Safari Crashes Upon Start

azcoder

Safari crashes everytime I run it.





Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)

Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x932d7507



Thread 0 Crashed:

0 com.apple.AppKit \t0x932d7527 -[NSTextView setTextColor:] + 32



Thread 1:

0 libSystem.B.dylib \t0x90009857 mach_msg_trap + 7

1 com.apple.CoreFoundation \t0x9082969a CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014

2 com.apple.CoreFoundation \t0x90828eb5 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61

3 com.apple.Foundation \t0x9262adc6 -[NSRunLoop runMode:beforeDate:] + 182

4 com.apple.Foundation \t0x9262acc2 -[NSRunLoop run] + 75

5 com.apple.WebKit \t0x9514864d +[WebFileDatabase _syncLoop:] + 198

6 com.apple.Foundation \t0x925f536c forkThreadForFunction + 123

7 libSystem.B.dylib \t0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84





Any ideas on what to do? I recently installed the Security update....

azcoder

I have restarted several times - even used command/option/p/r



Nothing helps. I am glad I have FireFox - but I want Safari to work again.



Is there a way to reinstall it or something?

azcoder

OK - this will sound crazy, but I am going to post it in case it helps anyone else with a similar problem.



I emptied the trash, and now safari works. Go Figure.



Crazy - but I ran safari, it crashed, emptied trash, ran safari, it was fine.

rob05au

You could also try this



Goto Home/Library/Preferences



and delete the following file



com.apple.Safari.plist



You will loose all preferences setup in safari



Also try repairing the permissions as something maybe out of whack there also.



Do you have any third party safari add-ons installed?



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