Help: First time Mac User.. Safari Will Not Open.. Bounces

[appledude411]

So, I am a PC user switching to a Mac. I bought a new macbook pro retina display, 16GB ram, 2.2 quad coremodel.. HAD THIS ONE DAMN DAY.

Beautiful screen, but the problem is i dont know what im doing.

I go to click the safari icon, nothing. Just bounces. Everything is up to date in the store, nothing needs updating. Does not work under guest account either.

I've been a PC user 15 years and never had problems like this before especially with a $2000 machine. I'm debating returning it. This is unreal. Getting really frustrated not being able to access the internet.

(Typing this from my old PC laptop)

 

[appledude411]

reinstaling OSX now, hope this works

 

[Master D]

and.....?

 

[nobodyjustwalks]

Give it some time. Youʻll figure things out. I hope your browser not launching doesnʻt completely deter you from learning how to use a Mac.

 

[TechGod]

This is a massive bug, this absolutely shouldn't happen.

Reinstalling OS X may help and if that doesn't work definitely go to Apple since I'm typing this post from Safari with no issues.

 

[simonsi]

This is a massive bug, this absolutely shouldn't happen.

Reinstalling OS X may help and if that doesn't work definitely go to Apple since I'm typing this post from Safari with no issues.

Eh??? almost certain this is just a mis-configuration that a reinstall will sort out, it doesn't remotely look like a bug (bad code), let alone a "massive bug", the internet is hardly burning down with bouncing Safari installs....

 

[appledude411]

The reinstall fixed it.

Wondering if i should have waited for Yosemite instead of picking up Maverick.

No idea why this happened.

 

[acctman]

you didn't have to do a OS reinstall for something so minor. in the future click the Apple icon on the upper left and select Force Quit then select Safari. Then do a restart. It code of been an update that hung if this was the first time opening Safari. This has happened to me with my iTunes before, when it hung. FYI, a bouncing icon usually means the app needs some type of user action (pop up windows to click).

 

[TechGod]

Eh??? almost certain this is just a mis-configuration that a reinstall will sort out, it doesn't remotely look like a bug (bad code), let alone a "massive bug", the internet is hardly burning down with bouncing Safari installs....

OK I thought something else:O

 

[Macmark93]

I wouldn't return it for a minor issue like this, hell you could of just downloaded another version of safari from a3rd party until the original decides to work.