Hey everyone! I'm in a bit of a panic right now because my Safari has completely frozen up, and I've got three windows open with tons of tabs that are crucial for my work. Some of these tabs contain progress notes in a system that only lets me edit them within a 15-day frame, so if I lose them, I can't get them back. I need these tabs for an upcoming audit, which makes everything more stressful.
Apple Support says the only fix is to force quit Safari and then try restoring tabs from History, but I've tried that before, and it just doesn't work for my situation since my old tabs disappear after logging back in.
I usually manage my tabs with a workaround, but right now, I can't afford to lose those original tabs. I found a suggestion from ChatGPT to use a Terminal command instead of the usual force quit, which supposedly lets you quit Safari while saving your open windows and tabs. The command is:
osascript -e 'tell application "Safari" to quit saving yes'
I'm really scared to try it because if it doesn't work, I'll lose all my work. Can anyone confirm if this command actually preserves tabs after reopening? Or if there's a safer way to proceed that won't risk losing anything? Thanks a million!
1 Answer
If Safari is completely frozen, your best bet might be a force quit. When you reopen it, try going to the History menu and select 'Reopen Last Closed Window', but be aware that this only restores the last window you were using, not all three. I understand that you need all the tabs back, though!
I get that, but since you have three separate windows, reopening just the last one isn't enough. You really need ALL of them back! Maybe there's another way to save your work before force quitting?