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pinch zoom always crashes safari (macbook pro)

Hi,


recently, zooming in and out of any webpage in safari using the touchpad crashes the webpage, and returns either the "a problem repeatedly occurred with <url>" or the "Safari can't open the specified address" error. This happens on a late 2013 Retina MacBook Pro with the most recent OS, the most recent Safari, and with all extensions removed, java and flash deleted, and history & cookies cleared.


Anyone encounter the same problem before (and, even better, have a fix at hand?)

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)

Posted on Sep 3, 2018 6:19 PM

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Posted on Sep 3, 2018 7:21 PM

Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, 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. Please post if this worked or not.


Isolating an issue by using another user account


If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account. Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer or by using the developer’s uninstall instructions. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once. Please post if this worked or not.


Safe Mode - About


Safe Mode Startup – El Capitan. also Sierra


If it works in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and 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. 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. You can run the report for free at least once, but if you run it several times, at some point it will ask you to pay a license fee.

Etrecheck – System Information

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Sep 3, 2018 7:21 PM in response to necturus

Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, 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. Please post if this worked or not.


Isolating an issue by using another user account


If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account. Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer or by using the developer’s uninstall instructions. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once. Please post if this worked or not.


Safe Mode - About


Safe Mode Startup – El Capitan. also Sierra


If it works in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and 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. 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. You can run the report for free at least once, but if you run it several times, at some point it will ask you to pay a license fee.

Etrecheck – System Information

Sep 3, 2018 9:17 PM in response to Eric Root

Thanks! I fixed it, and here's how:


I worked through all your suggestions. No crashes in safe mode or on new guest account. Etrecheck came in handy in removing obsolete files, but did not help fix the crashes. I had already removed all login items in Preferences -> Users & Groups -> me -- but MagicPrefs started up either way. after right-clicking it and disabling it/preventing it from starting up automatically, the problem disappeared. (I'll now re-install it from scratch in the hope that this fixes it).


Thanks again!

pinch zoom always crashes safari (macbook pro)

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