Every time there's a Safari story I try to get "in b4 those oh-so funny, witty and altogether necessary 'sappier' posts," but you guys are just too good.
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Safari 5.0.2 available via Software Update
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Safari 5.0.2 is still unusable for me, I guess I'll have to keep using Chrome until Apple finally gets around to fixing this issue.
Didn't work for me.
Interesting that when I use Firefox youtube videos play without a hitch.
Apparently this is a Safari issue.
"Fixes an issue that could prevent users from submitting web forms"
Does anyone know more about this? I've been submitting applications for employment via web forms in Safari. They seemed to work okay, but I'd hate to find out that they weren't showing up properly to employers all this time!!!
Does anyone know more about this? I've been submitting applications for employment via web forms in Safari. They seemed to work okay, but I'd hate to find out that they weren't showing up properly to employers all this time!!!
I have an older G4 system running 10.5.8 and safari has been crashing like crazy for the last couple of months. I hope this fix works.
I know right, the joke itself is so played out but you think after the first moron said a "snappy" related joke the rest of the sheep wouldn't bother.
I am a long time Safari user
for like 7+ years
I finally switched to Firefox.
NO beach balls, no crashing, no weird stuff happening.
SOLID
I just wish it was integrated more into the system to use the keychain
and be able to run h.264 because flash is burning my laptop on firefox
for like 7+ years
I finally switched to Firefox.
NO beach balls, no crashing, no weird stuff happening.
SOLID
I just wish it was integrated more into the system to use the keychain
and be able to run h.264 because flash is burning my laptop on firefox
I knew there was a reason my Firefox feels snappier today.
There was a Firefox update, too. Which, btw, didn't require a system restart, unlike the Safari one.
...how exactly did it 'not work for you'? I can play YouTube videos on a 4 year old MacBook Pro on YouTube in Safari 5 without a single hiccup with or without this extension. So clearly the problem is on your end.
Why don't you try checking Activity Monitor to see what processes you have running? Why don't you try repairing disk permissions with Disk Utility?
I'm going to try 5.0.2 (posting using it now actually), but unless the memory leak issues are solved... It very well may be the extensions. However after a fairly short period, Safari will balloon up to 300, 400, or even 500 MB of real memory used.
What's funny is I'd switched to Safari for a while because Firefox has its own memory leaks - but those are like amateur hour compared to Safari's. However Safari continues to be responsive even when it's tying up all that RAM, unlike Firefox.
And before someone mentions Chrome - it has its own growing pains that need to be solved before I'll try it again. I've submitted some bug reports, but the attitudes of certain developers brings back some bad memories from my Linux days. Talk about antisocial basement dwellers!
Follow-up: I've only visited two sites (including MacRumors), and it's already up to 196MB of RAM (launched using 98).
What's funny is I'd switched to Safari for a while because Firefox has its own memory leaks - but those are like amateur hour compared to Safari's. However Safari continues to be responsive even when it's tying up all that RAM, unlike Firefox.
And before someone mentions Chrome - it has its own growing pains that need to be solved before I'll try it again. I've submitted some bug reports, but the attitudes of certain developers brings back some bad memories from my Linux days. Talk about antisocial basement dwellers!
Follow-up: I've only visited two sites (including MacRumors), and it's already up to 196MB of RAM (launched using 98).
Safari requires a restart for several reasons, not the least of which the entire Help subsystem relies on WebKit.
These steps help usually (in the exact order):
1. Restart your Mac and repair the permissions of the startup disk with Apples Disk Utility application.
2. Perform a safe start as described here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455
More info:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
...how exactly did it 'not work for you'? I can play YouTube videos on a 4 year old MacBook Pro on YouTube in Safari 5 without a single hiccup with or without this extension. So clearly the problem is on your end.
Why don't you try checking Activity Monitor to see what processes you have running? Why don't you try repairing disk permissions with Disk Utility?
With it installed youtube still plays poorly.
I ran all maintenance with YASU.
