Macbook beachball and fan

[kerplunkuk]

I have a macbook 10.5.6 which is fully updated. I am having issues with safari causing beachballing and running hot / the fan running on overtime.

I have tried the usual methods of resetting safari, deleting the pref file and now I am stuck.

If I am opening a new tab I may have to sit for 30 seconds through a beachball. If I try and watch MLB.tv or any video content the fans kick in and the macbook runs very hot. Often during this safari freezes and will beachball.

I have no internet issues as other macs and PC's run fine. The issues happen both by wireless and wired connections.

Research has pointed towards a flash issue. I have uninstalled and tried old version but the same problem arises.

Any suggestions?

 

[spinnerlys]

Have you looked at Activity Monitor while Safari beachballs, to see what CPU percentage is used by Safari or any other process (don't forget to show All Processes)?

I had a similar problem with Safari, until it wouldn't open anymore.
So I run Onyx Automation and after the restart it required, Safari is behaving normal again.

 

[kerplunkuk]

Safari is using the highest CPU quantity around 20-25% when it beachballs. However it is using over 700Mb of memory and 2.84GB of virtual memory, is this normal?
The second highest thing is coreaudio.

 

[macneurotic]

Safari... Fans... Beachballs...

I'm finally starting to see that Apple wants us to get the "beach vibe" while using our Macs. 😀