TLDR: Safari crashes in Catalina (intel Mac) after Safari 15.2 update
I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, mid-2012) running macOS 10.15.7 with a new SSD a couple of years ago. It was running perfectly until Safari was updated to 15.2; it could've been an earlier update to Safari that broke the browser for me in 2021, but I think it was the update to version 15.2. Whenever I would launch Safari it would freeze after a couple of seconds. I might be able to start loading a page if I click a bookmark, but otherwise, it would freeze and need to be forced to quit. I tried everything recommended by support documents and others online:
Has anyone been able to try Safari 15.4 and see if the crashing problem is resolved? I did try 15.3 and the problem persisted. I wonder if it has anything to do with iCloud syncing to my other devices which are all running the current version of iOS and iPadOS (I know this is an old computer).
I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, mid-2012) running macOS 10.15.7 with a new SSD a couple of years ago. It was running perfectly until Safari was updated to 15.2; it could've been an earlier update to Safari that broke the browser for me in 2021, but I think it was the update to version 15.2. Whenever I would launch Safari it would freeze after a couple of seconds. I might be able to start loading a page if I click a bookmark, but otherwise, it would freeze and need to be forced to quit. I tried everything recommended by support documents and others online:
- disabled extensions
- cleared everything possible (settings, etc.)
- deleted all bookmarks and data
- tried opening in safe mode
- etc. literally everything I could find to do
Has anyone been able to try Safari 15.4 and see if the crashing problem is resolved? I did try 15.3 and the problem persisted. I wonder if it has anything to do with iCloud syncing to my other devices which are all running the current version of iOS and iPadOS (I know this is an old computer).
