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Q: Safari DNS problem in Yosemite? Works, then slow death...

Safari 8.0 + Yosemite seems to have a problem. It will work for a while, then begins to fail to load and is unable to resolve top level domains -  "Safari Can't Find the Server ... [e.g. apple.com]"

 

Restarting Safari often resolves the issue for a while (minutes, hours?), then performance deteriorates until it finally gives up and generates the error. Chrome, on the same machine, does not suffer this problem.

 

17" Intel iMac, Safari 8.0, Yosemite, Exede broadband (satellite).

 

Anybody else see this issue and/or have a solution?

 

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

 

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 21, 2014 1:44 PM

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Q: Safari DNS problem in Yosemite? Works, then slow death...

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  • by Theoltd,

    Theoltd Theoltd Oct 27, 2014 5:00 AM in response to MCW55
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    Oct 27, 2014 5:00 AM in response to MCW55

    Same problem for me.

  • by julian KAYE,

    julian KAYE julian KAYE Oct 28, 2014 8:05 AM in response to MCW55
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    Oct 28, 2014 8:05 AM in response to MCW55

    Same problem for me, before updating to Yosemite I cloned my Mavericks disk to an external drive, if I boot from that disk I am in Mavericks and the problem is gone, if I boot in Yosemite the problem re occurs. So I know the problem is not with my ISP it is somewhere in Yosemite...

  • by TITX,

    TITX TITX Oct 28, 2014 8:40 AM in response to MCW55
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    Oct 28, 2014 8:40 AM in response to MCW55

    Also, having slow and fail to connect issues on Safari 8.0 on Yosemite 10.10 on a 2014 Mac Book Pro retina. 

     

    The problem is clearly with Safari 8.0 on Yosemite. I’m having no issues with page loads or connections on Firefox.

     

    Tim, please fix this! I do not like that my Mac is starting to remind me of when I was on Windows. ;-)

  • by james_dh,

    james_dh james_dh Oct 28, 2014 10:05 AM in response to MCW55
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    Oct 28, 2014 10:05 AM in response to MCW55

    Experiencing the same, but mine appears to happen after I connect to our corporate VPN. It seems Safari isn't correctly picking up the DNS changes.


    Chrome/Firefox have no issue. Restarting Safari after connecting/disconnecting seems to solve things. Still keeping an eye on things to see if I can determine a solid pattern.

  • by kirush,

    kirush kirush Oct 28, 2014 11:55 AM in response to MCW55
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    Oct 28, 2014 11:55 AM in response to MCW55

    +1

     

    Problem Safari with work DNS, I used different connection as PPPoE/PPTP/L2TP/WiFi/direct connection.

    I have problem anyway. Problem was in GM and is in release.

    ping - success

    nslookup - success

    but Safari 8.0 freezes.

    I tried different DNS servers, as private and open.

     

    21:51:58.832253 IP 10.1.2.2.62238 > 10.1.255.253.53: 57628+ AAAA? www.libreoffice.org. (37)

    21:51:58.832381 IP 10.1.2.2.57490 > 10.1.255.253.53: 3419+ A? www.libreoffice.org. (37)

    21:51:58.853542 IP 10.1.255.253.53 > 10.1.2.2.62238: 57628 1/6/8 AAAA 2a01:4f8:130:61e7::2 (379)

    21:51:58.853850 IP 10.1.255.253.53 > 10.1.2.2.57490: 3419 1/6/8 A 213.133.123.169 (367)

    21:52:06.676936 IP 10.1.2.2.60743 > 10.1.255.253.53: 48487+ AAAA? p03-keyvalueservice.icloud.com. (48)

    21:52:06.677034 IP 10.1.2.2.59157 > 10.1.255.253.53: 24581+ A? p03-keyvalueservice.icloud.com. (48)

    Answers from my DNS right. but Safari doesn't open libreoffice.org

    May be something with IPv6? How to switch it off?

  • by kirush,

    kirush kirush Oct 28, 2014 12:34 PM in response to MCW55
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    Oct 28, 2014 12:34 PM in response to MCW55

    Please check it, I removed all ipv6 addresses and Safari started to work OK.

