Blurred Text in Safari

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Blurred Text in Safari

Occasionally when reading a ducument in Safari, the text blurs and I have to reboot Safari. Anyone else have this problem?

Virg

iMac 24, Mac OS X (10.7.1), 40G Firelite Smartdisk, 8250 HP printer, Track pad, Apple Airpor

Posted on Jan 9, 2012 2:13 PM

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Carolyn Samit

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Jan 9, 2012 3:03 PM in response to virg

Open System Preferences > General

Make sure: Use LCD font smothing when available is selected.

Having Zoom enabled in System Preferences > Universal Access - Seeing may cause some blurring.

Try a different monitor resolution. Open System Preferences > Displays

Could be duplicate or corrupted fonts.

Help here > Font problems and management in OS X | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews

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virg Author

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Jan 9, 2012 3:55 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Zoom was not enabled in "System Preferences", but I disabled "Universal Access" in the Safari preferences. We'll see if that helps.

Thanks....virg

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virg Author

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Jan 9, 2012 4:23 PM in response to virg

Nope...didn't help. Just did it again. But...since it doesn't happen very often, it's not a big problem. Just annoying.

Thanks for the input though.

virg

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Answer 4

Jan 9, 2012 4:41 PM in response to virg

Since a "reboot" seems to help, try emptying Safari cache more often.

From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Emtpy Cache or the default keyboard shortcut Command + Option + E

Check Safari > Preferences - Extensions

If you have any installed, turn that off, quit then relaunch Safari to test.

You're welcome

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virg Author

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Jan 10, 2012 7:44 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

I emptied the Cache and that resulted in things loading much faster. I also turned "Extensions" off although there were none listed.

Safari reacts much faster now which leads me to believe it may have solved the problem. Just the increase in speed deserves a "correct answer" point award.

Thanks...virg

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Answer 6

Jan 10, 2012 6:35 PM in response to virg

You're welcome 🙂

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