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Weird black triangular graphics disruption - ad related?
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Just curious if anyone has experienced these same problems using Safari Technology Preview? After this last update I've been using it some to mess with the new features and so far no issues, albeit in limited use. With Safari itself I couldn't go more than 2 hours before those triangles would appear on one website or another.
Edit: Never mind, I see that eRondeau previously said he had issues with STP also.
Edit: Never mind, I see that eRondeau previously said he had issues with STP also.
Safari Technology Preview is now Safari 14, so would definitely be interested in hearing whether users are still seeing the issue with it.
I have it occasionally on my late 2012 iMac using safari on Catalina (10.15.6) and only on the MR site. Doesn't happen on my 2015 MBA.
Unfortunately the problem has happened before and after a from-scratch site redesign in March... it may be a coding issue but not one we can determine.
arn
Downloaded the new Safari 14.0 and it still happens. It's been a lot less common, but MR is one of the culprits that cause it.
Someone had a suggestion
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Safari Graphics Glitch with macrumors
Something to try: stop the displaypolicyd process. I did it via Terminal: sudo launchctl stop com.apple.displaypolicyd To start/enable again change "stop" to "start".
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Problem seems to have solved itself for me. Perhaps during an update? I have not seen it for about 3 weeks.
It could still be a hardware issue that only manifests in Safari.
Are you still getting it? Are you on an iMac?
We really are out of ideas on this one. We rewrote the entire site's HTML from scratch and it didn't change anything.
arn
Yes I am on an iMac but this graphic glitch did not happen with the old version of Safari. More over there are things that point away from it being a hardware problem:
1) It only happens with Catalina and Safari 14.x; ie Chrome and Firefox are unaffected
2) Apple has had problems with Safari 14 in the past (remember the "fun" everybody had with macOS Mojave Security Update (2020-005)?) but that affected a large number of macs
3) For me it only happens with Macrumors - no other website.
4) It will go away if one switches tabs and does something else.
Point 1 on its own leads away from it being a hardware problem and points 2 and 3 effective eliminate that as an option.
Now point 2 would be an option if points 3 and 4 weren't happening.
In fact i found point 4 by changing tabs and going to Macrumors in Chrome so I could pull up Safari's developer menu while typing this. I go back to Safari and click on the tab and the glitched page is refreshed and everything is normal.
All this points to a software problem - likely due to some glitchy ad that doesn't like the Catalina and Safari 14.x combo (which I use Adguard so that may be a factor). Certain ads "make the rounds" which would explain why it on occasion shows up elsewhere and it's so intermittent - especially if it is a targeted ad.
On a side note I brought this up with the Apple community to see if anybody has any ideas on what ad might be causing it.
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Oddly enough, my situation is opposite of Maximara's. I would run into this issue on 3 websites (but MR by far most often); irritating enough that I started using Edge. But when Safari 14 came out I thought I would give it a shot and I haven't experienced this glitch a single time since the update, on any website.
Edited to add that this is on an 2013 iMac, so I'm still running Catalina. I never had this problem on any other device, including the ones that are now running Big Sur.
Edited to add that this is on an 2013 iMac, so I'm still running Catalina. I never had this problem on any other device, including the ones that are now running Big Sur.
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I can nearly confirm it is an ad causing the problems. I have Macrumors open on two separate tabs and the other tab is the triangle glitch and the other is normal. After about three flips between the two tabs the "triangle" page clears up. The page on Apple's official discussion forum is Macrumors site problem with Catalina and Safari 14.0.1 and so far no-one else who visited has commented on that topic.
If Apple doesn't know about this they can't fix it and one post is not going to attract their attention.
If Apple doesn't know about this they can't fix it and one post is not going to attract their attention.
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Interesting....just having it now while trying to log onto:
www.weatherzone.com.au
I'm on an iMac 13.1 Safari Version 14.0.1 (15610.2.11.51.10, 15610) and Cartalina 10.15.7
Mornington Weather Forecast | Today's Local Weather Forecast
Find out the Mornington Weather Forecast here on Weatherzone. Discover today's weather & the forecast for the week ahead in Mornington.
www.weatherzone.com.au
I'm on an iMac 13.1 Safari Version 14.0.1 (15610.2.11.51.10, 15610) and Cartalina 10.15.7
It's happening to me on other websites also. Currently at a Washington Football Team fan board (that requires registration to even view so I won't bother posting a link). Happened on ESPN last night when I wanted to see what college basketball games were canceled.
I'm not sure there is anything you can do about it, Arn. I'm pretty sure it isn't your code. Maximara might be right that it is an ad issue, though I enabled Adguard filters (I usually only use the Annoyances one) and it still happens. But again, it only happens on my 2013 iMac. I have never experienced this issue on any other machine.
I'm not sure there is anything you can do about it, Arn. I'm pretty sure it isn't your code. Maximara might be right that it is an ad issue, though I enabled Adguard filters (I usually only use the Annoyances one) and it still happens. But again, it only happens on my 2013 iMac. I have never experienced this issue on any other machine.
I didn't have a problem on my 2013 iMac until the last Safari update.
As someone who dabbles in programing I suspect it is due a complex interaction between the Ad, the particular configuration of Catalina for the 2013 iMac, and the latest version of Safari. If it was truly a hardware problem we would have seen it long before now and would see it with Chrome, Firefox, or Opera. Yet it is only seen with this particular combination of software ...perhaps an Ad that tries to bypass the ad blocker and screws things up (either intentionally or because the programmer didn't know what they were doing).
At this point if it ever gets fixed it'll be by sheer accident. And a highly unlikely one at that. The fix for pretty much everyone here will be a new Mac.
1) could this be a font / region issue?
a) launch font book, choose file -> restore standard fonts. still an issue?
b) system preferences -> language and region. everything set correctly?
2) Potential Safari setting that might make a difference:a) with macrumors open in the front safari tab -> Safari menu -> Website settings. Is page zoom set to 100% or something else? does it make any difference to disable content blockers?
b) Safari -> Preferences -> Extensions. Turn all off.
c) Safari -> Preferences -> Advanced. What is "default encoding" set to? Does changing this make any difference? I'm in the US and mine is defaulted to "Western (ISO Latin 1)"
Thanks to me doing something dumb I had to do a clean reinstall of Catalina with a time machine back up. Have only seen the issue once since then. Perhaps some antiquated piece of software they updates missed and Safari doesn't like?