Safari VERY slow on MacBook.

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Safari VERY slow on MacBook.

My macbook has somewhat a lot memory left, but it seem that Safari has gotten slower. When i click on links, or try to use another tab for a link, it runs VERY slow for me, and sometimes wont even load. Is there anything i can do to speed up my browser?

MacBook 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - 1GB RAM - 120GB HD, Mac OS X (10.5.2), Apple iPod (5th Generation) 30GB Black; 2WIRE 100w Router

Posted on Apr 27, 2008 6:04 PM

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Mac-Medic

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Apr 27, 2008 11:15 PM in response to SEVEN1FO

Try logging into another User account and see if Safari is any faster in there.

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May 2, 2008 1:04 PM in response to SEVEN1FO

same here, safari seems to go slower and slower with every update, repaired rights, emptied cache but seems to works for only 5 minutes and then slows down.
the whole macosx software seems to go slower (on every mac i have) then i am used 2 in the past 😟

ivan

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SeaPapp

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May 2, 2008 4:22 PM in response to SEVEN1FO

Trashing the com.apple.safari.plist file did the trick for me.

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May 2, 2008 5:09 PM in response to SeaPapp

sorry, where did you find that again? thanks.

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SEVEN1FO Author

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May 2, 2008 8:15 PM in response to ilovemyjc

Also another problem is that pictures and music players dont load very fast in the browser.

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lenny491

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May 3, 2008 1:32 AM in response to ilovemyjc

ilovemyjc wrote:
sorry, where did you find that again? thanks.

Your user account/Library/Preferences

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Mac-Medic

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May 3, 2008 9:08 AM in response to ivanvanbeek

If Safari is slow in another User account, you more than likely have a system-wide issue. I would suggest an Archive and Install.

Mac OS X: About the Archive and Install feature >>

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Answer 8

Bugn

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May 7, 2008 1:29 PM in response to SEVEN1FO

Same as my daughters... read what I posted earlier:

http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7167024#7167024

And I am the one who feels bad because I feel like I gave her a bad bday present. 😟

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