Safari takes 30 to 70 % CPU after updating to 10.5.7

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Safari takes 30 to 70 % CPU after updating to 10.5.7

Hello. After updating to 10.5.7, Safari started consuming large amounts of CPU, roughly 30–70% average, causing Safari to react very slowly. I first observed this behavior with Safari 4 beta. I uninstalled that because I thought it was the version 4 that causes that. So I reinstalled 3, but that didn't seem to change anything. Does anyone else experience that?

16,7GHzPPCG4, Mac OS X (10.5.7), 2 G RAM

Posted on May 23, 2009 11:43 AM

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hpr3

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May 23, 2009 12:36 PM in response to esa ceduti

Try resetting Safari by going to Safari>Reset and uncheck saved passwords and auto forms. Try a restart of your mac. Could be Flash animations causing high cpu usage. You may have a outdated version of FlashPlayer. Uninstall FlashPlayer. Install the newest version here.
Repair permissions after the update.

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esa ceduti Author

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May 26, 2009 5:07 AM in response to hpr3

Hello, thanks for your reply. It didn't help very much, it seemed. But there were other issues as well, so I re-installed the system and not it seems to work normally; except for—but that's another discussion. Thanks anyway

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esa ceduti Author

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May 26, 2009 5:17 AM in response to hpr3

… well, as if it couldn't have been predicted—right after writing this last answer, the problem reemerged in the exact same way as before.

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May 26, 2009 8:53 AM in response to esa ceduti

I am experiencing a similar problem with Safari, even when I don't have any windows open, it is consuming up to 90% CPU and I have to force quit the application. This just started happening in the last 48 hours. This happens on my iMac running 10.4.11, Safari version 3.2.1. Hence I am using Firefox for this post.

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May 26, 2009 10:36 AM in response to Melissa Mourkas

Hello,
I have the same problem on my Imac G5 after upgrading to 10.5.7. Safari causes overload CPU.
Tried to reset safari, but no chance after that.
Hope somebody will find solution, or Apple will give a patch.

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esa ceduti Author

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May 26, 2009 10:56 AM in response to Philippe BILLET

I use Safari Version 3.2.3 (5525.28.3)

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