[adam1185]

This all started when I noticed that I could no longer edit, delete, or add bookmarks in safari. Everytime I went to do that, it just beachballed forever until I forced quit.

So I figured maybe there's a corrupt preferences file, so I deleted that.

Now Safari just won't open. It just bounces on the dock forever and ever and ever...

So here I am on firefox looking for some help. I tried reinstalling Safari but that did nothing. I also tried repairing permissions...nothing. The only app I have that interacts with safari is safarisorter which works fine and hasn't caused any trouble in the past. I'm not sure if this started before or after I installed 10.3.7 because I don't add bookmarks that often.

[cpac]

Have you tried removing safarisorter?

Did you install Adobe Reader 7.0?

[bergy]

Did you try launching through the applications folder?

Other suggestions

Repair Disk \

Go to Users/Your_Name/Library/Preferences and trash the files:
- com.apple.ATS.plist
- com.apple.BezelServices.plist
Restart. If this did not help, go to Users/Your_Name/Library and drag the folder Preferences to the desktop. Restart and see if this solved the problem

Turn off Duplicate Fonts
HD/Applications/Font Book

Last restort:
Archive and Install

Don't forget ... in the future ..
Before & After any System Update .... Repair permissions: Close all open files and applications. Go to Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and double click it. Then select "Macintosh HD" in the left panel and First Aid at the top. Then click on "Repair Permissions."

[adam1185]

It turns out it would run...it just took about 2 minutes and now it opens instantly. The bookmarks still don't work. I deleted my bookmarks thinking that maybe they were corrupt but now when I try to import my firefox ones or edit the default apple ones, safari just beachballs and needs to be force quit. I checked the apple discussion forums and people seem to be having this probelm after updating to 10.3.7