     

    To remove ipv6 addresses:

    sudo ifconfig en0 inet6 2002:5bcf:731a:b:12dd:b1ff:feb3:9014 delete

    where "2002:5bcf:731a:b:12dd:b1ff:feb3:9014" your addresses which you find when make:

    "ifconfig | less" for your local interface (I have en0)

    For some unknown reason, I had 2 IPv6 and 2 IPv6 router addresses

  • by ron2you,

    ron2you ron2you Oct 28, 2014 7:45 PM in response to kirush
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    Oct 28, 2014 7:45 PM in response to kirush

    i suspected same issue.. ipv6 and dns implementation bug with yosemite.. so rather than using ifconfig to delete the ipv6 address.. just go into network preferences -> advanced -> tcp/ip   now just change the settings for configure ipv6 to link-local only. "ok"  "apply" close preferences.. logout user.. log bcak in.. shouldn't use v6 anymore (embarrassing apple)..  you will definitely put this back to auto whenever apple fixes this since the internet is transitioning to ipv6 and you'll want to be a part of that transition...

  • by FidelisVernula,

    FidelisVernula FidelisVernula Oct 29, 2014 2:00 PM in response to ron2you
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    Oct 29, 2014 2:00 PM in response to ron2you

    I've been having this issue as well which has been super frustrating to me as an online college kid.

     

    I can confirm that for at least the time being, this has solved my issue beautifully!  I hate that I have to disable ipv6, but at least I can use my rMBP again without wanting to throw something across the room.

  • by MVDude,

    MVDude MVDude Oct 29, 2014 4:44 PM in response to ron2you
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    Oct 29, 2014 4:44 PM in response to ron2you

    I was having DNS failure on a clean-install of Yosemite, mid 2010 21.5 iMac. The ipv6 suggestion (thanks kirush and ron2you) has solved my issues for now.

  • by Shavingream,

    Shavingream Shavingream Oct 30, 2014 11:17 AM in response to Carolyn Samit
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    Oct 30, 2014 11:17 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

    Carolyn, thank you!!!

    I've been having this problem since running Yosemite beta testing. I'd provided feedback on it.

    Your suggestions did it for me:

     

    From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Privacy tab.

    Click:   Remove All Website Data

    Then delete the cache.

    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.

  • by ministermillcreek,

    ministermillcreek ministermillcreek Oct 31, 2014 6:09 AM in response to MCW55
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    Oct 31, 2014 6:09 AM in response to MCW55

    I gave up today waiting for Apple to fix this problem. Loaded Chrome as much as I did not want to but it does seem to have "fixed" the problem. Now my streaming audio works. It is clearly in the DNS stack and the hand off to Safari being sandboxed until it times out or you fall out of your chair asleep waiting.

  • by Theoltd,

    Theoltd Theoltd Oct 31, 2014 6:16 AM in response to ministermillcreek
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    Oct 31, 2014 6:16 AM in response to ministermillcreek

    None of the suggested solutions worked for me. Using Chrome..... waiting for a solution from Mac....

  • by Erik Testmann,

    Erik Testmann Erik Testmann Oct 31, 2014 6:50 AM in response to Theoltd
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    Oct 31, 2014 6:50 AM in response to Theoltd

    If I don't remember wrongly, it was exactly the same when Mountain Lion was released. We had to use Chrome and Fireflop for a long time until Apple admitted there was a bug and fixed it.

     

    Having said that, I cleared my Safari cache as adviced earlier in this thread and so far I have no problems.

  • by e2econsult,

    e2econsult e2econsult Oct 31, 2014 7:47 AM in response to MCW55
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    Oct 31, 2014 7:47 AM in response to MCW55

    I have experienced exactly the same problems and tried every suggestion - without success.

    However, I shut down and restarted (not restart) and everything is working perfectly now ...... for how long, who knows, but I've tried al the same web-sites I was having problems with, opened multiple tabs etc. without any perceivable degradation in performance.

     

    By the way, I always knew the problems weren't with the web-sites or my WiFi or my ISP as I've never had any problems with my iPhone, iPad or Windows PC.

  • by smartson,

    smartson smartson Oct 31, 2014 8:22 AM in response to MCW55
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    Oct 31, 2014 8:22 AM in response to MCW55

    I read all previous posts and they all suggest Safari slows down from normal use.  For me, browsing is ok, as after I start downloading media files (voice or video), download will eventually cease and browsing will not work either.  Restart Safari will correct it but files can never finish download.

     

    So it seems my problem is specific to download function.

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