Safari makes mac run slow

[heliocentric]

i cant use it any more

every time i load it it slows my whole mac book down and locks up itself and the mac every 30 secs or so...making it impossible to use.

i have all the newest software downloads.

any ideas?

 

[spinnerlys]

Does "i have all the newest software downloads" mean you run Safari 4.0.4 on Mac OS X 10.6.2? If so (or not) on what Mac do you use those?

Have you taken a look at Activity Monitor and seen how much CPU Safari uses?

And does it happen with every page (Google, YouTube, BBC, ...)?

How many tabs are open?

Since when does this problem occur and what have you changed before that, that might have something to do with the slow behaviour?

Also how many applications are open?

 

[Surely]

And how much RAM are you running?

 

[michael.lauden]

any plug ins?

the more information the better

 

[heliocentric]

sorry its 10.5.8 and yes 4.0.4 on a white nvidia macbook

no plugins.

does it on every page i visit.

and i have 2 gb of ram...

problem started a few days ago randomly

thanks

 

[spinnerlys]

Try repairing permissions via Disk Utility or resetting Safari.

Also what does Activity Monitor show?

Don't make me get my "maximize your troubleshooting experience" quote.

 

[heliocentric]

ok spinnerlys i performed the steps you posted but i still get the problem...

any ideas?

heres the pics of the activity monitor

thanks

 

[heliocentric]

any help?

 

[-aggie-]

Close safari. Delete your com.apple.safari.plist file in ~/Library/Preferences after copying to your desktop. Open safari. See if that helps.

 

[heliocentric]

their is no such file in my preferences folder...

thanks

 

[LPZ]

their is no such file in my preferences folder...

thanks

Should be there. Were you looking in the Library/Preferences folder inside your home folder? That's where the plist file should be.

 

[-aggie-]

their is no such file in my preferences folder...

thanks

It has to be there. See post above mine.

 

[heliocentric]

have attached image of folder im looking in...

cant see it, am i looking in the wrong place?

thanks

 

[-aggie-]

Click on alex then Library.....

You were in the wrong directory. The ~ is your home directory (alex).

 

[Cave Man]

i cant use it any more

I abandoned Safari for Firefox a couple of months ago. Safari has some real issues. Apple's engineers should be embarrassed.

 

[heliocentric]

Click on alex then Library.....

You were in the wrong directory. The ~ is your home directory (alex).

ok got there in the end lol

but made no difference

is there a way i can do a totally fresh install?

thanks

 

[-aggie-]

ok got there in the end lol

but made no difference

is there a way i can do a totally fresh install?

thanks

Download safari.

Get one of those apptrasher apps, so that when you drag an app to trash it finds all files associated with it and deletes them also. Install it.

Drag safari to trash.

Install dowloaded safari.

 

[heliocentric]

thanks but again it made no difference

i think i give up...

thanks for your help