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safari switches pages or drops a website when I am typing in a text box

When I am typing in Safari in a text box, it will often jump to another page or drop the current website. I can do these operations without any problem using FireFox. I would appreciate any help in fixing this problem.


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Dudley Warner

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Aug 13, 2013 5:13 AM

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Posted on Aug 13, 2013 7:42 AM

Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder


Type or copy paste the following:


~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db


Click Go then move the Cache.db file to the Trash.


Quit and relaunch Safari to test.



If that didn't help, try troubleshooting extensions and third party plug-ins.


From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Turn that off if there are any installed. Quit and relaunch Safari to test. If that helped, turn extensions back on then uninstall one a time to test.


If it's not an extensions issue, try troubleshooting third party plug-ins.


Back to Safari > Preferences. This time select the Security tab. Deselect: Allow all other plug-ins. Quit and relaunch Safari to test.


If that made a difference, instructions for troubleshooting plugins here.

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Aug 13, 2013 7:42 AM in response to Dudley Warner

Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder


Type or copy paste the following:


~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db


Click Go then move the Cache.db file to the Trash.


Quit and relaunch Safari to test.



If that didn't help, try troubleshooting extensions and third party plug-ins.


From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Turn that off if there are any installed. Quit and relaunch Safari to test. If that helped, turn extensions back on then uninstall one a time to test.


If it's not an extensions issue, try troubleshooting third party plug-ins.


Back to Safari > Preferences. This time select the Security tab. Deselect: Allow all other plug-ins. Quit and relaunch Safari to test.


If that made a difference, instructions for troubleshooting plugins here.

safari switches pages or drops a website when I am typing in a text box

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