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Safari 14 on Mojave broke the browser for me "A problem repeatedly reloaded"
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Here's what worked for me, and it only took 5 mins. Mojave 10.14.6. Haven't had the page reload error in 30 mins now.
- Disable SIP in Terminal via Recovery Mode [csrutil disable] **reboot**
- Delete Safari and all its components. I used AppCleaner
- Download the Safari 14 package from here: Mojave Safari 14
- Install package.
- Enable SIP in Terminal via Recovery Mode [csrutil enable] **reboot**
- Disable SIP in Terminal via Recovery Mode [csrutil disable] **reboot**
- Delete Safari and all its components. I used AppCleaner
- Download the Safari 14 package from here: Mojave Safari 14
- Install package.
- Enable SIP in Terminal via Recovery Mode [csrutil enable] **reboot**
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ok, so everything worked and the sites aren't crashing! thanks a million! i'll probably try to update safari to 14.0 just to see, but now i know that this can be easily(relatively) fixed)))
also... did you end up with about 10-12GB less space on your disc after this? something i need to trash?..)
I am afraid that I didn't put attention to the disk space and I've been using the computer (installing/uninstalling stuff), so not sure about it.
gotcha, thanks again! I’ll probably reinstall safari and let you know how that works out)
question: do you now have something called "previous system" in your hd folder? it won't show me how big it is, but i see that i was created last night 'round the time i was reinstalling the software. wondering if that's where my GB's went...
Yes it's in the hard drive root. This is what it shows up in the CLI:
Code:
sudo du -hs "/Previous System"/
6.7G /Previous System/
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thanks! it's ok to delete it, right? i read a couple of post saying that it is indeed.
It turns out to be 6.7GB. I've never dealt with it, but will try to move it to a different location first to be sure it doesn't break anything.
yup - i transferred it to an external drive and that's when i realized that it was more than the 3-something GB's that it shows it as.
Good to hear. Thanks.yup - i transferred it to an external drive and that's when i realized that it was more than the 3-something GB's that it shows it as.
ok, so i just re-installed safari 14 - no issues so far! thanks again for your detailed advice!
[automerge]1600721683[/automerge]
luckily re-installing the system software did the trick, but thank you for this!
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Try these steps:
- Download the latest 10.14.6 Mojave installer from the Mac App Store.
- Follow steps outlined in the link below.
- Restart back to normal mode.
- Run the Mojave installer that downloaded from the Mac App Store. This should bring back v13 of Safari.
How to Uninstall Safari on Mac - Removal Guide
There is a way to delete Safari on Mac using the Terminal command line. To uninstall Safari, you need to disable System Integrity Protection.nektony.com
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Thank you
I had the same problem. Always got this problem whenever I made a selection in a dropdown menu on different sites. I found it was the little helpful Program "Magnet" (Window organisation utility). The strange thing this is that it is no Safari-extension just a menubar program. Anyway, if I quit it everything's fine again in Safari. Maybe you have this tool as well? Or some others, because it's quite popular.