Q: Which plug-ins to remove to fix Safari?
I've been having problems with Safari loading slowly and hanging. I found when I disabled plug-ins Safari seems to load faster. I'm assuming any plug-in from Apple would be safe to use. I just don't know which plug-ins I should get rid of and how to get rid of them. Could I just have too many plug-ins?
I have Safari 5.1.7 on Lion. My list of plug-ins are:
Google Earth Plug-in
The Google Earth Plugin allows you to view 3D imagery and terrain in your web browser. — from file “Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin”.
Google Talk NPAPI Plugin
Version 1.9.2.1599 — from file “googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin”.
Google Talk Plugin Video Accelerator
Google Talk Plugin Video Accelerator version:0.1.43.4 — from file “npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin”.
Java Applet Plug-in
Displays Java applet content, or a placeholder if Java is not installed. — from file “JavaAppletPlugin.plugin”.
Picasa
Picasa plugin. — from file “Picasa.plugin”.
QuickTime Plug-in 7.7.1
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site. — from file “QuickTime Plugin.plugin”.
SharePoint Browser Plug-in
Microsoft Office for Mac SharePoint Browser Plug-in — from file “SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin”.
Shockwave Flash
Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202 — from file “Flash Player.plugin”.
Silverlight Plug-In
4.0.60831.0 — from file “Silverlight.plugin”.
WebKit built-in PDF
Thanks
Posted on Jun 8, 2012 7:56 PM
Get rid of all the third-party ones: Google, Picassa, Shockwave, and Silverlight are all in the /Library/Internet Plug-ins/ folder. Then there are the Safari Extensions. They can be disabled from Safari > Preferences > Extensions.
Posted on Jun 8, 2012 7:57 PM