Safari crashing
All of a sudden Safari is crashing. My software is up to date. Any suggestions?
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.2
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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.
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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
6. If these steps posted above don't help, download EtreCheck, run it to see if there is any adware installed or not.
Click “Free download” button,
Open Downloads folder, click on it to open, and then select ”Open”.
“Choose a problem” from the popup menu box, and then “Start EtreCheck” in the dialog.
Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy report” .
Paste the report when you reply.