When using Safari 17.5 I have a couple of issues.
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MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 14.5
I don't suppose you've found a solution for this? I get the same behaviour and it's only in the last month or so. Exactly as you describe, the page will freeze and be un-clickable/unusable. Often, not even reloading the page will work, it just fails to render (often in the same way). Closing Safari usually works around specific pages but it is usually not long before another page glitches. I've restarted my MBP but this can happen quite soon after opening Safari or sometimes after a day or so.
Safari for (in my experience) the first time is practically impossible to use as it simply disrupts my workflow too much.
This seems to have happened after the latest update(s) to Sonoma, i.e. Sonoma/Safari was working fine until about the last month.
darkstar49: Safari froze on me just a few minute ago with similar conditions as you. It also happened a few days ago but I thought it was a one-off.
MBP 15" i7 (2018), 32GB
Sonoma 14.7, Safari 18.0.1
I use both Firefox and Safari, but I'm going to use Firefox as my default browser now.
I am having the same issue on my MacBook Pro 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 64 Ram
Same issue here. It’s annoying especially when you write a mail or a message and it just wouldn’t send. Worst OS X ever in general and Safari is just the pinacle of Apple’s poor software.
The same thing is happening here too. Very frustrating that most of the responses are to launch in safe mode or turn off extensions, etc. These things don't help. I don't ever need to shut down Safari (although I have); simply opening a new browser window fixes it...until it happens again.
Would love to know why this is happening. Started after I upgraded to Sonoma.
I am having the same problem! Safari freezes up and I have to close Safari. I called Apple support a month ago and got no were with them. Come on Apple fix this please. It did come from an update to Sonoma. Please fix this as I still under warranty! 2019 I9 - 2.4 GHZ!
Try this and get back to me please!
First run Safari with two tabs open! When the Safari page freezes up close the frozen tab only. Then go to Edit and click on "undo close tab". See if your tab is now working. Thats what I'm doing and it starts working every time. I believe it is in the memory stack. It is not loading the whole page and thats why it freezes.
@scottmil: copying the URL into a new tab solves the issue temporarily… it’s really extreme with ChatGPT, Gemini and Co…
and as for ChatGPT, the app is for Apple silicon only, so no way out…
gonna give Sequoia a try, probably.
I’m facing this since +-2 months now.
I'm having this bug (a tab occasionally freezes in Safari) for about half a year. I'm on MacBook Pro 16" 2019 (Intel). The bug first appeared on Sonoma and it's still appearing on Sequoia. I reinstalled macOS Sequoia from scratch about a week ago and I'm still seeing it. I sent a bug report to Apple's Feedback Assistant (FB15454708). If you want the bug to be fixed - please file a bug report too.
Safari 17.5 on my MacBook Pro freezes intermittently
