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

I too have a similar problem. On an iMac 2015 with 24 gb ram and using Big Sur. Am trying to upload video files of about 20 gb to a host account on Vimeo. Sometimes it goes through ( long time) but at others it quits and restarts. In short I get very few uploads completed. I tried Chrome and had the same problem. Any help is appreciated.

If this is some type of new feature for Big Sur there needs to be a way of turning it off or managing it. Presently I have a series of large (20-25 Gb) video files to upload to a customer's Vimeo site. I keep getting kicked off. I don't mind if the system slows down or even holds it's place, but a total turn off and re turn on does absolutely no good to an upload file. I then have to start all over again.

Welcome, AmarIbnIslam, to Apple Support Communities!

Have you provided this Feedback to Apple? Perhaps also to the company that makes the website you’re using that is misbehaving? After all, the problem seems to be websites that are abusing the internal memory of your browser.

Apple isn’t here. We are but your fellow users.

Welcome, MartinAS65, to Apple Support Communities!

Have you provided this Feedback to Apple? Perhaps also to Vimeo? After all, the problem seems to be websites that are abusing the internal memory of your browser.

Apple isn’t here. We are but your fellow users.

Welcome, arnuuv, to Apple Support Communities!

Have you provided this Feedback to Apple? Perhaps also to Google? After all, the problem seems to be websites that are abusing the internal memory of your browser.

Apple isn’t here. We are but your fellow users.

I am also having this issue. I think Big Sur is the worst update ever to come out on the Mac book pro and I am going back to previous versions. I dont have time to wait 5 years for apple to fix all of the problems in Big Sur so I can start having a functional computer again. 0/10 apple.

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You will be disappointed if you think going back to a previous OS will fix it.

I am riding Mojave 10.14.6 on a iMac Retina 5K with 48 GB RAM ----- and Safari 14 has the same behavior here.

I went backwards on my MBP and it did not help. I kept Big Sur on my iMac. Is it an apple problem or something else? I tried Chrome and Firefox with no solution. I went back to my videos (20 Gb) and lowered the size to about 6-7 Gb and then had no problem uploading to Vimeo. However, I am not sure where the problem lies as I thought that Vimeo was able to take 4K videos ( no mine were not). Some of the larger files had actually been accepted but it was hit and miss and very time consuming.

In an ideal world the websites would be optimised and secure and there would be no hacking or virus or malware ... but alas we don’t live in one isn’t it. So until we get to a utopian stage, should we not have an option ourselves to manage the website !! There should be an option to make safari behave the way it used to behave previous to the update?

Well, too true, the power does not rest with the minions. On top of which, most of us are not deeply versed in the techy aspects. Actually we should not have to be. Does one need to know all about the workings of a car, boat or plane to use and appreciate them???

MartinAS65 wrote:

Well, too true, the power does not rest with the minions. On top of which, most of us are not deeply versed in the techy aspects. Actually we should not have to be. Does one need to know all about the workings of a car, boat or plane to use and appreciate them???

Your analogy of «a car, boat or plane» would seem to more properly correspond to your web-browser.

In this case, your web-browser is working properly (more-or-less, at least).

The problem, on the other hand, would, then, correspond with the roadway/highway, or waterway, or runway (and/or the weather conditions).

Your browser («car, boat or plane») is indicating that there is something wrong with the website (the roadway/highway, or waterway, or runway [and/or the weather conditions]).

Just as with «a car, boat or plane», you are not responsible for the conditions of the roadway/highway, or waterway, or runway (and/or the weather conditions).

However, except in the case of the weather conditions, you have a right to bring the issues up with those responsible for the website. In the case of the «plane» in adverse weather conditions, you’ll need to take appropriate mitigating actions.

i appreciate your explanation but in this case, the Safari is behaving like a pampered car. Imagine i upgrade my car model and the new car behaves like this - if the road gets too bumpy, the engine will stop, and it will kick you out of the car. Then, please start the drive again and if the road gets bumpy again, repeat.

When that happens, what do you think i will do? Repair the road or get a different car?

ps: when i said manage the website, i meant manage how the browser deals with the website, apologies for being unclear

Same issue here. It is super annoying. I work a lot with web apps, and Safari is constantly reloading them because of memory issues, apparently. I am using 72GB of RAM and I am always having about 20GB RAM free, so it seems that it is really not because of a memory issue.

I am also having troubles with this, I am only watching a recorded lecture and I cannot make it more than 5 minutes without it reloading on me and it makes for studying very difficult..

Regrets buying a Mac if it will continue to happen like this

This is an ongoing problem many of us have had and now, with the update to the Mac OS (11.4) and Safari (14.1.1) it has reared its ugly head again. Apple must be aware of it but just doesn't care! It's clearly a Safari thing because Chrome and FireFox do not do this! I have just given up on Safari. Maybe they (Apple) use this to encourage us to use their Apple TV and other products instead of other streaming services like xfinity or zoom! I guess Apple isn't making enough money and needs to pull tricks like this! Come on Apple, use some of that billions in revenue to fix this!