Safari 4.0.3 very slow in loading web pages

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Speed can be affected by the DNS server codes employed your Internet Provider. Sometimes these codes are not the most efficient with Safari.

Try this:

Via the Apple Menu open System Preferences>Network. Click on your internet connection - either Ethernet or Airport, then select "advanced". In the DNS panel enter on separate lines the following OpenDNS codes: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220. Select "OK", then "apply".

In the Network panel, if Ethernet or Airport (whichever you use) is not at the top of the list, click on the "gear icon" at the left bottom. Select "set service order". When the help box opens drag your connection type to the top of the list. Select "apply" when complete.

Restart Safari.

OMG!

Hawaiian_Starman YOU ARE THE BEST! I have been experiencing the same sloooooooow issue and you solved it. What a difference. Those DNS entries worked great. Now all pages in Safari load like lightning!

Thank YOU!

Do you have a similar fix for slow Safari 4.0.3 on an iBook G4 running OS X.4.11?

Hi Paul and Welcome to Apple Discussions 🙂

Do you have a similar fix for slow Safari 4.0.3 on an iBook G4 running OS X.4.11?

Go to the System Preferences>Network panel

-Location - set up a personal location by clicking on the location drop down menu and selecting "add a location". Use a name familiar to you. Once established, select "apply".
-Next, click on the "Show" drop down menu and select Network Port Configurations. Depending on whether you use Ethernet or Airport (wireless) for your setup: Only Ethernet or Airport ought to be checked. Move it to the top of the list (you can drag it). Select "apply". Everything else ought to be unchecked unless you use a Bluetooth device.
-Back to the "Show" menu, select either "Ethernet" or "Airport" (whichever applies to you). Click on the TCP panel. There, enter (copy/paste on separate lines) 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 in the DNS servers box - these are Opensource DNS codes.

When done, select OK, then "apply"

Last step: In the Finder, go to your Utilities folder and select "Terminal". Once the screen is open copy/paste lookupd -flushcache and press return. This clears out the DNS cache. Once done, quit Terminal.

Restart Safari

In Safari Menu>Reset Safari. Select "empty the cache", then reset.

Try a URL

Wow! Those codes REALLY speed things up! Sites load instantly now. Thanks Starman.

What about Safari on an iPod Touch using Airport Extreme?

Should I put those codes in Airport Extreme for the Safari on the Touch Also?

Thanks.

I'm so sorry, but I can't find the "DNS panel." And the separate lines you're referring to: How are they marked? Does it have anything to do w/ IPv4 and/or IPv6. Sorry ... I'm really lost.

Hawaiian-Starman,

I have the same problem and tried to follow your directions. You wrote: Click on your internet connection - either Ethernet or Airport, then select "advanced".

I don't have "Advanced" button after I select Airport.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Maria

Hawaiian Starman,

I don't have "Advanced" button as you describe in your instructions, after I select Airport. Anything else I can do to solve the same problem?

Thanks,
Maria

You are reading the post related to OS X Leopard. Follow the post specific to OS X Tiger.

OK I need some help now. I don't know if it is related (probably not).

Ever since I added those 2 codes I have been able to go to any Apple forum BUT the Safari forum. I cannot enter it. I don't really see how the two could be realted but thats when it started. Only by clicking on "My Posts" have I been able to get into this Safari forum post.

This is the message I get when I try to click on the Safari forum.

ERROR
An error in the system has occurred. Please contact the system administrator if the problem persists.

Useful links :

Forum Home -- browse the forums here.
Search Forums -- visit the search page to query all forum content.

Anyone have any Idea what the pproblem might be? As I said Safari is the only forum that is doing this.

Thanks in advance

It's not the codes. Over the past few days, there have been on-going problems with the Safari forums affecting all users who are logged in. If you want to scroll the forums, log out first, then try accessing the forum page again. After the initial load, you may have to refresh the page due to caching information retained in your system.

I couldn't see how it could be the codes!

No matter what I do I can't access the Safari Forum page correctly.

Maybe the communication is getting mixed. I'll say it again - the forum is having problems correctly rendering the Safari forum page. This has been on-going for the past 4 days. It's up and it's down, and rarely looks correct. I think the forum may be having a mid-life crisis. 😉

I gotcha!