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Safari slow since Catalina upgrade

Safari is taking ages to load webpages since installing most recent Catalina upgrade. Any suggestions for a fix?

Posted on Nov 1, 2019 10:43 PM

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Posted on Nov 3, 2019 12:12 AM

Thanks for the advice. I discovered it was my Intego virus protection software. It would not work with most recent Catalina update. Apparently a fix is on the way from Intego, but I have disabled it and everything is working fine, in fact faster than before.

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Nov 2, 2019 8:32 AM in response to Ethiopia-1

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. 


Are you running any anti - virus programs? Using a VPN?


Try setting up another admin user account in System Preferences/Users & Groups to see if the same problem continues. Please post back on whether or not this worked. Also try the Safe Mode. Please post back on whether or not this worked.


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If it works in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor.  Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. 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. If the log won’t post, try posting it in Pastebin and provide a link in a reply. After pasting the report in a PasteBin page, go to the top of the page, and copy the address in the URL bar. Paste that in a new reply.        Pastebin


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Safari slow since Catalina upgrade

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