Wascally Wabbit wrote:
I often have to close safari on my Mac and start over because it seems to freeze up before it finds what I'm searching for. I can do the same search on Google Chrome or Firefox without this behaviour.
Verify your software is up to date…
The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.3.1
Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support
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If no insight—
Try disabling any add-ons or extension in your Safari.app and compare your results..
Safari>Settings>Extensions
Quit Safari and relaunch it holding the Shift key down and compare your results...
If no resolve I would use a browser that does work without issue.
To be proactive you can file a bug report /submit your Apple Feedback here:
Feedback - Safari - Apple
To trouble shoot further you can:
—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support
This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.
—A SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies
a reboot will put it back to normal mode.
This test will tell you if third party interference; most* extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.
