New Safari Issue Rendering Images (April 2023)

I have noticed this in Safari, but also in Adobe InDesign running OS 12.6.7 (Late 2015 iMac)

• Turned off GPU Performance in InDesign Preferences to fix it there.

I think it may be a larger glitch/issue that might be messing with several apps at the same time.

Guy's, this is what you need to do, go to system preferences>displays and select "Default for Display".

Then, empty safari browser cache completely (if you have developer menu you can select empty cache) or even do the shortcut Comand+Option+E, link for emptying cache: https://www.avg.com/en/signal/how-to-clear-cache-on-mac.

You should also then go to safari>preferences>privacy and then check "block all cookies". Finally "Quit Safari" and then reboot your Mac. On Mac starts up, open safari>preferences>privacy and then "UNCHECK" block all cookies. Now test run your safari on Washington post or Reuters.

Make sure you turn "lazy image" setting etc to default. THE PROBLEM IS MAINLY B'COS YOU HAVE NOT SELECTED DEFAULT DISPLAY SETTINGS!!!

Has been ongoing for months, makes Safari highly unusable. I'm on the latest Monterey 12.6.8 and the latest Safari update 16.6 (17615.3.12.11.3, 17615) on an M1 MacBook Pro Max topped off and I'm still getting these scrambled images. Does not happen in other more competent browsers.

We all need to fill in the feedback form. This is ridiculous. The more people fill in the form and describe the same bug the more likely an engineer at Apple will look at it. Make sure you make screenshots of those scrambled images.

Some of us at least have let them know our concerns - in great detail - and still no solutions. My personal hunch is some connection to the Intel machines as I see little comment from Apple Silicon users. Alternatively, it's GPU related as the distortion of images is reminiscent of such problems in the past.

Someone, somewhere has just kicked the can down the road which is very disappointing.

It would be disappointing if this isn't resolved. The last point update of a MacOS version is usually solid. If Big Sur ends with 11.7.9 and this graphics issue in Safari is not resolved, that would mean lots of old Intel Macs will run the web with this issue popping up. I already have problems with this point update running hot on my MacBook Air when running YouTube. Many versions back, Big Sur was better and ran pretty cool.

I was hoping todays Monterey update to 12.7 and safari update to 16.6.1 would finally resolve the issues. But no, absolutely nothing has changed. I wonder if folks with an "apple chip M1/M2" MacBook running MacOS Ventura have the same problems. I have a feeling this is localized to MacBooks with intel chips, that can only run MacOS Monterey. If any M1/M2 chip users with MacOS Ventura, have the same problem kindly let us know.

I updated my MBP (M1 Pro) from MacOS Monterey 12.6.7 to MacOS Ventura 13.5. So far, it seems to have fixed the problem. I wasn't able to reproduce the image problem with the websites I've tested this before.

My updated copy of Monterey on a 2016 MacBook Pro which included the update for Safari seems OK now. I've waited a couple of days and have not observed the issue so far. Fingers crossed! It has never happened on my M1 Mac Mini.

Guys I am super happy to say that this issue might have finally been resolved with safari 17.0, I have tried Reuters, NY times, Costco websites multiple times and the issue has not surface. I am so pleased that now I can continue using my beloved mid 2015 MBP 15 inch, hopefully for another 5 years or more from now. The last of the great MBP's that Steve Jobs designed, that carried on even after his death

Disable "lazy loading" in the Develop | Experimental menu.

For detailed steps, including how to enable the Develop menu, see this post:

Images on my website not showing in safar… - Apple Community

I just send Apple a description on this bug: Feedback - Safari - Apple

One website that seems to consistently trigger this bug for me is the Dutch Cooblue webshop:

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