Safari just stops loading common websites

Safari has just stalled on websites (news sites, PubMed, etc.). It hangs there without loading even simple graphics. This is particularly true since I upgraded to MacOS Mojave 10.14.2. I'm running a Mac Powerbook. This problem doesn't appear on FireFox, but I'd rather run Safari. Does anyone have any words of advice? Another Mac user in my group seems to be having similar problems.



Posted on Jan 7, 2019 2:18 PM

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Posted on Jan 7, 2019 2:29 PM

Safari can’t open a website


 


Safari – slow page loads


 


Safari - Unsupported third-party add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues




Safari doesn't load a page or webpage items are missing






Web Content not responding


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. Quit/reopen Safari and test. If okay, turn the extensions on one by one until you figure out what extension is causing the problem.

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Jan 7, 2019 2:29 PM in response to jrewing111

Safari can’t open a website


 


Safari – slow page loads


 


Safari - Unsupported third-party add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues




Safari doesn't load a page or webpage items are missing






Web Content not responding


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. Quit/reopen Safari and test. If okay, turn the extensions on one by one until you figure out what extension is causing the problem.

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