Safari isn't responding. Force Quit says it is. I can't restart because Safari is running. I can't see it. I can't open it. I can't close it. Safari is not functioning at all.
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the Name column header to display in descending order. Select the Safari process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that works. You may also need to kill any open tab processes that will be listed under the Safari entry.
This is from my computer. Note the several tab entries listed underneath Safari. You will need to kill each of those you find before you can kill Safari itself. Note you may have different items listed from your computer.
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the Name column header to display in descending order. Select the Safari process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that works. You may also need to kill any open tab processes that will be listed under the Safari entry.
This is from my computer. Note the several tab entries listed underneath Safari. You will need to kill each of those you find before you can kill Safari itself. Note you may have different items listed from your computer.
This sounded promising but Safari isn't showing up in the Activity Monitor. It is only in Applications and the Dock. Its a ghost. Safari is preventing me from updating or restarting because it won't quit and I can't access it to use it.
I was able to get to Safari through Terminal but I think thats a copy or mirror thus not really useful. Activity Monitor does have this Safari but thats no good to me.
One question I forgot to ask. Would letting battery die make any difference to the non-functioning Safari?
It wouldn't help. Shut down the computer using the power button. Then restart.
I had tried this yesterday. It didn't work because Safari could not be shut down. This time I held the button down and it all worked!!!!! Thank you so much!
You are welcome.
Safari isn't responding. Everything says it is. I can't Force Quit it and I can't restart because the Mac says it's running.
