mcarbl
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Q: Why is Facebook so slow in Safari 6?

Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing incredibly slow Facebook since updating Safari?

 

It barely even loads. Works fine on FF & Chrome still. Interestingly, it works fine on my iMac, just having problems on the MBA.

 

Any ideas?

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion, 1.86 GHz, 2GB

Posted on Aug 4, 2012 7:17 AM

by mep,Solvedanswer
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A:

Exactly the same experiences here!

FB works just fine in all other browsers. But in safari, all pics, info 'windowlets' when you mouse-over the upddates in the right column, etc etc don't show, or load soooooo sloooooooow. Lot of blank spaces on the page, only. And this stuck window even slows down or blocks all traffic in the other safari windows as well. In Safari5, I could go on browsing in the other open safari windows w/o problem, even when one window got occupied with a slow download....

 

But: I have managed to narrow down the problem to the following:

Are you running Facebook on a secure connection? Https ? This seems to be the culprit, for me, at least!

 

I turned off 'secure connection' temporarily on my Facebook page. At once, the Facebook pages started to work as normal, and really fast. But when I turned it back on, it immediately goes back to barely working.

So I guess it is how Safari6 handles traffic through SSL/TLS. Especially on a page like Facebook, that is updated continously, receiving a full load of new info every second, new pictures,columns, ads etc.

 

I have also done some of the traditional exercises, just for the sake of it:

turned off and on again Java and Javascripts, and rebooted safari, deleted and reinstalled java, also cleaned safari a number of times, even manually deleted all safari caches in Library. And also  went through a full OS cleanup with Onyx... No improvement.

 

If it is https:-related for you too, and you don't like the idea of an unsecure FB connection, the workaround until Apple can sort this out, is to either use another viewer like Chrome, or just invoke another viewer temporarily from within Safari. (In the Developer drop-menu). Safari runs like a charm, except from FB, so I use the latter solution myself.

 

Question: did you do an upgrade /'patching' from lion on both macs? Or did e.g. the imac get a clean install, and therefore works better?

 

morten

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Tech stuff:

Safari build is: 6.0 (8536.25) - Imac mid11, 27", 12 gig, I5 3.1 Ghz; AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Posted on Aug 4, 2012 1:15 PM

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  • by Peter_OS,

    Peter_OS Peter_OS Jun 28, 2013 10:02 AM in response to mcarbl
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    Jun 28, 2013 10:02 AM in response to mcarbl

    In my iMAC the reason was either FastetsYouTube. After uninstaled plugin in Safari, recovered 100% power

    FB is smooth like never before! Simple stupid reason.

     

    Thx drabtz1!!!

     

    Peter

  • by simonsimon,

    simonsimon simonsimon Aug 13, 2013 3:26 AM in response to LukeCockell
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    Aug 13, 2013 3:26 AM in response to LukeCockell

    I was having the same problem with Safari 6.0.5 and 10.8.4.

    Facebook very slow, often wouldn't load at all, when using Safari.

    But loaded quickly on Chrome or Firefox.

     

    Removing all expired certificates from Keychain has made facebook load correctly and quickly in Safari.

     

    Hooray for your help!

    Thanks!

  • by simonsimon,

    simonsimon simonsimon Aug 13, 2013 5:45 AM in response to simonsimon
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    Aug 13, 2013 5:45 AM in response to simonsimon

    Actually, the keychain thing worked for a bit. But now, only a few hours later, it's back to being slow.

     

    I logged in with Firefox, changed the security settings to disable https use, and now it's going OK. Sometimes some photos still don't load but it's mostly OK.

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