I find that when I am using Safari, especially on Twitter or Facebook, I get frequent and annoying beach balls which take about 30 seconds to stop. Things go back to normal, but it happens again and again. It seems like something is trying to load. Using Firefox, it never happens, so it's specific to Safari.
Is there some way to identify a process or something to check to see what is causing this in Safari?
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
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. Note deleting the cache doesn't work in Mojave.
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.
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. Note deleting the cache doesn't work in Mojave.
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.
I suggest you use the program created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. It will provide a snapshot of your system which we can analyze to possibly determine the cause of your problem. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. On the screen with Options, please open Options and check the bottom 2 boxes before running. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/etrecheck/id1423715984?mt=12
Use the Add Text button to include the Etrecheck report in your reply.
Good tips. Thanks. I tried clearing caches as you suggest and so far, it seems to be helping. Will keep monitoring and will mark as solved if it works. I am on Mojave, so I assume the second option does not apply. The only extension I have running is 1Password.
Thanks. Not seeing a screen with options before running Etresoft. I can run it and share the report, but it's too long to fit in a reply here. The forum won't allow me to post it.
You are welcome. The cache.db files got moved in Mojave and are difficult to delete. For Etrecheck, if the log won’t post, try posting it in Pastebin and provide a link in a reply Pastebin
Couldn't actually figure out how to get a sharable link in Paste Bin, so I have put it on my Dropbox instead, as a text file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/3202odvyhrmuzk4/Entre%20report.rtf?dl=0
If you quit both VPNs, does that make a difference?
Try uninstalling Safenet and TeamViewer using the Developer's uninstall instructions.
Both VPN's? I have NordVPN. It's running, but not connected. What other VPN? Could just having Nord running cause an issue?
I use Teamviewer, so I need it. Not sure what Safenet is.
An anti-virus program.
Right. Okay. So do I need to uninstall Teamviewer? I need to use it. Having said that, so far, clearing the cache seems to have solved it.
If clearing the cache worked, you don't need to uninstall TeamViewer.
Beach ball in Safari
