YouTube main page crashing Safari and Firefox

martynmc7 · Oct 30, 2009, 04:27 PM

Hey guys,

Mysteriously today the YouTube main page has been crashing Safari every time I visit it. There were no problems a few days ago, the last time I visited the site, yet I get the beachball every time.

I thought this may be a Safari problem, so I tried Firefox, same thing happens. Funny thing is, I can get into YouTube through other ways (such as video links etc.) and everything works fine, it's just the front page.

I tried reinstalling Flash to no avail, I've disabled all 3rd-party plugins to no avail, and I can't reinstall Safari because the installer wont work on Snow Leopard.

Anybody else been having this problem? Any solutions?

Cheers guys,
-Martyn

FriDay85 · Oct 30, 2009, 05:48 PM

I have just come accross this problem.

When i go to the YouTube homepage my browser crashes. This is happening in Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari.

martynmc7 · Oct 30, 2009, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FriDay85

I have just come accross this problem.

When i go to the YouTube homepage my browser crashes. This is happening in Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari.

At least it's not just me, though as a strange aside this problem is only there on my MacBook Pro and not my iMac...

martynmc7 · Oct 30, 2009, 07:15 PM

This is either an issue with Flash or JavaScript as disabling either stops the crash issue. It definitely seems to be related to the big Flash ad at the top of YouTube as that's the one thing that doesn't load properly before Safari or Firefox crashes.

Still not fix yet...

couto27 · Oct 30, 2009, 07:19 PM

same here since last week , 50% of the videos will crash, safari ,firefox ,opera

and im using emac g4 powerpc (2005 ati) leopard 10.5.8

martynmc7 · Oct 30, 2009, 07:39 PM

Right, found a fix!

Hopefully this will work for everyone. Go to Library/Internet plu-ins/ and delete the two flash plugin files.

Then re-download the latest update for your version of OS X (so mine was 10.6.1) and re-install it.

Afterwards Flash will be working, but not the latest version, so go to Adobe's website and download the latest version and everything should be fine!

No idea why this has happened completely out of the blue, but hopefully that helps.

Oct 30, 2009, 04:27 PM	#1
martynmc7 macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2008	YouTube main page crashing Safari and Firefox Hey guys, Mysteriously today the YouTube main page has been crashing Safari every time I visit it. There were no problems a few days ago, the last time I visited the site, yet I get the beachball every time. I thought this may be a Safari problem, so I tried Firefox, same thing happens. Funny thing is, I can get into YouTube through other ways (such as video links etc.) and everything works fine, it's just the front page. I tried reinstalling Flash to no avail, I've disabled all 3rd-party plugins to no avail, and I can't reinstall Safari because the installer wont work on Snow Leopard. Anybody else been having this problem? Any solutions? Cheers guys, -Martyn

Oct 30, 2009, 07:19 PM	#5
couto27 macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: lisboa,portugal	same here since last week , 50% of the videos will crash, safari ,firefox ,opera and im using emac g4 powerpc (2005 ati) leopard 10.5.8 __________________ 2 x iphone 3g apple tv 160 gb ipod nano 8gb airport extreme macmini 2.0 cinema display 20" 2x macbook air A

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Oct 30, 2009, 05:48 PM	#2
FriDay85 macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK	I have just come accross this problem. When i go to the YouTube homepage my browser crashes. This is happening in Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari.

Oct 30, 2009, 07:15 PM	#4
martynmc7 Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2008	This is either an issue with Flash or JavaScript as disabling either stops the crash issue. It definitely seems to be related to the big Flash ad at the top of YouTube as that's the one thing that doesn't load properly before Safari or Firefox crashes. Still not fix yet...

Oct 30, 2009, 07:39 PM	#6
martynmc7 Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2008	Right, found a fix! Hopefully this will work for everyone. Go to Library/Internet plu-ins/ and delete the two flash plugin files. Then re-download the latest update for your version of OS X (so mine was 10.6.1) and re-install it. Afterwards Flash will be working, but not the latest version, so go to Adobe's website and download the latest version and everything should be fine! No idea why this has happened completely out of the blue, but hopefully that helps.