Safari can't open my.yahoo due to too many redirects occurring.

I have an iMac and recently installed new OS 10.11.3. I don't think the OS is the problem. Today I was unable to auto open my home page thru Safari. System Prefs says the computer is connected to my network, but it won't connect. I was able to get to my mail through yahoo.com, but it's not my.yahoo.com page. Open to any suggestions. Thanks

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Mar 4, 2016 6:32 PM

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Mar 5, 2016 11:27 AM in response to Joel Phillips

I followed the steps

Safari: "Could not open the page, too many redirects"

This might happen if you visit a page that's been set to open another page, but the next page is instructed to go back to the original page.

This issue can be caused by the website you're trying to view. Safari might be able to open the website at a later time, when the website's redirect problem has been corrected.

This issue can also happen if redirect information has been cached after it's no longer needed. In some cases, removing related cookies and cache in Safari can resolve repeated redirects:

  1. Safari, choose Safari > Preferences.
  2. Click the Privacy icon to view Privacy settings.
  3. Click the Details button that appears under the Remove All Website Data button.
  4. Search for the name of the website that you are trying to view.
  5. Click the Remove button.
  6. Close the Safari Preferences window.

Mar 5, 2016 1:44 PM in response to Gloriafrommo

I just encountered this issue today too. Deleting all Yahoo.com cookies didn't work. I could get into a non-personalized Yahoo page, but the moment I hit the home button for my own my.yahoo.com page, and logged in...boom. Back to "too many redirects". As others have reported, it doesn't work on the iPad either.


Did Yahoo change something over night? 😟


The very same page works just fine with Chrome and Firefox. My Yahoo page is highly personalized, with everything from stock market and weather feeds to various publication feeds - I'm not about to abandon it.


FURTHER NOTE: this isn't confined to Safari though - Windows users are reporting it on various browsers - it's got to be something Yahoo did. Just one of many threads on the topic: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20160304171321AAg91GZ

Mar 5, 2016 5:35 PM in response to johnfrompenn valley

Hey John, that was a good tip! Private browsing on a Mac cures it too. If you're having trouble in Safari on a Mac, open a new private window (under the file menu) and voila - my.yahoo.com loads.


This would make you think that it's something to do with cookies/tracking etc., but deleting cookies and caches doesn't fix this issue, as it has sometimes in the past. Let's hope Yahoo fix it.

Mar 5, 2016 6:49 PM in response to PaddyD

And the plot thickens. My MacBook Pro has the issue - but my iMac does NOT. Both are running OS 10.10.5 but my iMac is running Safari 9.01, not 9.03, which is what the MBP is running. No idea if that has anything to do with it or not, though, considering lots of people are squawking about this same problem using other devices, browsers and operating systems (Windows 8 and 10...).

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