Firefox and Safari won't open

I updated my mac a couple days ago and now nothing works. Safari and Firefox the wheel just spins. Chrome shows me the page then freezes and saids unresponsive. Mail works. Can not open system preferences. Have rebooted 5 or 6 times. Was wondering if I should try and download mountain lion, but not sure I could.

Upgrading to a newer OS X in most instances won't fix a browser issue, combined with the fact you can't open System Preferences, that's an indication that the startup disk needs repairng.
Launch Disk Utility located in HD > Applications > Utillities
Select the startup disk on the left then select the First Aid tab.
Click: Verify Disk (not Verify Disk Permissions)
If DU reports errors, start up from your Mac install disc to make repairs.
Instructions here > Mac OS X 10.6: Reinstalling Mac OS X
If the startup disk appears to be ok, restore OS X from the instructions at that link.
Backup all important data before restoring OS X.

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No matter what web address I type in nothing comes up. Even have tried clickig on the 'Getting Started' button and it won't open either.

Hi robertoberlin,
Could you give me some extra information and I'll try to help.
* Does safari work/load pages?
* What error do you get?
* What kind of connection are you on? Wifi? At home? At a school / university?

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Thanks for that advice however now I have a duplicate of all my documents on my hard drive but the Mail and Safari will not open. I have been able to open iTunes. I have tried to download software updates for Mail and Safari and this tells me that the download was unsuccessful ( after taking some time to download). Can I reinstall the system? Would that help?

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I'm using a 2008 macbook 10.7.4 operating system.
I had purchased lion a while ago but had to wait for a fast internet connection to download and install.
I did that today and now safari won't open.
I have reported the issue as it does automatically.
But obviously I would love to have a solution to the problem.
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Any solutions or work-arounds for this? I can't seem to find any other solutions from the blogs.

Before anything else...try...
Quit Safari.
Go to ~/Library/Preferences
Move the com.apple.Safari.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Desktop.
Relaunch Safari. If that helped, move the.plist file to the Trash. If not, move it back to the Preferences folder.
~ (Tilde) character represents the Home folder

Mail (and Safari) won't open after Security Update 2007-004

I have a PowerBook G4 running 10.3.9. The machine was running fine (I was checking mail, browsing the web) when my weekly scheduled update opened. Per it's suggestion, I installed Security Update 2007-004.
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Installing a system update while you continue using the computer as if nothing was going on there is a really bad idea.
Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
After having fixed all the filesystem issues, if any, reinstall the Security Update, which may not have been installed properly. It may also be necessary to reinstall the Combo Update for the type of computer and the version of Mac OS X you’re using, unless this is the version of Mac OS X that came with the computer:
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Take a look at the following articles for guidelines on how to properly install system updates:
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Itunes and safari won't open

My itunes stopped working after I came back from vacation. I tried uninstalling everything and updating to 10.1 but it won't open. When I click it, it shows up in the task manager for a moment and then disappears with no error messages. Quicktime works fine but when I downloaded and installed safari it won't open either.
Then I created another user account and tried it there and it doesn't work. It also looks like the plugin for adobe acrobat has stopped working as well. I have to right click and save as to view pdfs. I tried disabling the bonjour service and restarting the computer but it still doesn't work.
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Thanks

Still having the same problem I'm getting a distnoted.exe *32 that pops up in the taskmanager for a short time after trying to open it. I did get this after creating another user account: Itunes has stopped working
Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: iTunes.exe
Application Version: 10.0.1.22
Application Timestamp: 4c9c64ce
Fault Module Name: StackHash_0a9e
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 00000008
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
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Try each step in order, checking as to whether the issue is fixed before moving on.
1. Safe boot (hold shift at the chime until the spinning gear) and run your preferred housekeeping utility; Onyx, Cocktail or whatever.
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reset-nvram
set-defaults
reset-all
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See:
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Download a fresh Firefox copy and save the file to the desktop.
* Firefox 8.0.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
Uninstall your current Firefox version if possible.
*Do NOT remove personal data when you uninstall the current version or you lose your bookmarks and other data in the profile folder.
Remove the Firefox program folder before installing that newly downloaded copy of the Firefox installer.
*It is important to delete the Firefox program folder to remove all the files and make sure that there are no problems with files that were leftover after uninstalling.
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Clean_reinstall

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Try this?
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* "Clear the Cache": Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"
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Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
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* [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]

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See:
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If it's not in the Internet Plug-Ins folder check the following.
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/
/Library/Input Methods/
/Library/InputManagers/
/Library/ScriptingAdditions
~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/
~/Library/Input Methods/
~/Library/InputManagers/
~/Library/ScriptingAdditions
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Hello,
Mail and Safari won't open. The little black arrow appears under them in the dock, but nothing... The little pop-up menu that appears when I click and hold on the icons in the dock says "Application not responding" and offers me the option to force quit. I have checked my users folder and apparently the mailboxes are there, but I cannot open the program. I have always had several mailboxes and kept messages separate and under categories to avoid too many messages in one mailbox.
I tried to repair permissions and I even safe-booted, but no help at all. I noticed in another posting...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5884802#5884802
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Please help!!!
Thank you in advance
Rob

Hi Rob
You could try reinstalling the update again, this time with all applications closed and not using your computer at all while the installation proceeds, especially during the optimization phase part of the process.
If you chose 'Install and keep package' from the Software Update you will find it in
HD/Library/Packages
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Security Update 2007-008 (10.3.9 Client)
With a bit of luck doing this might rectify your network connections.
regards roam

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