1

    Please triple-click the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:

    ~/Library/LaunchAgents

    In the Finder, select

              Go Go to Folder...

    from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. Press return. Either a folder named "LaunchAgents" will open, or you'll get a notice that the folder can't be found. If the folder isn't found, go to the next step.

    If the folder does open, press the key combination command-2 to select list view, if it's not already selected. There should be a column in the Finder window headed Date Modified. Click that heading twice to sort the contents by date with the newest at the top. If necessary, enlarge the window so that all of the contents are showing.

    Follow the instructions in this support article under the heading "Take a screenshot of a window." An image file with a name beginning in "Screen Shot" should be saved to the Desktop. Open the screenshot and make sure it's readable. If not, capture a smaller part of the screen showing only what needs to be shown.

    Start a reply to this message. Drag the image file into the editing window to upload it. You can also include text in the reply.

    Leave the folder open for now.

    Step 2

    Do as in Step 1 with this line:

    /Library/LaunchAgents

    The folder that may open will have the same name, but is not the same, as the one in Step 1. As in that step, the folder may not exist.

    Step 3

    Repeat with this line:

    /Library/LaunchDaemons

    This time the folder will be named "LaunchDaemons."

    Step 4

    Open the Safari preferences window and select the Extensions tab. If any extensions are listed, post a screenshot. If there are no extensions, or if you can't launch Safari, skip this step.

    Step 5

    If you use the Firefox or Chrome browser, open its extension list and do as in Step 4.

  • by Eric Root,Solvedanswer

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 11, 2015 7:01 AM in response to MacBook Airman
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    Aug 11, 2015 7:01 AM in response to MacBook Airman