Safari crashing

[batman75]

I am having an issue with Safari crashing too frequently. Literally safari stops responding after about 5 minutes of use, and there is no way to start it responding without doing a force quit. Basically Safari is unusable on my Macbook 1.3ghz.

This has been occuring since I migrated my mac from the MBA11 to the Macbook.

All other applications appear stable. Chrome is also stable.

Any advice?

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Key items from crash report

Date/Time: 2015-05-07 16:53:48 -0400
OS Version: 10.10.3 (Build 14D136)
Architecture: x86_64h
Report Version: 21

Command: Safari
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Version: 8.0.5 (10600.5.17)
Build Version: 1
Project Name: WebBrowser
Source Version: 7600005017000000
Parent: launchd [1]
PID: 1515

Event: hang
Duration: 1.00s (process was unresponsive for 26 seconds before sampling)
Steps: 11 (100ms sampling interval)

Hardware model: MacBook8,1
Active cpus: 4


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Timeline format: stacks are sorted chronologically
Use -i and -heavy to re-report with count sorting
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Heaviest stack for the main thread of the target process:
11 start + 1 (libdyld.dylib + 13769) [0x7fff932e85c9]
11 NSApplicationMain + 1832 (AppKit + 13140) [0x7fff92766354]
11 -[NSApplication run] + 594 (AppKit + 551923) [0x7fff927e9bf3]
11 -[BrowserApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 246 (Safari + 489840) [0x7fff8c63a970]
11 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 346 (AppKit + 593768) [0x7fff927f3f68]
11 _DPSNextEvent + 978 (AppKit + 596411) [0x7fff927f49bb]
11 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 71 (HIToolbox + 205099) [0x7fff8bd2412b]
11 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 431 (HIToolbox + 205546) [0x7fff8bd242ea]
11 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 235 (HIToolbox + 206191) [0x7fff8bd2456f]
11 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 296 (CoreFoundation + 465880) [0x7fff86271bd8]
11 __CFRunLoopRun + 2159 (CoreFoundation + 468623) [0x7fff8627268f]
11 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__ + 9 (CoreFoundation + 750585) [0x7fff862b73f9]
11 _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 861 (libdispatch.dylib + 56511) [0x7fff8d42acbf]
11 _dispatch_client_callout + 8 (libdispatch.dylib + 7187) [0x7fff8d41ec13]
11 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12 (libdispatch.dylib + 25379) [0x7fff8d423323]
11 __110-[WBSHistorySQLiteStore _removeVisitsProvidedByBlockInvokedOnDatabaseQueue:addingTombstone:completionHandler:]_block_invoke_2 + 66 (Safari + 6186859) [0x7fff8cba976b]
11 -[WBSHistory historyStore:didPrepareToDeleteWithDeletionPlan:] + 251 (Safari + 6088993) [0x7fff8cb91921]
11 -[WBSHistoryItem urlString] + 157 (Safari + 6096834) [0x7fff8cb937c2]
11 _dispatch_barrier_sync_f_slow + 597 (libdispatch.dylib + 46423) [0x7fff8d428557]
11 semaphore_wait_trap + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib + 70938) [0x7fff8ebff51a]
*11 semaphore_wait_continue + 0 (kernel + 1357760) [0xffffff800034b7c0]


Process: Safari [1515]
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Architecture: x86_64
Parent: launchd [1]
UID: 502
Task size: 261695 pages (+4168)
CPU Time: 1.001s
Note: Unresponsive for 26 seconds before sampling

 

[batman75]

anyone?

 

[Cvx5832]

My only suggestion (and probably quickest solution) is a reinstall. I've been using Safari exclusively since I got the MacBook on the 15th and it's been great. I don't think I've ever had to force quit it once.

 

[mikeray]

Try disabling all extensions
Try deleting all the cache files
Try using WebKit instead (if you are a web developer it has much better laid out dev tools)

 

[batman75]

Thanks all. I didn't know how to reinstall safari since it is part of OS X and can't be deleted through the launchpad.

However I was able to fix the problem following these instructions. The cache files and extensions may have been the fix, but I almost everything on this list.

http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/help-safari-keeps-crashing-3601623/