Here is what comes up with Activity Monitor. I am surprised to see the airport base station since I don't have one and airport is turned off on my computer:
2067 Activity Monitor Steve 1.5 2 21.0 MB Intel (64 bit)
2080 AirPort Base Station Agent Steve 0.0 3 5.5 MB Intel (64 bit)
495 AppleSpell.service Steve 0.0 2 6.5 MB Intel (64 bit)
2066 cvmsComp_x86_64 Steve 0.0 1 6.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
117 Dock Steve 0.0 3 10.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
119 Finder Steve 0.0 6 29.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
121 fontd Steve 0.0 2 3.8 MB Intel (64 bit)
140 iTunesHelper Steve 0.0 3 2.7 MB Intel (64 bit)
113 launchd Steve 0.0 2 932 KB Intel (64 bit)
33 loginwindow Steve 0.0 2 13.0 MB Intel (64 bit)
2039 mdworker Steve 0.0 3 8.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
127 pboard Steve 0.0 1 836 KB Intel (64 bit)
1019 Safari Steve 4.3 10 145.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
136 SIMBL Agent Steve 0.0 2 6.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
118 SystemUIServer Steve 0.0 3 10.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
129 UserEventAgent Steve 0.0 3 5.0 MB Intel (64 bit)
Please post a screenshot of your Activity Monitor. It's rather hard to make out what all that means when you don't have the columns.
(Use CMD - Shift - 4 and then press the spacebar to grab only the window).Did that, looks the same to me. Anything look unusual?
2067 Activity Monitor Steve 1.5 2 21.0 MB Intel (64 bit)
2080 AirPort Base Station Agent Steve 0.0 3 5.5 MB Intel (64 bit)
495 AppleSpell.service Steve 0.0 2 6.5 MB Intel (64 bit)
2066 cvmsComp_x86_64 Steve 0.0 1 6.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
117 Dock Steve 0.0 3 10.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
119 Finder Steve 0.0 6 29.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
121 fontd Steve 0.0 2 3.8 MB Intel (64 bit)
140 iTunesHelper Steve 0.0 3 2.7 MB Intel (64 bit)
113 launchd Steve 0.0 2 932 KB Intel (64 bit)
33 loginwindow Steve 0.0 2 13.0 MB Intel (64 bit)
2039 mdworker Steve 0.0 3 8.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
127 pboard Steve 0.0 1 836 KB Intel (64 bit)
1019 Safari Steve 4.3 10 145.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
136 SIMBL Agent Steve 0.0 2 6.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
118 SystemUIServer Steve 0.0 3 10.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
129 UserEventAgent Steve 0.0 3 5.0 MB Intel (64 bit)
2067 Activity Monitor Steve 1.5 2 21.0 MB Intel (64 bit)
2080 AirPort Base Station Agent Steve 0.0 3 5.5 MB Intel (64 bit)
495 AppleSpell.service Steve 0.0 2 6.5 MB Intel (64 bit)
2066 cvmsComp_x86_64 Steve 0.0 1 6.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
117 Dock Steve 0.0 3 10.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
119 Finder Steve 0.0 6 29.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
121 fontd Steve 0.0 2 3.8 MB Intel (64 bit)
140 iTunesHelper Steve 0.0 3 2.7 MB Intel (64 bit)
113 launchd Steve 0.0 2 932 KB Intel (64 bit)
33 loginwindow Steve 0.0 2 13.0 MB Intel (64 bit)
2039 mdworker Steve 0.0 3 8.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
127 pboard Steve 0.0 1 836 KB Intel (64 bit)
1019 Safari Steve 4.3 10 145.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
136 SIMBL Agent Steve 0.0 2 6.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
118 SystemUIServer Steve 0.0 3 10.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
129 UserEventAgent Steve 0.0 3 5.0 MB Intel (64 bit)
Can you ATTACH the screenshot though? That's what I want to see; I don't care to read that jumbled mess.
I don't think I did this correctly but here goes
Nope, didn't work
Attachments
Mine doesn't crash from it any more, but I still get five to ten second beach ball hangs when it loads most Flash content (even with minimal CPU loads; we're talking <20% with no single process eating up more than 5%). It's especially noticeable with embedded video.
Ok.
1. Take the screenshot (Cmd shift 4 space, select the Activity Monitor window and click)
2. Go to the browser and when you make a new reply, click the "Manage Attachments", which you have found.
3. Select "Choose File", and browse for the screenshot. Click "Choose".
4. At "Manage Attachments", click "Upload".
5. That's all there is to it!
I'm not trying to insult your intelligence or anything; just making sure you had the process right (but you had to have since you posted the shot of the file manager).
Example below.
1. Take the screenshot (Cmd shift 4 space, select the Activity Monitor window and click)
2. Go to the browser and when you make a new reply, click the "Manage Attachments", which you have found.
3. Select "Choose File", and browse for the screenshot. Click "Choose".
4. At "Manage Attachments", click "Upload".
5. That's all there is to it!
I'm not trying to insult your intelligence or anything; just making sure you had the process right (but you had to have since you posted the shot of the file manager).
Example below.
