Every once in a while Safari freezes on me. I can click things, but nothing happens. Actually, to try and be as clear as possible, like if I press the back button, what's shown doesn't change, but if I hover my mouse over things and I'm familiar with the page I was trying to go to, I can tell that it actually did go back because it changes to the hand over where I know links should be. But it still looks like the first page. I can't get out of that no matter what I do, and I end up having to quit Safari to fix it. It's just annoying to have to do that. Anyone else have a problem like this and know what the cause and solution might be?
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I'm having a similar problem (OSX 10.3.9, Safari 1.3.2) on an eMac.
Once a page is open I can open one hyperlink. The next hyperlink I open freezes Safari entirely. I have found a workaround, which is to go to the context menu and open every link in a new window. JonD25, have you tried this workaround and does it work for you?
Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?
Once a page is open I can open one hyperlink. The next hyperlink I open freezes Safari entirely. I have found a workaround, which is to go to the context menu and open every link in a new window. JonD25, have you tried this workaround and does it work for you?
Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?
mad jew said:Remove all add ons from Safari and then maybe try resetting Safari from the Safari menu.
Did that.
No joy.
We've fixed the problem by switching to IE.
PS: to all of those that are suggesting a switch... no.
This is a production machine, and if anything changes I'm the one who has to train the user on *yet another* application.
Okay. If you tire of Explorer there are a few other tricks we can try to get Safari running normally again such as removing the PLIST.