Safari Multiple Fails and Bugs, Apple Clueless

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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.

The purpose of this exercise is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account, or is system-wide. Enable guest logins and log in as Guest. For instructions, launch the System Preferences application, select “Help” from the menu bar, and enter “Set up a guest account” (without the quotes) in the search box.

While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Any application you run will behave as if you were running it for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.

As Guest, launch the application(s) and test. Same problem(s)?

After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.

I have been having similar problems (no scrolling, sluggish, force reloads etc) on 4 recent Macs, MBAir, MBPro and iMacs all runing up to date Lion software since the latest Safari update. In regard to the above solution since the original poster said it happened on multiple computers creating a guest account on one likely isn't going to be helpful. Since this latest update I feel like I'm using a computer from 2001 not the 2.4 GHz i7 with 16 GB of RAM I am using. I often have many windows and tabs but I have been doing this for years with no such issues until this latest update.

I think the issue is Safari my version is Version 5.1.2 (7534.52.7)

In regard to the above solution since the original poster said it happened on multiple computers creating a guest account on one likely isn't going to be helpful.

That's incorrect. If you have something to contribute to solving the original poster's problem, please do so. Otherwise I suggest you start your own topic to address your problem.

I did, I suggested since the OP has mulitple computers and is having this issue and I am too on multiple computers since the latest Safari update I am suggesting it is a Safari Issue, not a user issue.

I'm also using Safari 5.1.2 and Mac OS 10.7.2 on multiple computers, and I have none of the OP's problems, or yours, on any of them. So it's a configuration issue. The fact that the OP has the same issue on several computers tells us nothing, because he may have configured all those computers in the same way, or in similar ways.

I would like to say that you have something there. I was having some issues with Safari 5.1.2 as well, on 2 different iMac computers that weren't even on the same network. Now I'm no tech guru, but luckily, I hang out here a lot, so I was able to try a few things. One of those was to disable, and/ or uninstall extensions(I just un-installed them all) and try it again to see what would happen. Sure enough, one or two of the extensions I had installed was causing the problem! I then went to the other iMac I use at work and proceeded to uninstall those same extensions. It seems to me that by creating a guest account, it would prohibit certain items from being changed, like Safari preferences, toolbar customization, extensions installed, etc. I'll have to remember your diagnosis if I have any more troubles.