Just installed Monterey beta 6 (21A5506j) and now safari immediately crashes every time i open it

[harperthedog5]

How did you fix the issue? I cant open safari long enough before it crashes. I cant find a way to remove Safari's bitdefender extension

I had to uninstall and stop using bitdefender.

 

[richmond62]

I feel much the same about Safari on MacOS as I do about "whatever-it's-called" on Windows.

 

[Killerbob]

Bitdefender extensions definitely crash Safari in Monterey Beta 5 and Beta 6. I found that the only way to use Safari is to disable ALL extensions using "defaults write com.apple.Safari ExtensionsEnabled 0" in Terminal.

When I uninstall Bitdefender, I can use Safari with extensions, and there is no doubt in my mind that the Bitdefender extensions are NOT compatible with Safari in Beta 5 and Beta 6.

If only there was a way to install Bitdefender WITHOUT the extensions - or remove the extensions in Safari, not just disable them...

 

[Chef O]

I uninstalled Bitdefender as I do not know anything about removing extensions. Problem solved! I guess I'll keep the program off until the upgrade.

I did the same on my Mac and the problem is gone. I will be looking for alternative security software in the future. Thanks for the great suggestion

 

[Killerbob]

All is sorted out in the latest Monterey Beta (21A5522h), and now Safari runs fine with all the three BitDefender extensions running (Anti-tracker Engine, Anti-tracker Icon, and TrafficLight).