Browsers freezing and slow

djinferno · Nov 18, 2012, 01:58 PM

I have a macbook pro 15 early 2011 model 2ghz i7 and i have upgraded to 8gb ram...my macbook is always connected wirelessly to the internet and i have tried ALL browsers. Safari 6.0.2, Google Chrome and Firefox and all suffer the same problem.. They all start to freeze and get very slow. I am constantly having to reload pages even when playing games on facebook... I have upgraded to mountain lion and it seems to have become worse... this is my first time with a mac and to be honest this is starting to sway me back to a pc.. it is not just sometimes it is doing it everytime..please help me fix this

T5BRICK · Nov 18, 2012, 02:00 PM

Put the old RAM back in and see if the issue goes away.

djinferno · Nov 18, 2012, 02:03 PM

it did it with the old ram also...

T5BRICK · Nov 18, 2012, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by djinferno

it did it with the old ram also...

How many tabs do you have open?

Have you tried installing flash block in chrome or Firefox, or click to flash in safari? Adobe flash content on the Mac is a HUGE resource hog, I pretty much don't use it.

djinferno · Nov 18, 2012, 02:07 PM

it can happen with one tab only.... and no i havent but i will give them a try

djinferno · Nov 18, 2012, 03:12 PM

still happening even just opening this page took forever and seem to freeze half way through loading

djinferno · Nov 18, 2012, 04:12 PM

I am also noticing that some applications are freezing as well... I am a dj and have the serato software and lately i get the program freezing and the little apple beachball for a good 30 sec to a minute

T5BRICK · Nov 18, 2012, 04:30 PM

Have you looked at activity monitor to see if you've got any processes using way too much CPU or RAM? if not, I'd run AHT to see if you're having a hardware issue.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509

djinferno · Nov 18, 2012, 06:30 PM

i did hardware test it is all fine no problems .. I also verified permissions and verified disc and there were no issues... i just dont understand what could be causing it

Nov 18, 2012, 01:58 PM	#1
djinferno macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	Browsers freezing and slow I have a macbook pro 15 early 2011 model 2ghz i7 and i have upgraded to 8gb ram...my macbook is always connected wirelessly to the internet and i have tried ALL browsers. Safari 6.0.2, Google Chrome and Firefox and all suffer the same problem.. They all start to freeze and get very slow. I am constantly having to reload pages even when playing games on facebook... I have upgraded to mountain lion and it seems to have become worse... this is my first time with a mac and to be honest this is starting to sway me back to a pc.. it is not just sometimes it is doing it everytime..please help me fix this
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Nov 18, 2012, 02:00 PM	#2
T5BRICK macrumors 68000 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oregon	Put the old RAM back in and see if the issue goes away.
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Nov 18, 2012, 02:03 PM	#3
djinferno Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	it did it with the old ram also...
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Nov 18, 2012, 02:07 PM	#5
djinferno Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	it can happen with one tab only.... and no i havent but i will give them a try
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Nov 18, 2012, 03:12 PM	#6
djinferno Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	still happening even just opening this page took forever and seem to freeze half way through loading
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Nov 18, 2012, 04:12 PM	#7
djinferno Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	I am also noticing that some applications are freezing as well... I am a dj and have the serato software and lately i get the program freezing and the little apple beachball for a good 30 sec to a minute
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Nov 18, 2012, 04:30 PM	#8
T5BRICK macrumors 68000 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oregon	Have you looked at activity monitor to see if you've got any processes using way too much CPU or RAM? if not, I'd run AHT to see if you're having a hardware issue. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509
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Nov 18, 2012, 06:30 PM	#9
djinferno Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	i did hardware test it is all fine no problems .. I also verified permissions and verified disc and there were no issues... i just dont understand what could be causing it
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