This article explains how you can fix when Safari won’t open on your Mac. Several users have reported this issue. The problem is that Safari won’t load or start a window. And when this problem occurs, the spinning beach ball (or spinning wait cursor) is displayed because Safari cannot handle whatever happening, indicating Safari is unresponsive.

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If you are having this problem, please try each step below until you resolve your problem.

Before you try anything, quit Safari and then try again. If Safari is unresponsive, the best way to quit is to right-click (control-click) the Safari icon in the Dock. Then select Quit.

This article explains what you can do if Safari won’t open at all. See this article instead, if Safari opens but won’t load a site.

Check iPhone network connection. Your iPhone can't get an email if it's not connected to the. On October 21st Apple released the El Capitan 10.11.1 update which claimed to have fixed Apple Mail problems with outgoing server issues and message display problems. We recommend before proceeding that you install this update first to see if it fixes Mail which you can install by going to the Mac App Store and selecting “Updates” at the top.

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If quitting does not work, try force-quitting Safari and then try again if that fixes your problem before going on to the next. You can do so by clicking the Apple menu, Force Quit, and Safari.

See this article if Chrome won’t open.

Clear your history, cookies, and website data

On your Mac, open safari and go to History > Clear History and clear your history. Then, in Safari still, click Safari, Preferences, Privacy and Manage Web Site Data. Then click Remove all.

Check for updates

Make sure that your Mac has the latest version of the macOS software. To update your Mac, click the Apple menu, System Preferences, and Software Update. And if there is an update available, follow the onscreen instructions. Updating your software will also update Safari to the latest version.

Restart your Mac

Restart your Mac. Restarting may help you resolve your problem. To restart your Mac, click the Apple menu and then select Restart.

Safe mode

Restart your Mac in Safe Mode. Safe mode does certain checks and may resolve your problem. Here is how you can do this:

1. Turn off your Mac.
2. Turn on your Mac and immediately press and hold the Shift key.
3. Release the Shift key when you see the login screen. And login (you may have to log in a few times).
4. Now your computer is in Safe Mode. Test Safari in Safe Mode too.
5. In either case, exit Safe Mode by restarting your Mac normally without pressing the Shift key.
6. And then test Safari again if you can open it.

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Manage your extensions

A Safari extension may cause this problem. You can easily figure out if this is the case by turning off extensions. Here is how:

1. Open Safari, I know it is not opening but you will see the Safari menu bar.
2. In the Safari app, click Safari > Preferences.
3. Click the Extensions tab.
4. And turn off all extensions by deselecting the checkboxes “Enable… extension.”
5. Now try to open Safari. Does it load? If you can now open Safari without any issue, then one of your extensions is causing this problem. Enable one extension at a time until you find the extension that is causing this issue.
6. You can also try updating your extensions by clicking Updates in the lower-left corner.

Delete Safari preference files

Your problem may be caused by a corrupt preference file. Deleting may resolve your problem. Here is how:

• Open a Finder window and press and hold the Option key, while holding the Option key, click Go and then Library.
• Click Preferences.
• Find the com.apple.Safari.plist file. And delete this file by dragging it to the Trash.
• Then go back to the Preferences folder.
• Find and click the Caches folder.
• And find and delete the com.apple.Safari folder.
• Then again go back to the Preferences folder.
• Find and click the Containers file.
• And find and delete the com.apple.Safari folder.

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If you are still having this issue, you may want to reset Safari. If this also does not help you, you may want to reinstall macOS.

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Several Mac users have reported that the Mail app window just pops up randomly and for no reason. Are you also having this problem on your Mac? This short article explains how you can stop the Mail app from keep launching itself automatically while using the computer. This is an annoying problem because it will interrupt what you are doing.

Please try each step until your issue is fixed:

1-Are your having this problem when you first open your computer. Depending on your settings, some apps, like the Mail app, may open automatically when you log in. If you want to stop this, the first thing you should check is your settings to see if if Mail is set to launch at login. Here is how you can check this:

1. On your Mac, open System Preferences (from the Apple menu at the top-left of the screen), or use Terminal.
2. Click Users & Groups
3. Click the Login Items tab
4. Here you will see the apps that will open automatically at login. If Mail is there, you can stop it from opening automatically, select and and click the minus icon to remove it.

2-Another change you you want to make is to disable the “Close windows when quitting an application” option. You can do that by going to System Preferences and click the General pane and the check the “Close windows when quitting an application” box.

3-Some Mac computers support a feature called “Power Nap”. If you enable this, you Mac will check for new mail messages (among other things) while it is asleep. You may want to disable this. Again not all Mac models support this feature. The following models support this:

• MacBook (Early 2015 and later)
• MacBook Air (Late 2010 and later)
• MacBook Pro (all models with Retina display)
• Mac mini (Late 2012 and later)
• iMac (Late 2012 and later)
• Mac Pro (Late 2013)

To turn this off, go to System Preferences. And click Energy Saver. And then uncheck the “Enable Power Nap” box.

4-It has been reported that email settings in Google Calendar may cause this. Are you using a Gmail account? If so, you may want to try this. (see also: Gmail not working?)

• Visit the Google Calendar site (https://calendar.google.com/calendar/)
• Login if not already
• Click the Settings Menu icon (upper right hand corner of your screen – gear icon) and from the pull down menu, click Settings
• Select your Calendar
• Scroll and find the General Notifications section
• And change all this notification settings from Email to None. (There are five options)

Further your may also want to disable event settings notifications. Here is how:

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• Click the General tab (left area)
• Click Event Settings
• Click Notifications
• And select “Off”

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5-Some users reports indicate that Mail will launch in split view. If you are having this problem, here is what you can do:

• Open the Mail app
• Click Mail and Preferences (from the menu bar)
• Click the General tab
• And then deselect the “Prefer opening messages in split view when in full screen” box
• And close the window

6–Restart your Mac in Safe Mode. Here is how:

• Turn off your Mac
• Turn on your Mac while pressing and holding the Shift key
• Release the Shift key when you see the login screen.
• Now your Mac is in Safe Mode. Does your problem still occur?
• If now, restart your Mac normally, without pressing the Shift key

7-Force quit the Mail app. Here is how:

• Option, Command, and Esc
• Select the Mail app
• Click Quit
• Now restart your Mac

If none of the tips help you, you may contact Apple. You can also give Apple feedback about this problem.

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