iCloud sync crashes Safari 10

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iCloud sync crashes Safari 10

I installed Safari 10 and it crashes, both in El Capitan and Sierra. I narrowed down the crash to iCloud Safari data, by doing a clean install of Sierra, and after logging into iCloud with my AppleID, enabling the information stored in the iCloud one by one. Safari worked fine until I enabled Safari in the iCloud settings. Now it crashes every time it is started. I unchecked Safari in the iCloud settings, and it still crashes!

I have turned off Safari in iCloud on all of my devices, but there is evidently still Safari data in my iCloud, which Safari 10 does not like. Syncing Safari on any other device does not cause a problem.

So, how can I clear my Safari data from iCloud?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), null

Posted on Oct 21, 2016 5:46 PM

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Answer 1

zinacef

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Oct 21, 2016 9:14 PM in response to swtools

See this -- Safari crashing fix

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swtools Author

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Oct 21, 2016 9:59 PM in response to zinacef

I have Safari suggestions, Safari search engine suggestions, Safari preload top hit and Safari frequently visited sites turned off on my iphone and ipad, as well as iCloud safari storage. On my iMac I have include search engine selections deselected and show favorites deselected.

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Eric Root

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Oct 22, 2016 12:54 PM in response to swtools

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/Cache.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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