[macvoiceover] Re: Safari unusable! Help, tips?

  • From: Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:11:59 -0400

Russel,
I tried to do this but I don't have a "General" option in system preferences. I 
have "seeing" "Hearing" "Mouse and track pad" and "Keyboard". Is the "General" 
option somewhere else?

Nicole
On Aug 27, 2011, at 10:19 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:

> Hi Olivia,
> 
> Try this…
> 
> To stop Safari, and, all other apps, from opening the last open window, go to 
> system preferences, choose the General option, and uncheck the choice that 
> says, "restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps".  I did this and my 
> Safari experience has been much improved.
> 
> Olivia, this should take care of the problem you are experiencing.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Russell
> 
> On 2011-08-27, at 6:06 PM, Olivia Norman wrote:
> 
>> Hi Everyone,
>> My computer seems to have opened some kind of stupid advertisement, which is 
>> causing safari to be unusable. Every time I try and open safari it tells me 
>> safari is busy, and when I restart my machine it just goes back to the 
>> advertisement page.  Is there some way to reset safari and clear my history 
>> with out opening the application?  How can I make safari forget this thing 
>> so tht I can use it again?  It's annoying, to say the least, and restarting 
>> my computer with out resuming window positions doesn't seem to resolve it.
>> Thanks for any help!
>> Olivia
>> 
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