After the latest update (15.3), Safari has trouble accessing some sites, either it hangs or it's very slow.
I've trashed the Preferences, and cleared cookies and caches, but the problem remains.
My other browsers work fine. The only thing I can think of is that the update introduced a bug.
1. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.
About pop-up ads and windows in Safari - Apple Support
2. Startup in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/start-up-your-mac-in-safe-mode-mh21245/mac.
Quote:
It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility.
And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and
the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed.
3. Clear History
Clear your browsing history in Safari on Mac - Apple Support
Please read the article before clearing history,
this is like a low level resetting of Safari without affecting passwords and bookmarks.
4. If Safari doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected
If Safari on Mac doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected - Apple Support
1. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.
About pop-up ads and windows in Safari - Apple Support
2. Startup in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/start-up-your-mac-in-safe-mode-mh21245/mac.
Quote:
It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility.
And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and
the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed.
3. Clear History
Clear your browsing history in Safari on Mac - Apple Support
Please read the article before clearing history,
this is like a low level resetting of Safari without affecting passwords and bookmarks.
4. If Safari doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected
If Safari on Mac doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected - Apple Support
I think I found the solution. I deleted the entire Safari folder from my user library. So far so good.
Thanks.
Did that include all your bookmarks? Starting completely from scratch?
I deleted everything but I had a copy of the bookmarks file which I put back when Safari launched again. So, no, I didn't start completely from scratch.
Safari acting up
