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MacBook Air 2020 complete freeze on YouTube

Good morning, I am asking if anyone else has experienced the issue of a complete freeze of the computer when watching YouTube in full-screen on Safari on macOS Monterey? Some of my friends have had the issue but has anyone else experienced that? Is this a bug/glitch or could it be my computer? Kind regards

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Nov 9, 2021 9:25 AM

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Posted on Nov 9, 2021 5:54 PM

Hi Jules-Aymeric,

Welcome to the Apple Community,

where some of us do our best to help each other troubleshoot :-)


Wondering if your MacBook Air has enough memory / storage free (at least 50Gb),

for Safari to operate smoothly.


Apple support have an article online that may be helpful:

How to check / free up storage space on your Mac:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206996


Sometimes third-party (non-Apple) software can cause issues.

(Eg: Try disabling any ad-blockers, or unnecessary Virus checkers,

or

update third-party software to be compatible with Monterey.

or

If you wish to delete old third-party apps, best to contact the developer for the uninstaller)


Also, you may want to browse this article:

If an app freezes or quits unexpectedly on Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mchlp2579/mac


Hope this helps :-)

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Nov 9, 2021 5:54 PM in response to Jules-Aymeric

Hi Jules-Aymeric,

Welcome to the Apple Community,

where some of us do our best to help each other troubleshoot :-)


Wondering if your MacBook Air has enough memory / storage free (at least 50Gb),

for Safari to operate smoothly.


Apple support have an article online that may be helpful:

How to check / free up storage space on your Mac:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206996


Sometimes third-party (non-Apple) software can cause issues.

(Eg: Try disabling any ad-blockers, or unnecessary Virus checkers,

or

update third-party software to be compatible with Monterey.

or

If you wish to delete old third-party apps, best to contact the developer for the uninstaller)


Also, you may want to browse this article:

If an app freezes or quits unexpectedly on Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mchlp2579/mac


Hope this helps :-)

Nov 13, 2021 8:03 AM in response to Jules-Aymeric

Follow the very good advise of previous poster.


Another Test if Third Party Software is the root cause - Restart in Safe Mode This Mode will eliminate all Third Party Software, extensions and fonts from loading at all. It will boot much more slowly - Normal. Once Logged In to computer - Test if the same issue is presents.


To exit Safe Mode - just restart normally.

MacBook Air 2020 complete freeze on YouTube

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