Safari acting 'SLUGGISH'

[mikebatho]

My Safari browser has started running really slowly these last few days. Pages are taking forever to load, and sometimes locking up mid-way...

What can I do to fix this? I've made sure I have the most up to date version....

Could it be something to do with cookies, or anything?

I'm a bit clueless, sorry!!

 

[cpjakes]

Emptying the cache helps (Safari -> Empty Cache), but I also find that restarting and having more than a couple gigs free on the disk helps. My only complaint about Safari is that it seems to bog down quickly, especially since I like to have a lot of tabs going at once.

Good luck,
cpjakes

 

[mikebatho]

Emptying the cache helps (Safari -> Empty Cache), but I also find that restarting and having more than a couple gigs free on the disk helps. My only complaint about Safari is that it seems to bog down quickly, especially since I like to have a lot of tabs going at once.

Good luck,
cpjakes

Yeah, I've emptied the cache, and dumped my cookies (so to speak)

And have 50 gb space on myHD.

Frustrating!!!!!

 

[samanthas]

Well, here is what helped me... I unplugged my router for 10-15 seconds and Safari hasn't slowed down since.

 

[samanthas]

http://www.dreamlight.com/insights/bugs/Apple/lookupd.html

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Delete the contents of ~/Library/Safari/Icons/

 

[samanthas]

Yeah, that too.

 

[mikebatho]

Delete the contents of ~/Library/Safari/Icons/

Is there supposed to be a folder to delete contents from?

All I have is this, in LIBRARY (USER-ME)

And no Safari folder at all on the HD library....

??

 

[samanthas]

Yes there is supposed to be.

Like this:

I'm guessing the unplugging the router didn't work?

 

[mikebatho]

Yes there is supposed to be.

Like this:

I'm guessing the unplugging the router didn't work?

Unplugging the router?

I don't have an ICONS folder.....wonder why? There's a little white box marked ICONS, but it's marked as an alias, and when I click on it, I get this...

 

[samanthas]

Yes, unplugging the router, or you can just unplug the ethernet. I have a wireless router and when Safari slowed by I unplugged it for 10-15 seconds and it was back to normal. Did you click the link I posted? Someone here posted that when I was having problems and it was helpful to me.

 

[York-Diuck]

Mine was doign the same awhile ago. It would take forever to start-up and to load websites. I found I had a ton of bookmarks I didn't use (especially imported ones from Internet Explorer), so I deleted them. If that doesn't help, have you ever considered resetting safari? it resets it and leaves all your bookmarks..good luck

 

[Laser47]

My safari works fine when loading pages, but starts to slow down when i have more than 2 tabs open.

 

[mikebatho]

How do I reset Safari??

 

[mad jew]

It's in the Safari menu.

There's an entire guide about speeding up Safari too.

 

[koswo]

Firefox

Maybe not a direct answer to your problem, but I still think the best browser out there is Firefox (no mather on which platform).
On my previous iMac (a G3), I tried working with Safari but since I knew Firefox from PC, I quickly switched to the Mac version of that browser.
Now I have an Intel iMac and since I didn't want to use a webbrowser through Rosetta, I gave Safari lots of credit. But yesterday I found on this website (http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mac:Intel) the "almost final" universal binary of Firefox. Man, am I happy! Much better than Safari!
I'd say, take back the web, get Firefox!