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Safari keeps crashing continuesly
- Thread starter zoran
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I would rather :
- test Safari in another account.
- if Safari does work in another account, delete this file in your account :
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.safari.plist
And ?
Test Safari in another account : the Guest account, or a new account.
You can activate the Guest account in System Preferences / Users and groups.
If Safari does work in another account, do this :
Log out from the Guest or other account.
Login back in your account.
Triple click the line below to select it, right click / Services / Reveal in Finder
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.safari.plist
Move this file to the Trash, do NOT empty the Trash.
Restart the computer.
Test Safari in your account.
I do not have admin rights do create another account
I cannot find the Safari plist file. Maybe in Yosemite its in a different path?
Same path in Yosemite.
Did you do as explained above :
Triple click the line below to select it, right click / Services / Reveal in Finder
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.safari.plist
Move this file to the Trash, do NOT empty the Trash.
Restart the computer.
Test Safari in your account.
If you use Safari, this file does exist.
Did you right click the path, then Services / Reveal in Finder ?
I guess NO.
Did you right click the path, then Services / Reveal in Finder ?
I guess NO.
Really ?
Then post here the full path of the location where you have searched com.apple.safari.plist :
Macintosh HD / Library / Preferences, maybe ?
Then post here the full path of the location where you have searched com.apple.safari.plist :
Macintosh HD / Library / Preferences, maybe ?
No Bruno and i don't wanna fight you over this, already i thank you for helping me. I would check manually on the username folder, then Library/Preferences but nothing is there! Unless you want to say that checking manually will not show the files and the only way to see them is through services etc. Is that what happens and i can't see the plist file?
That plist is where Bruno mentioned. You may be in the wrong Library folder.
Try clicking the Desktop then hit shift-command-g (all three keys at once) then copy/paste this in and enter and you should see the file there.
Code:
~/Library/Preferences/I have just checked on my Yosemite partition and the path is the same as on Mavericks :
Macintosh HD / Users / your_account / Library / Preferences / com.apple.safari.plist
May be you know, but for those who don't know it, the user's Library is hidden by default.
To access the user's Library : Finder / menu bar : "Go" menu, press the Alt key to reveal the Library.
So, back to you : if you have run Safari at least one time successfully (without crashing), the .plist file exists.
If you never ran Safari without crashing, the file does not exist.
Macintosh HD / Users / your_account / Library / Preferences / com.apple.safari.plist
May be you know, but for those who don't know it, the user's Library is hidden by default.
To access the user's Library : Finder / menu bar : "Go" menu, press the Alt key to reveal the Library.
So, back to you : if you have run Safari at least one time successfully (without crashing), the .plist file exists.
If you never ran Safari without crashing, the file does not exist.
Bruno you were right, actually i was looking in the same folder only those plists files were hidden, anyway found Safari plist, trashed it, reopened Safari but still crashed, trashed it again and restarted computer but still crashes!
Can't check through another user, whats my next option? Can it be the downloading of a rar app?
Can't check through another user, whats my next option? Can it be the downloading of a rar app?
A next step at user's level :
Delete all the files that begin with :
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari
And :
~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Safari.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.plist
Move (do not delete) the ~/Library/Safari folder to the Desktop.
Again, this is in YOUR Library (in Finder, "Go" menu, press the Alt key to reveal your Library).
Restart the Mac (required), and launch Safari.
What is a "rar app" ?
(note : there are no "hidden" .plist files in your Library)
Delete all the files that begin with :
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari
And :
~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Safari.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.plist
Move (do not delete) the ~/Library/Safari folder to the Desktop.
Again, this is in YOUR Library (in Finder, "Go" menu, press the Alt key to reveal your Library).
Restart the Mac (required), and launch Safari.
What is a "rar app" ?
(note : there are no "hidden" .plist files in your Library)
If the "issue" is that you downloaded an app from a "special" (untrusted) website, and got an included adware/malware, you would need to run AdwareMedic.
Do you have another web browser installed to download AdwareMedic, or access to another Mac ?
Do you have another web browser installed to download AdwareMedic, or access to another Mac ?