5/22/23 Safari hangs on Google Sheets

Apple tells me it is something to do with the size of the spreadsheet and I suspect it is the original Spreadsheet was done in simpler days. Securities have been updated and perhaps Safari has become too incompatible with these older files with historical architecture buried in them.

It looks like Chrome has to become the default for these now.

Yep. This is a problem on Google's side. Moreover, users began to complain about this problem in early May!

According to this this, the fix should be available soon from Google:

https://support.google.com/docs/thread/214883815/why-is-google-sheets-not-working-on-safari?hl=en

Same for me. Just started yesterday, 5/23. A large sheet loads the first several rows but never completes loading.

I'm seeing it on multiple Macs at different OS updates, so the change must be on Google's side.

In contrast, Brave and Firefox browsers load my large Google Sheet file in an instant, never go unresponsive, and settle to a very small CPU load in 5-10 seconds.

fixed by google. it works again

month of waiting...

I can access google sheets fine on my iPhone14 and my iPad, google sheets apps are working fine. But my Mac book using safari has stopped working with google sheets since doing a software update this morning

I too have clear cache and history etc but it is still not working, any help would be appreciated as I am having to use chrome (which im not a fan of)

I don't really care if Google caused this problem with Safari or if Apple caused a Safari problem with Google Sheets, the two companies need to work it out. I'll be making another browser my default until this thing blows over. I want Safari to be my default, but I'm not going to switch every time I want to open my massive shared Google Sheets which I have no choice but to use.

Mine date back to early 2000's and the original was pre-1990's on a MS system. Apparently the above reason was offered AND I am pulling the file down from Google Drive as well.

Maybe it is the usual finger pointing each way. Just frustrates and habit changing makes life less automated I guess.

Current work around is to cross over to Chrome and let the smarter guys work it out.

I also must bow to your superior "level" @10, I am a lowly level 1 according the the subscript attached to our respective identifiers.

I also experience a hang; on a file called "test"

The sheet basically loads the first few lines; then hangs; then reloads the entire sheet. Whole process takes about 40-50 seconds. And then hangs on some basic calculations in cells when performed.

Same problem here under Ventura (M1 iMac, M2 MacBook Air) and Monterey (MacBook Air).

Works just fine in Firefox and Chrome.

same, crashed after Safari update, Air m1 latest update. A large sheet loads about a min and nothing then. Works on chrome only

confirmed, Google sheets no longer works on Safari... a bit disappointing that this was still not yet fixed.