Safari wont start?!?

[Kaisermo]

What is wrong?
It acts like it wants to open but then stalls.

[houltmac]

A little more information would be good. What exactly does it do? Does it bounce in the dock? Anything in the menu bar? Does a window open? Any error messages? Is Safari the only application experiencing this issue? What about Apple Mail or Address Book?

I would always start with a permissions check and ditching the plist (located at ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.safari.plist). Does this achieve anything? Have you tried anything else?

[trevor]

What messages appear in your logs when that happens? You can easily view your logs using the Console app, in /Applications/Utilities. Notice that log entries have a time and date stamp, so you can match up events in the real world with entries in the logs.

Trevor

[Kaisermo]

Quote: Originally Posted by houltmac A little more information would be good. What exactly does it do? Does it bounce in the dock? Anything in the menu bar? Does a window open? Any error messages? Is Safari the only application experiencing this issue? What about Apple Mail or Address Book? I would always start with a permissions check and ditching the plist (located at ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.safari.plist). Does this achieve anything? Have you tried anything else?

6/12/08 2:49:54 PM Safari[1129] Unable to load nib file: MainMenu, exiting

This is what I got from the console app.
It does not bounce but looks like its about to then stops and the desktop blinks slightly.
Mail has some wierd things like there is a no connection little icon by the inbo and near the sent items it numbers some of my mail as if its new mail comming in. But as far as it working, it works just fine so does address book.

[Felix_MC]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaisermo 6/12/08 2:49:54 PM Safari[1129] Unable to load nib file: MainMenu, exiting This is what I got from the console app. It does not bounce but looks like its about to then stops and the desktop blinks slightly.

I've seen the same error pop up on a few other mac forums in the past and the suggestions were usually:
1. Reinstall Safari --download the newest version of Safari from the Apple Website and install it over your current version
This seemed to solve the problem in most cases.. You're lucky it didn't happen with an app that's not available for download
2. Do a disk permissions repair -- /Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility>Repair Disk Permissions
3. Do a disk repair (different from #2)-- /Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility>Verify Disk then Repair Disk

Hope I helped

[Kaisermo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Felix_MC I've seen the same error pop up on a few other mac forums in the past and the suggestions were usually: 1. Reinstall Safari --download the newest version of Safari from the Apple Website and install it over your current version This seemed to solve the problem in most cases.. You're lucky it didn't happen with an app that's not available for download 2. Do a disk permissions repair -- /Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility>Repair Disk Permissions 3. Do a disk repair (different from #2)-- /Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility>Verify Disk then Repair Disk Hope I helped

I was hoping you helped too. No changes yet. I am not sure if I want to reinstall until I get to the bottom of this. What if I am just masking a problem?

[Felix_MC]

http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/arc...e_its_fri.html

Quote: Originally Posted by Above link Feeling really annoyed now, but then decided to download and reinstall the latest version of Safari from the Apple site. There are only a few parts of Mac OS X which can be downloaded and installed separately, but Safari is one of them. Fortunately, that did the trick: Safari launched and seems stable.

[Kaisermo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Felix_MC http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/arc...e_its_fri.html

Thank you for that link. Seems I am in the same shoes however.....
I get this message when I try to install Safari's latest version....

You cannot install Safari on this volume. This update requires Mac OS X 10.5.2 or newer

My computer tells me I have 10.5.3.
I think something happened when I did an update. Any other suggestions?

[Felix_MC]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaisermo Thank you for that link. Seems I am in the same shoes however..... I get this message when I try to install Safari's latest version.... You cannot install Safari on this volume. This update requires Mac OS X 10.5.2 or newer My computer tells me I have 10.5.3. I think something happened when I did an update. Any other suggestions?

I think Apple skewed up a bit here... Good thing I haven't updated to Leopard then..
@ your problem:
AppleInssider

Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Forums i had to reinstall from the install disc that came with the imac, using a custom install for safari only BINGO IT WORKED. still a weird problem to have

Apple Discussions

Quote: Originally Posted by Apple Discussions I finally got Safari 3.1.1 to launch. I trashed all non-standard Safari apps, which included Safari Enhancer, Safari Plus and Safari Prairiefire, along with all related files from InputManagers and Preferences .plists from ~Library and Root Library. Restarted and ran Repair Permissions using Disk Utility. Wallah, Safari fired right up. I love Apple computers even with the occasional problem.

[kazzl320]

There's a corrupt binary somewhere in that download.

I was able to move forward to the latest developer version by registering at http://developer.apple.com, then logging in. From there you should be at the Developer Connection | Member Site. There is a Downloads link. Go there and under Downloads in the right column, click on the Safari link. You will see (as of today) a group of downloads for Safari 4 Developer Preview. In my case, I downloaded Safari 4 Developer Preview for Leopard (Disk Image), file size 26.8 MB, date posted 11 Jun 2008. If you have the previous version of Safari to go back to, you can use the Safari40PreviewUninstall.pkg. If not, which I had to do, you can install the Safari40Leo.pkg. Who knows whether this is a workable fix yet, but for now Safari opens and works fine. Since it is a preview, I plan to move to the released version as soon as possible to avoid further problems.