maximillion82
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iPhone

Q: Safari and Firefox slow ping

Hi all,

 

I am using Safari 9.1 as my normal browser and OS X 10.11.4 on a late 2013 MacBook Pro.

I tested my internet speed (speedtest.net) on all devices and noticed that my iPhone 6s and iPad Air 2 both iOS 9.3.1 (speedtest.net app) had a ping of less than a third that of the MacBook Pro.

I then tried Google Chrome 49.0.2623.112 (64-bit) and the speed was as fast as with the iOS devices. Next I went on to Firefox 45.0.2 and it was as slow as Safari again.

For the last test I deactivated all extensions in Safari, but that did not make a difference.

 

Is there a setting to speed up Safari on OS X to it's iOS counterparts? I'd rather not use Chrome on battery because I lose an hour of battery time.

 

Thank you all for your help.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4), null

Posted on Apr 15, 2016 5:58 AM

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  • by Eric Root,Helpful

    Eric Root Eric Root Sep 21, 2016 1:23 AM in response to maximillion82
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    Sep 21, 2016 1:23 AM in response to maximillion82

    Safari/Preferences/Advanced - enable the Develop menu, then go there and Empty Caches. Quit/reopen Safari and test. Then try Safari/History/Show History and delete all history items.  Quit/reopen Safari and test. You can also try try Safari/Clear History…. The down side is it clears all cookies.Doing this may cause some sites to no longer recognize your computer as one that has visited the web site. Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J.  When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder.  Select Library./Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db and move it to the trash.

     

    Go to Safari Preferences/Extensions and turn all extensions off. Test. If okay, turn the extensions on one by one until you figure out what extension is causing the problem.

     

    Safari Corruption       See post by Linc Davis

  • by maximillion82,

    maximillion82 maximillion82 Sep 21, 2016 1:29 AM in response to Eric Root
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    iPhone
    Sep 21, 2016 1:29 AM in response to Eric Root

    I tried it and it didn't change much the ping in Safari on speedtest.net is 31-34ms and when I use Chrome it's 7-9ms.