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Killerbob

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I am having challenges with opening up Safari on my Monterey installation... When I try with extensions enabled, it crashes even before I can get into the menu, even before it shows a webpage.

I disabled extensions using "defaults write com.apple.Safari ExtensionsEnabled 0" in Terminal, and then I can get into Safari. I then enabled the developer menu, but I can't seem to find a place to start disabling extensions without enabling extensions in the developer menu, and the second I do, Safari crashes. It is a Catch-22...

Is there a place outside Safari where I can remove extensions one at a time?
 

Killerbob

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Also, when/if I try to start Safari Technology Preview, it starts up, but then "switches" to Safari, which doesn't work correctly. I can't get to Safari Technology Preview, it jumps to Safari immediately.
 

Killerbob

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I cleared out all extensions stored in /home directory/Library/Safari/Extensions, but the second I enable extensions in the develop menu, Safari restarts and crashes on start.
 
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