Installation prompt to close "SafariNotificati"

"Please close the following applications to continue: - SafariNotificati" error when installing Acrobat

Issue: Installation error message

When you install Acrobat Pro or Acrobat XI Pro from the Creative Cloud desktop application on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the following message appears: "Please close the following applications to continue: - SafariNotificati."

Acrobat Pro

Acrobat XI Pro

Solution

A conflicting application is blocking installation. Run the Activity Monitor to stop it.

  1. Go to Applications > Utilities to find Activity Monitor, and launch it by double-clicking its icon. (The Applications folder is on the root level of your hard drive.)

  2. In the Activity Monitor, select the process with the full name SafariNotificationAgent, then click the upper-left button to close the process.

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