Why are some Safari 10 pages pink

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Why are some Safari 10 pages pink

macOS Sierra 10.12

Safari 10.0

I've Googled this question with no luck. Some web pages (notably Google) show up in Safari as completely dark pink. Another web page will display the same way until I use the scroll wheel to scroll down. Then it displays fine for about 2 seconds then goes back to pink.

There doesn't seem to be any commonality between pages that show up pink and the ones that show up normal.

This is driving me nuts. I've been through Preferences and have come up em

iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 29, 2016 9:27 PM

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Answer 1

dominic23

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Sep 30, 2016 3:01 AM in response to Necr0n99

Reset NVRAM/PRAM. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18761

Try startup in Safe Mode.

Start up in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21875?locale=en_US

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Answer 2

Eric Root

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Sep 30, 2016 6:38 AM in response to Necr0n99

If everything is normal in the Safe Mode, try running this program in your normal account , then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. On the screen with Options, please open Options and check the bottom 2 boxes before running. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown.

Etrecheck – System Information

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Necr0n99 Author

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Sep 30, 2016 12:19 PM in response to Necr0n99

Resetting NVRAM did nothing.

Same with Safe Mode.

I tried copying and pasting from EtreCheck, but I could not complete the post. I kept getting "The message contains invalid characters.", which I couldn't find. I even pasted into Sublime Text to look at the output, but I couldn't see anything.

Any suggestions?

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Answer 4

John Galt

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Sep 30, 2016 5:28 PM in response to Necr0n99

Please read If Safari doesn't load a page or webpage items are missing - Apple Support.

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Necr0n99 Author

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Sep 30, 2016 9:24 PM in response to John Galt

None of that helped, sorry to say.

The reason I started using Safari again was because Chrome kept dropping internet connection. I just received an update that makes it behave better now. I've spent a couple of hours trying to fix the display problem with Safari. I really do thank everyone that has offered suggestions.

Dave

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Answer 6

Eric Root

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Oct 1, 2016 7:22 AM in response to Necr0n99

For Etrecheck, click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply.

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Necr0n99 Author

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Oct 1, 2016 8:18 PM in response to Eric Root

Yeah, I tried that. Twice. Both times I received the message that my reply could not be posted try again in a few moments. And then at some point the above-mentioned message about containing invalid characters appears. I tried both the "normal" editor and the advanced editor.

It would be nice if I could attach a text file. But try as I might, I cannot copy and paste the output of EtreCheck and get the message to post.

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Necr0n99 Author

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Oct 1, 2016 8:26 PM in response to Eric Root

Try this: here's a link to the file "EtreCheckOutput.rtf" in my Dropbox public folder:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16149233/EtreCheckOutput.rtf

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Eric Root

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Oct 2, 2016 7:08 AM in response to Necr0n99

You have a lot of 3rd party software installed, but none of it is a 'known' troublemaker.

Try a restart.

Do a backup, using either Time Machine or a cloning program, to ensure files/data can be recovered. Two backups are better than one.

Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferenes, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.

Isolating an issue by using another user account

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Answer 10

Necr0n99 Author

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Oct 2, 2016 12:37 PM in response to Eric Root

OK. I switched user to my wife's account (which she doesn't use anymore since she got her iPhone 😉). Safari works just fine, even on Google's landing page.

So now it's just a matter of doing some detective work and finding out which setting and/or app is giving the bizarre results.

Once found, I'll post back here with the results.

Thanks you very much for your help.

Dave

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Answer 11

Eric Root

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Oct 3, 2016 7:31 AM in response to Necr0n99

You are welcome.

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