Twitter Very Slow Loading in Safari

Twitter just won't load, or is loading VERY slowly, in Safari 13.1. I'm running macOS 10.15.4.


I have a very fast broadband connection, and other sites load really fast, so, it's not the connection.


I only have one Safari extension, but I turned that off. No difference.


If I shut down Safari and restart it, then Twitter loads fine. So it seems that Safari must have some sort of memory leak or something that is causing the problem. I can load Twitter with no problems in Chrome after hours of use. But after an hour or so in Safari, Twitter stops working.


But TBH, I'm finding that with every update Safari gets worse and worse. Facebook is also exceedingly slow in Safari, much faster in Chrome on the same computer. I've always preferred Safari, but it's now becoming way too frustrating to use every day, so I may have to switch to Chrome, which I loathe to do, but I'm tired with how slow and buggy Safari has become.

iMac 27", macOS 10.15

Posted on May 9, 2020 9:08 AM

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Posted on May 9, 2020 11:44 AM

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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May 9, 2020 11:44 AM in response to Tom H.

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.


Isolating an issue by using another user account    


Safe Mode - About.       


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.    


Etrecheck – System Information.      


Web site version if required.  https://etrecheck.com



May 26, 2020 11:18 AM in response to ijaen

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.  Try disabling the Safari extensions.

May 9, 2020 2:09 PM in response to Eric Root

Hi Eric,


Thanks for the reply. I haven't set up the new account or tried Safe Mode yet, because this problem isn't easy to duplicated. When I first start up Safari I can easily access Twitter with no problem. It's after some time that Twitter suddenly stops working in Safari. So testing this in a different account or in Safe Mode isn't easy, as I don't know what triggers the problem so I can be sure.


I did, however, run Etrecheck, here are the results:



Please let me know if you see anything in that report that might be causing this problem, thanks!

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