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Is it normal for Safari to be so demanding on CPU?

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Queenredspecial

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Sep 14, 2009
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I noticed that while simply writing emails and watching a youtube video, my computer heated up and became slow and sticky. Launched terminal, and saw that most of the time Safari is engaging an average of 97-112% of CPU.

I have click to flash, as well as safari block on. This is a MBP first generation, running tiger (10.4.11) Any info?
 
Flash on Mac still needs a lot of work (Thanks Adobe:D).

It has been known to "kick" up CPU and make the computer hot.

There is nothing "unsafe" about having Safari take so much CPU.

If you are worried, try reinstalling Flash and Safari.
 
celticpride678 said:
Flash on Mac still needs a lot of work (Thanks Adobe:D).

It has been known to "kick" up CPU and make the computer hot.

There is nothing "unsafe" about having Safari take so much CPU.

If you are worried, try reinstalling Flash and Safari.
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Thank you.

What confuses me, however, is that it is not always this way. Sometimes I will be playing a video while doing lots of other things, and it's perfectly fine. I restarted and started again, and... same thing with Safari. Plus, it crashes on me about once every day. I don't really know what's causing it, since flash has not been such a problem before, and also i block out unnecessary flash. :confused:
 
Queenredspecial said:
Thank you.

What confuses me, however, is that it is not always this way. Sometimes I will be playing a video while doing lots of other things, and it's perfectly fine. I restarted and started again, and... same thing with Safari. Plus, it crashes on me about once every day. I don't really know what's causing it, since flash has not been such a problem before, and also i block out unnecessary flash. :confused:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1594?viewlocale=en_US

Check that Apple Support article for more details.
 
So I've followed the little article, and still -- quits on me after being slow and sticky.

So I am wondering -- would it be a good idea to erase safari and re-install it?

If so -- what's the way to do with so I don't lose my bookmarks?
 
Queenredspecial said:
So I've followed the little article, and still -- quits on me after being slow and sticky.

So I am wondering -- would it be a good idea to erase safari and re-install it?

If so -- what's the way to do with so I don't lose my bookmarks?
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You should not "erase" Safari. Re-download it from apple.com/safari. It should keep all your bookmarks.
 
celticpride678 said:
You should not "erase" Safari. Re-download it from apple.com/safari. It should keep all your bookmarks.
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Thank you. Is there a way to make sure, as in, to back them up? (I don't know where bookmarks are stored, I assume in the library somewhere?) If I just download Safari again, it will install it properly over the 'bad' one?
 
Queenredspecial said:
Thank you. Is there a way to make sure, as in, to back them up? (I don't know where bookmarks are stored, I assume in the library somewhere?) If I just download Safari again, it will install it properly over the 'bad' one?
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They are located in: ~/Library/Safari/Booksmarks.plist

Yes, it will reinstall over the old Safari version.

Another thing you can try is removing the Safari plist file located at: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.safari.plist

This will reset Safari and its preferences, but keeping the bookmarks.
 
Wow... so i've done everything we discussed, re-installed Safari, and cleaned up my computer. (onyx.)

Still the same problem. :-(
 
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