el.jeffe58
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Q: Safari slow on menu click

I am, at times, getting very sluggish response time between control>click and the menu appearing to copy/paste or other choice when browsing in Safari. I am on a very slow connection in the Philippines, but is that necessarily the reason? I think not. It only began after Mavericks upgrade. Anyone else seeing this slowdown to about 10 seconds or so?

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Nov 12, 2013 2:02 AM

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Q: Safari slow on menu click

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  • by Carolyn Samit,Helpful

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Nov 12, 2013 9:57 AM in response to el.jeffe58
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    Nov 12, 2013 9:57 AM in response to el.jeffe58

    Your internet connection speed is not related to control clicking > contextual menu.


     

    Try a Safe Mode boot. That will delete some system caches that may help. A Safe Mode boot does not depend on an internet connection.

     

    Startup your Mac in Safe Mode

     

    A Safe Mode boot takes much longer than a normal boot so be patient.

     

    Once you are in Safe Mode, click Restart from the Apple () menu.


     

    Then try control click / copy paste.

  • by el.jeffe58,

    el.jeffe58 el.jeffe58 Nov 12, 2013 8:50 PM in response to Carolyn Samit
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    Nov 12, 2013 8:50 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

    I will try that when I get a break in the action, Carolyn. I have always used Onyx for cleaning this and that on my Macs without a hitch. I assume it does what you are mentioning. I will try your method shortly. Thank you.

  • by Carolyn Samit,Helpful

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Nov 13, 2013 3:27 AM in response to el.jeffe58
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    Nov 13, 2013 3:27 AM in response to el.jeffe58

    Third party cleaning utilities can do more harm than good on a Mac. Your Mac runs maintenance for you in the background >  Mac OS X: About background maintenance tasks

  • by el.jeffe58,

    el.jeffe58 el.jeffe58 Nov 13, 2013 4:27 AM in response to Carolyn Samit
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    Nov 13, 2013 4:27 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

    I did what u said Carolyn. It is still a tad sluggish to no delay. I will not use Onyx again and may even reinstall the whole OS and get a fresh start. This lag drives me nutz! Thanks!

  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Nov 13, 2013 4:35 AM in response to el.jeffe58
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    Nov 13, 2013 4:35 AM in response to el.jeffe58

    Ok..

     

    Try deleting the cache associated with Safari.

     

     

    Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder

     

    Type or copy paste the following:

     

    ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db

     

    Click Go then move the Cache.db file to the Trash.

     

    Quit and relaunch Safari to test.

  • by el.jeffe58,

    el.jeffe58 el.jeffe58 Nov 13, 2013 11:20 PM in response to Carolyn Samit
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    Nov 13, 2013 11:20 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

    I did what you stated Carolyn. Not the one. I think it is an extension, in particular, DuckDuckGo. I have been rebelling against Google of late, and installed the DDG ext and it is awesome, but may be the culprit here. More later. In fact, as seen in the screenshot, DDG does add to the contectual menu.

     

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