Hi John, I did mean to reply to your original post, but things got terribly busy my end and then somehow I was remiss and didn't get back to you :(
Boot to the recovery partition and reinstall the OS (This will ONLY reinstall the core system and its Apps. Including Safari. No personal data will be lost) Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button. Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless. Detailed instructions: Boot from your Recovery HD partition by restarting your Mac while holding down the Command+R keys. The OS X Utilities window appears. Select Reinstall OS X, and click Continue. The OS X Yosemite splash screen appears. Click Continue. A sheet appears informing you that your computer’s eligibility needs to be verified by Apple. Click Continue to begin the process of installing or reinstalling OS X. If you’re not connected to the Internet, you’ll be asked to choose a Wi-Fi network from the AirPort menu in the top-right corner. The Yosemite software license agreement screen appears. Read it and click Agree. A sheet drops down, asking whether you agree to the terms of the license agreement. Yes, you did just click Agree; this time you’re being asked to confirm that you indeed clicked the Agree button. If you don’t click Agree, you can’t go any farther. Choose the disk on which you want to reinstall OS X by clicking its icon once in the pane where you select a disk. If only one suitable disk is available, you won’t have to choose; it will be selected for you automatically. Click the Install button. A sheet asks for your Apple ID and password. Type them in the appropriate fields; click Sign In, and your Yosemite installation reinstallation) begins. The operating system takes 30 to 60 minutes to install. When the install is finished, your Mac restarts itself. If you were reinstalling Yosemite on the hard disk that it was originally installed on, you’re done now. Your Mac will reboot, and in a few moments you can begin using your new, freshly installed (and ideally trouble-free) copy of OS X Yosemite. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > On 8 Jan 2015, at 2:21 pm, John Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > My apologies for sending this request again but would like to possible get > some idea of the problem and a solution if one is available. > > Since updating to Yosemite 10.10.1 I have not been able to launch Safari > 8.0.2 on my main computer, MacMini (late 2009). There is no problem on the > Macbook Pro 13” (2012 model), iPad3 or iPhone 4s. Have checked as much ;as > possible with Disk Utility. I have to resort to Firefox or Chrome at the > moment which is not my preference. > > If there is no solution, how would I go about re-installing Mavericks. > > Any tips would be most welcome. > > Regards and Greetings for the New Year. > > John Thompson >
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