Help for those with Safari 6 "stall, slow, freezing" problems...
I've been recommending here on the forum for people with Safari 6 problems to:
This is per Apple document as posted http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3408?viewlocale=en_US
"disable DNS pre-fetch by using the Terminal by entering this command then press the Return key.
- Open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities).
- Execute the Terminal command below to disable DNS prefetching:
- defaults write com.apple.safari WebKitDNSPrefetchingEnabled -boolean false
- Quit Safari, then open it again and test for the issue.
Well. I just had reinstalled Mountain Lion and as expected, a few hours later my Safari stalls while loading a webpage. So while the safari page was stalling, I disabled the DNS pre-fetch using the above command in Terminal. As soon as I hit RETURN, Safari immeditaly loaded the webpage and hasn't stalled since.
Hope this helps someone.
If this TIP is wrong, please let me know.
- Landing Gear
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)