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    Safari Sluggish?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by RogueMonk, Jul 22, 2009.

  1. RogueMonk

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    Is anyone else finding Safari (4.0.2) sluggish? I seem to be getting a lot of beachballs lately.
     
    RogueMonk, Jul 22, 2009
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    Safari does appear to become slow over time. One (possibly only temporary) remedy is to use an ad blocker, such as Safari Adblock.
     
    Budding, Jul 22, 2009
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  3. RogueMonk

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    Ya, I run an adblocker. Its just more recently that I've noticed the beachballs more often.
     
    RogueMonk, Jul 22, 2009
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    slander and lies!

    but in all serious, i haven't noticed. certainly possible though.
     
    masterchef341, Jul 22, 2009
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  5. CanadianDude

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    I've noticed it too. Ever since I updated, certain sites take way too long to load and as it's loading I get a lot of the beach balls and have to force quit.

    I don't think it's my internet either, my other PCs don't do this so I'm not sure.
     
    CanadianDude, Jul 22, 2009
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    applebook Notebook Evangelist

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    The saddest thing about Safari now is that you can't even put a reload button on the toolbar :eek:

    Firefox FTW. :cool:

    Make sure that you guys are emptying your cache regularly.
     
    applebook, Jul 22, 2009
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  7. CanadianDude

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    i reset safari, that includes emtpying the cash, didn't work.

    im thinking about doing a fresh install of leopard soon anyway becuase im getting an ssd soon.
     
    CanadianDude, Jul 22, 2009
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    I get the same problem with the Windows XP SP3 version, even though I have a quad-core PC.

    Something is amiss with the beta coding.
     
    a-roids, Jul 22, 2009
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  9. StrongerThanAll

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    i am having the same problem..
    random beach balls all the time..
    sometimes, some websites will take forever and i just give up and use firefox and it loads normally..
     
    StrongerThanAll, Jul 23, 2009
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  10. CanadianDude

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    Exactly what happens to me. And the websites are random. Sometimes my school email doesn't work, and sometimes NBR won't load either.
     
    CanadianDude, Jul 23, 2009
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  11. jamesmington

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    i've had the same problems =/

    dont really wanna make the switch to firefox because im already used to safari haha, but theyre practically both the same meh
     
    jamesmington, Jul 23, 2009
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  12. gms238

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    I haven't had a problem with a webpage loading, but what I *have* noticed is that all of the sudden some of the video clips are not running as smooth as before; i.e. jerkiness, etc. It's a random thing, though, and that makes me suspicious of the ISP I use.
     
    gms238, Jul 23, 2009
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