ChEwI_16
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Safari

Q: Safari crashing after updating to OS Sierra

Hi All,

 

Why after updating to macOS Sierra (10.12) my Safari (10.0) keep crashing (it didn't happened with OS El Capitan)?  I am using a MacBook Air 13 Early 2015, 4GB Ram, 1.6 GHz Intel i5, 128Gb HD.

 

Thanks.

MacBook Air, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Oct 12, 2016 8:09 AM

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Q: Safari crashing after updating to OS Sierra

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Oct 12, 2016 8:19 AM in response to ChEwI_16
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    Oct 12, 2016 8:19 AM in response to ChEwI_16

    Might be a corrupt .plist.

     

     

    Do a backup, preferably 2 backups on 2 separate drives.

     

     

    Quit the application.

     

     

    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. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist.  Move the .plist to your desktop.

     

     

    Restart the computer, open the application, and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.

     

     

    If the application is the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.

     

     

    Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.