Safari not working after os reinstall and migration

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  1. Jessepage1989, Sep 1, 2012

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    I recently reinstalled my os its the most current version. Everything worked fine. But when i migrated all my programs and files from my back up, all of a sudden safari does not work. I looked in the /library folder and no folder named safari exists. I think i may need to reinstall safari but i am unaware how to do that because i just cant download it because apple is awesome like that. I do not have a os disk. All that stuff exists on the harddrive under Recovery HD. If anyone can help that would be great. I'm assuming im not the only one to encounter this problem.
     
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  2. Weaselboy, Sep 1, 2012

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    There would be no Safari folder in the main /Library folder, it would be in your user ~/Library folder.

    Can you see the Safari app in the /Applications folder?

    How did you migrate from backup?

    Sounds like you may have mucked things up with the method you used to migrate and will need to reinstall OS X.
     
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  3. Jessepage1989, Sep 1, 2012

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    used migration assistant. safari is in the app folder
     
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  4. Weaselboy, Sep 1, 2012

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    What happens when you click Safari in /Applications to run it?

    Try making a second (new) user account and see if Safari works there.
     
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  5. Jessepage1989, Sep 1, 2012

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    tried opening it under the applications folder and under a new user account and same deal. Both crash instantly. I'm just out of ideas. I actually have os lion. I didn't know they came out with a new os. I don't know if that has a bearing on the situation.
     
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  6. Gregg2, Sep 2, 2012

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    Close Safari
    hold down Option and click the View menu
    Select Library

    This makes the User/You/Library folder visible
    Open Preferences folder
    Find com.apple.safari.plist
    move that to the Desktop

    Try Safari again
     
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  7. Weaselboy, Sep 2, 2012

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    If it won't work under a new account, it sounds like the app bundle itself is corrupt. Running Lion is still fine. To get a new install of Safari and it's related files you will need to reinstall Lion. Just do a command-r boot to the Recovery HD and reinstall. That should fix it.

    Make sure you have a backup first just to be safe, but the reinstall won't erase your data.
     
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  8. Jessepage1989, Sep 3, 2012

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    Reinstalled the os and no fix. Still crashes instantly. =(
     
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  9. Weaselboy, Sep 3, 2012

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    Hmmm... that is odd. Does it still crash if you create a new (second) account?

    Do you have any Safari extensions installed or anything like plugins that modify Safari?
     
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  10. Jessepage1989, Sep 3, 2012

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    Not that i know of. I'm working on creating a osx lion disk at the moment. I think there is a way to extract the safari program and install it directly.
     
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