Safari keeps Locking up

[silbeej]

All of a sudden i've been getting the pinwheel of death every time i use safari and have to keep force quitting it. I updated and ran disk utility, but it keeps freezing. This has got to stop. anyone know of this and have a solution?

 

[Gray-Wolf]

Did you repair the permissions in the disk utility?

Also, empty the cache in it as well. There is a button, to reset Safari, it does help from time to time.

 

[Benjamindaines]

Try turning off protection against fraudulent websites off (under security preferences).

 

[SuperKat]

Same Here

I am having the same problem which is what brought me to this site. I just registered to see if anyone else was having this happen.
I'm on a G4 and it's Safari 3.2.1. It's freezing up when it goes to load pages. I've emptied and reset everything.

 

[jimleszczynski]

having a similar problem here. Seems to occur more often on a more labor intensive site. Quite often during video viewing. Streaming of any kind. Usually will unlock but a delay of 10-50seconds occur. I have reset safari and everything is updated. This seems to be a more recent occurring problem? Perhaps something that came bundled with 10.5.6?

 

[poolvibe]

Things to try.

Repair permissions
Reset Safari
Flush every cache you can get your hands on
Install Firefox😀
Update everything to the fullest

 

[Benjamindaines]

having a similar problem here. Seems to occur more often on a more labor intensive site. Quite often during video viewing. Streaming of any kind. Usually will unlock but a delay of 10-50seconds occur. I have reset safari and everything is updated. This seems to be a more recent occurring problem? Perhaps something that came bundled with 10.5.6?

That's probably just flash sucking.

 

[pubwvj]

I had similar problems.
The issue was solved by removing PithHelmet.
Since I can't use Safari without PithHelmet I reverted to the previous Safari.
Oh, bother as Pooh would say.

 

[AtHomeBoy_2000]

Not only am I having the lock problem on my Mac, but the Windows version is sucking memory like CRAZY.

 

[John Doe 57]

This is what you should do:

1. Download OnyX (a free maintenance utility).

2. Open OnyX and Click Cancel on these two Alert Panels:
-Cancel the S.M.A.R.T. Box
-Cancel the Startup Volume Box

3. Enter your Password

4. Click on the Cleaning Tab

5. In each tab, execute the command. Check all the boxes in each tab. When its finished in that tab, it will ask you to reboot. Say NO. Go on to the next tab and repeat until all tabs are done. THEN REBOOT.