Safari will load pages, but refuses to follow links

The page you have posted in our YouTube video has not loaded completely and there something preventing that from happening, otherwise you would see the length of the video when you hover the cursor over it before it is clicked. If you are fine with the other browsers then you can continue as you are and if you want to troubleshoot the cause of the problem, we can do that too.

First you would want to remove any of these categories of software that have shown problems before:

• Cleaners (CleanMyMac aka BrickMyMac is the worst)
• Optimizers
• AntiVirus
• VPN

Then:

• Remove Safari Extensions at Safari > Settings > Extensions
• Test in a Private Window
• Make sure JavaScript is enabled at Safari > Settings > Security > Enable JavaScript
• If using Private Relay, reload the page without it by going to Safari > View > Reload and Show IP Address

If Safari doesn't open a page or work as expected on your Mac - Apple Support

And finally, post the free EtreCheck report to see what conflicts there are on your system files. This will also show any Hangs or Crashes that may have occurred using Safari. The report contains no personal information and there is no need to make any purchase. It was developed by a fellow user on these forum to provide a snapshot of your system and is used frequently to resolve issues. Just click the Share Report button after the report is ran and copy it to the clipboard. After you return here, use the Additional Text option to paste the report.

Using EtreCheck - Apple Community

If you are able to resolve the problem on your own, please provide what you did to help others. Not everyone is experiencing that behavior with Safari, so there must be something in common that would be appreciated by those users.

Checked the site myself and had no problems using Safari to access links. Reviewing posts on that site show other users claiming a different browser would not work and they had to switch to Safari to solve their problem. So the issue is clearly a problem for Roon to figure out and has nothing specific to do with Apple or Safari.

EtreCheck won't just tell you what the problem is, it will provide the processes that are running and system information to provide clues.

• System Extensions
• Safari Extensions
• User Launch Agents
• Launch Agents
• Launch Daemons
• Diagnostic Reports section
• Recent Hangs/Crashses
• Changes in Host file

It's specific to Safari. Doesn't occur in Chrome, Firefox, or Duck Duck Go. It's been going on for a couple weeks now. I thought it was just links from Social Media that wouldn't open. Sadly, not the case. In this example I'm clicking on the links under my cursor, but nothing happens. https://youtu.be/oQCDQKm_6aE

There is nothing in EtreCheck regarding this. It happens frequently. But not regularly. https://youtu.be/0r8so_7f9Zc

I just opened the Roon User's Forum and links worked fine, so it doesn't seem to be a universal problem. Then I went to Ask Different, the Stack Exchange forum for Apple users (I'm wary of posting links here as they get edited out sometimes), and saw some entries that might relate. You could try searching or registering and asking on that site - it's a place I've gone for questions that don't get answered here.

I'm experiencing the same issue. About 1 in 3 pages won't load the links now. Very tiresome. I've tried everything. Page won't reload the links. Cleared cache. Restarted Safari. Restart computer. All up to date. I don't know why it works sometimes, but not other times.

I should add that I've noticed some odd things happening with Safari on Mac. For example, the Google Translate page would only show the first column of languages. The other columns were there but not showing, as I could click in the apparently empty space and a new language would show up in the input space. If I wanted to use Google Translate, I would go to Firefox. That problem in Safari went away after a while.

But, as Mac Jim ID points out, other browsers have problems, too. This may just be a consequence of the "world wide web" becoming more complicated. Webpage formatting languages multiply and become more elaborate, web designers are trying to accomplish new and different things; meanwhile, browser developers have to keep up with other concerns, such as security. I guess I've gotten used to having a second browser on hand when Safari isn't behaving.

This happened just now. I appreciate those trying to help, but I think it's a Safari thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWBgmDUVziQ