After a download, a compass/safari icon remains on the screen

I've had the exact same "stuck Safari logo" issues since upgrading to High Sierra. So I attempted the VRAM restart (holding down Option/Alt + Command + P + R) while booting my computer, but that didn't work. I attempted the killall Safari command in Terminal, but that only worked temporarily – once I shut down Safari and restarted it, the logo got stuck again.

The winner for me, unfortunately, was disabling Handoff. Please note to all of you that are trying this "fix" that you have to disable Handoff on ALL devices! Not just your MacBook! If you're handing off / sharing between your MacBook and your iPhone, make sure you're going into General Settings on your iPhone and disabling as well.

This is more of a vent post toward Apple, because this isn't right that we should have to disable this feature. I use it quite frequently and really enjoy it. Unfortunately for me, the logo issue took priority as I use Gmail for work and download hundreds of documents per day. My screen was literally filled with stuck logos a matter of 20 minutes.

What I also found odd was... In Gmail, I have my shortcuts enabled so that when I press Shift + C, a new email should appear but in a SEPARATE tear-away window from my Safari browser. Whenever I tried using this shortcut, I received the error message "Oops! You must have a pop-up blocker enabled", etc. etc. Which is not the case... My pop-up blockers were disabled in my Safari settings, and any place elsewhere that I could find.

Would love it if Apple would send an update to fix this, or for someone to share any other resolution other than turning off Handoff!

come on Apple Support - this is STILL an issue for many of us. PLEASE troubleshoot and issue a fix. It is very, very annoying and only goes away after shutting down Safari. Very inconvenient and inefficient.

I also have this problem. Resetting the NVRAM didn't work nor did turning off the handoff options. I also tried emptying the cache for safari, deleting all history, deleting flash player files and disabling all extensions. After a chat with apple support they say the only option is to reinstall mac os. Its very frustrating that you cant uninstall safari and reinstall it from a dmg. I suppose if they had that option you would have numpties without a web browser and unable to contact anyone to fix their problem.

Thank you for the suggestion, but the NVRAM reset did not work on my iMac. I had to turn off Handoff on both my iPhone and iMac for it work, not just the iMac.

I used the "killall Safari" command in terminal, and that fixed the problem for me. After that the problem stopped apearing.

Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately the killall Safari worked once, but now it's reappearing. Just hoping this is addressed in their next update.

Sorry to say the NVRAM reset also doesn't last.

Still don't know why the handoff logo appears. Might have to use Firefox instead.

This didn't work for me......

I actually meant to write again yesterday – it worked for me temporarily, but once I shut down my computer and turned it back on this morning... Same problem. Quite frustrated.