Safari 14 on Big Sur: How to prevent a webpage from automatically reloading because it was using significant memory?

I've been having the same issue with my zoom lectures - I can't seem to watch anything on safari anymore without the webpage being reloaded. I hope apple patches this soon, it's really annoying, and I don't like google chrome.

I'm having the same issues and it's so annoying. I'm not even switching tabs for this to happen. I'm attempting to do drivers ed and take notes at the same time with the side by side display. There's a timer that makes sure you watch the whole lesson video before moving on, and the page keeps reloading and reseting it. I've been stuck on the same half an hour video for a while now.

This issue needs to be resolved in some way. If you're working on something like LucidCharts, making drawings for work and Safari decides to reload your page that is NOT good! This has happened several times to me already and I will be using Chrome until this is resolved.

Come on Apple.

Am on 11.1, still facing the same issue. I purchased the M1 recently and am thinking to return it back as these issues are annoying me (browser issue on both chrome and safari, Cannot run virtual machines....)

Virtual Machines are quite a different issue, M1User_sandy.

In fact, since the M1 architecture is completely unrelated to the Intel architecture, trying to run Intel based Virtual Machines is a long expected “no go”.

If Intel based Virtual Machines are important to you, then the M1 architecture is not for you, at least for now. (Even in the future, Intel based Virtual Machines would be run in emulation. Not a desirable approach, usually.)

@Halliday: I agree, VM is a different issue. However, is there any progress on memory issue on safari and other browsers ? I see no progress at least as per this forum ... Do you see it getting fixed in near future ?

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M1User_Sandy

Chrome is well known as a resource “hog”, M1User_sandy.

However, most find Chrome to be quite willing to use significant memory, on your system, so it doesn’t tend to have the issue the Original Poster (OP) queried about.

I have the same problem. I'm writing a very long novel in Google Docs and while the "this webpage is using significant memory" popup has been annoying for a while, it just started doing the reloading bit to me - thankfully my progress had already saved, but to get booted to the top of a several hundred page document is frustrating. I know the page is using significant memory, it's the only thing I'm using it for, and I don't want it reloaded. I'd do just about anything to be able to turn this infuriating "feature" off.

This is so frustrating, especially after reading all the comments since last year and no solution has been made yet. Worse is that no representative from apple has even addressed this issue (unless I missed it) or given any explanation.

That was my first post in discussions like this and all the while, I thought that since this board was initiated by apple that a representative would also be a participant. My bad. Thanks for the info...

I have this issue too. I'm watching a video in Safari, and it just refreshes without my permission. I have nothing else except Safari turned on, and I have a 16 GB 2020 M1 Pro, so that can't be the issue. Something is just not working at the moment, I hope Apple is aware of this problem and we're getting an option to disable automatic refreshes or something like that soon! :)

I am on 11.2, for me this is 100% reproducible when watching zoom recordings. The specific recordings I can't share but I imagine any will do. Regardless it's clear that a website is just using too much memory and safari kills it, I understand the design decision but this needs to be made optional.

bakhtiyor1191 wrote:

Same issue with the website Lecturio, …

Do any of the lectures available with a Free account reproduce this issue, on Safari?

If so, I would be interested in trying to reproduce the issue!

notreallytristan wrote:

I am on 11.2, for me this is 100% reproducible when watching zoom recordings. The specific recordings I can't share but I imagine any will do. …

Are there any Zoom recordings that you can share, that reproduce this issue?

I would be most interested in trying to reproduce this issue!

Yes, bakhtiyor1191.

I asked because I already know that there are «some vids available with [a] free account».

What I wanted to know—from someone that is experiencing the issue—is whether any such «vids available with [a] free account» will reproduce the issue.