ERROR: "Safari Web Content quit unexpectedly."

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ERROR: "Safari Web Content quit unexpectedly."

USING:

Safari 9.0.2 (9537.86.3.9.1)

Mac OS X 10.9.5

Starting about a week ago, I went to a website and got this error. I assumed it was a problem with the website. Over the course of the week it went from one website, to a couple a day, now up to several a day and getting the error with some notable websites. This is a problem. It feels like it is spreading like a contagion and is eventually going to make Safari inoperable.

I have no idea what is going on.

See attached images, the top being the display in the center of the screen, the below being the error window.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8 GB RAM

Posted on Mar 23, 2016 12:18 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 23, 2016 12:22 PM in response to Chris Grayson

Safari crashing may be due to Safari extensions or third party plug-ins.

From the Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Uninstall one extension then quit and relaunch Safari to test. Keep going until you find the incompatible Extension.

If it's not an extensions issue, try troubleshooting third party plug-ins.

Back to Safari > Preferences. This time select the Security tab. Deselect: Allow plug-ins. Quit and relaunch Safari to test.

If that made a difference, instructions for troubleshooting plugins here.

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Answer 2

Eric Root

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Mar 24, 2016 6:46 AM in response to Chris Grayson

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…. 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

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