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Problems with Safari

I am having problems with Safari. Some website are being shown as text only. Suggestions welcome.

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on May 14, 2021 4:12 PM

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Posted on May 15, 2021 3:56 AM

Go step by step and test.


1. Update Safari, if an update is available. Update may come with bug fixes.

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204416


2. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987


3. Startup in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/start-up-your-mac-in-safe-mode-mh21245/mac.  

    Quote:

    It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility

    And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and 

    the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed.


4. Clear History

    https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/clear-your-browsing-history-sfri47acf5d6/mac

    Please read the article before clearing history, 

    this is like a low level resetting of Safari without affecting passwords and bookmarks.


5. If Safari doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204098

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May 15, 2021 3:56 AM in response to Tim632

Go step by step and test.


1. Update Safari, if an update is available. Update may come with bug fixes.

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204416


2. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987


3. Startup in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/start-up-your-mac-in-safe-mode-mh21245/mac.  

    Quote:

    It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility

    And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and 

    the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed.


4. Clear History

    https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/clear-your-browsing-history-sfri47acf5d6/mac

    Please read the article before clearing history, 

    this is like a low level resetting of Safari without affecting passwords and bookmarks.


5. If Safari doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204098

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