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Safari 5 hangs a LOT so far

After installing, Safari 5 wouldn't load anything without hanging. I cleared the cache and it is a lot better. Still, about one out of every four pages hangs so long that I get a timed out message. What's going on?

I have no plug-ins, add-ons, or other extras except for ClickToFlash for blocking Flash content. Any ideas?

By the way, I do think the new Reader function is impressive. That, at least, is looking good.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jun 7, 2010 8:00 PM

344 replies

Aug 4, 2010 1:22 AM in response to cdeangelus

Well after installing 5.01 upgrade I still can't get the **** thing to open a new page, and when I try to quit it always says "0 Tabs are open do you still want to quit" then hangs - bad Safari!!!

Not sure why everyone here is looking for external solutions? If your router or internet connection or network wasn't broken before Safari 5.0 then it sure as **** isn't broken just because Apple released a buggy app (again!) - I suggest you do what I did (and did last time Safari broke!) just go download Chrome/Opera/Firefox/Sea Monkey/etc and import your bookmarks and get on with your life! 🙂

PS. Now I have tried Chrome I probably won't be going back to Safari - plus although I love my Mac and wouldn't even imagine going back to Windows, I would like to say to Apple (if only they listened!!) you are severely letting down your loyal referrers! Your apps are buggy and I have had to take back four out of the five Apple products I bought within the first year for manufacturing defaults!!! If you are going to charge a premium for premium products then make sure they are - and not just another load of crap made in China!!!

Aug 4, 2010 1:25 AM in response to Timiambeing

PPS. before everyone thinks I am a foul mouthed poster can I just mention the forum robot made those **'s out of f-o-u-l and h-e-l-l - Political Correctness gone a little crazy methinks! 🙂

Aug 31, 2010 7:29 PM in response to mharding

Just wanted to thank everyone on this thread for the back and forth boiling down of the problems to final solutions...the open DNS codes listed above DEFINITELY fixed the problem with Safari 5 for us... after many days of searching threads and trying permissions resets, PRAM resets, Safari resets, extension removals, reboots of all peripherals, etc etc the DNS CODE ADDITIONS WORK LIKE A MIRACLE! this has saved huge headaches both on my computer, connected via ethernet, and my wife's, connected via Airport...
one more thing, not sure if this helped, but also added the Google Search Engine DNS codes: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
P.S. has Apple fixed this bug by now with Safari updates? The confounding thing is that the Safari 5 issue affects all browsers to varying degrees, of course, because it causes problems with routers...Time Warner tested our modem, it was fine...

Sep 1, 2010 5:12 PM in response to Cody Gillette

Looks like some frustrated users still out there...I hope this helps, definitely helped us, these solutions immediately solved the problems with Safari 5, it was like night and day:

From Klaus1:
"Adding DNS codes to your Network Preferences, should give good results in terms of speed-up as well as added security:

If you are using a single computer: Open System Preferences/Network. Double click on your connection type, or select it in the drop-down menu, and in the box marked 'DNS Servers' add the following two numbers:

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

(You can also enter them if you click on Advanced and then DNS)

Sometimes reversing the order of the DNS numbers can be beneficial in cases where there is a long delay before web pages start to load, and then suddenly load at normal speed:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2296

If your computer is part of a network: please refer to this page: http://www.opendns.com/start/bestpractices/#yournetwork and follow the advice given.

(An explanation of why using Open DNS is both safe and a good idea can be read here: http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/opendsn-what-is-opendns-why-required-2/2587 /

Open DNS also provides an anti-phishing feature: http://www.opendns.com/solutions/homenetwork/anti-phishing/ )

Wikipedia also has an interesting article about Open DNS:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDNS "

Also posted by someone very helpful on June 27th, 2010 in the same thread:

"
Re: It is a Safari 5.0 issue...
Posted: Jun 27, 2010 8:11 AM in response to: Apple //GS

I would like to point out to the people trying to find a faster DNS Server that Google has an application called "Namebench".

They have versions for Mac,Windows and Linux.

If you download and run it,it will find the fastest DNS Server (From a range of open DNS,and ISP's DNS servers in your area) available to your computer.

You can find it here:

http://code.google.com/p/namebench/ "

5klors

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Oct 23, 2010 10:43 AM in response to Cody Gillette

Here's something interesting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyc0_0MbMMA&feature=related

I've found having the latest version of Adobes' Flash Player (@23 Oct 2010) seems to help with the hang issues.
Hope it helps more widely!

5klors

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Jun 19, 2011 6:41 AM in response to 5klors

I found a way to fix this Safari 5 problem with my Billion 7300A modem.

The problem seems to be the way Safari 5 handles DNS pre-fetching which seems to be over loading many modems.

First download Googles' "Namebench" application from here and run it (Make sure "Include global DNS providers" and "Include best available regional DNS services" are both checked):

http://code.google.com/p/namebench/downloads/list

Now see what is the fastest DNS Server available to you(FASTEST,not fastest + nearest from top right hand corner).

If your ISP supplies the fastest DNS Server (like mine does) go to your ISP account and look for something like "adsl settings".There you should find the primary DNS Server (number should match DNS number from Namebench) as well as a secondary DNS Server number.Write both of these down.

If you got something like Google DNS,Ultra DNS or Open DNS as the fastest,go to their websites to find their secondary DNS Server number.

This is how I did it on the Billion 7300A with a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard 10.6.7.First go to system preferences > Network > Advanced > DNS >Now click the "+" button and enter the number of your Primary DNS Server.Click the "+" button again and enter the number for your Secondary DNS Server.Click "OK" and then click "Apply".

Now bring up your modems' settings (usually done with a browser like Safari or Firefox).You can find the number to put into the address bar,in the manual that came with your modem (in the Billions' case it's: http://192.168.1.254/index.htm)

Now in my case it went like this.Modem settings > Quick Start >Now go to section headed "DNS" and uncheck "Obtain DNS automatically" if it's checked.

Now there should be nothing in the boxes marked "Primary DNS" and "Secondary DNS",but if there are numbers there,erase them.Now click "Apply" and click "Save Config".

You may need to restart your browser but basically,that's it.You're done.Safari 5 should be screaming along.

hthm2

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Nov 9, 2011 9:15 PM in response to Scott Campbell5

My problem was finally solved (after restting Safari, etc., etc.) when I removed the Kaspersky Anti-Virus add-on from Safari. Then the hangs that I could always count on disappeared and haven't come back.

Nov 10, 2011 4:39 PM in response to Scott Campbell5

My Safari 5.1.1 has been hanging to the point of ARGGGGHHHHH! I get that spinning rainbow ball. Reset Safari. Reset. Reset. RESET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I tried the adding the DNS number mentioned above. Looks like SO FAR SO GOOD! I'll let you know if it REALLY resolves the problem.

Nov 15, 2011 8:25 AM in response to Scott Campbell5

I absolutely love safari. Ever since safari 5 came out my Windows 7 Home Premium x64 computer would fail to load any page. At first, it seems to load apple.com but hanga 1/4th of the wa in and still shows speed dial. Anyth other page refuses to start loading. I absolutely can't stand how the address bar will not show what i am typing at all times and is all messed up to the point where it only looks like the address bar is hung up only to see half of what i type when i press enter. I have tried netsh both winsock and resettxt and nothing is working I even again tried after 2 months on 11/14/11 desided to reinstall itunes after i had an unknown error for the store not loading but first had reinstalled safari 5.1 to see if iTunes and Quicktime update would fix anything and it fixed itunes but not Safari every other browser except firefox fails to load the like button and add to button box on youtube which hangs I have been successful with safari in the past with it and do not know how anything works in the new safari 5 keep up the good work Apple hope the problem gets fixed and Happy Programming.

Nov 15, 2011 11:37 AM in response to GKP2004

Yes. The page goes blank, but never displays anything. Sometimes the old page still is there, but the links "don't work" because the old page is not really there. I think the new page is loaded, but not visible. Next time it happens, try to resize the window ever so slightly. Then the page refreshes and everything works. That's my experience anyway. Firefox works great. Safari hangs. Same DNS settings. Happening on two Macs - both running Mac OS X 10.6.8 with a fast connection.

Nov 15, 2011 11:42 AM in response to 5klors

Thanks for the long post. Did you try Firefox at all? Is your fix only for Safari? In my case, Firefox works great, Safari hangs. Of course, both use the same DNS settings.

Nov 15, 2011 11:49 AM in response to Scott Campbell5

Changing the DNS numbers and doing a few other things suggested here didn't help after all (see my post a few writers up). So I called Apple this morning and a tech told me that it's a problem between Yahoo and Safari. She suggested that I switch to Firefox or Chrome when checking email. That was my main frustration....I'd be on my ymail account and Safari would hang, complete with spinning rainbow ball. She said that Yahoo is aware of the problem and trying to fix it. Hope this helps someone!

Dec 22, 2011 12:44 PM in response to Scott Campbell5

I have the exact same problems as FRAKY and it really *****. Reminds me of windows 98 and pc.... When in trouble; reboot... I gets anoying 😟 I have followed the support suggestions from Apple support forums and it doesn't do anything for me...

It feels like there is some cash that gets full....

Any serious ideas?

Jul 17, 2013 4:42 PM in response to Igor_G5

why not delete safari and go to CHROME? is that a good idea?

Safari 5 hangs a LOT so far