Safari slow opening new tabs

I had AdBlock Plus as the only extension in Safari. Disabling it solved the lagging issue with both opening tabs and clicking in the address bar (which drops down my list of favorites). Have to figure out how to keep AdBlock Plus in such a way so that it won't interfere with dropping down the favorites and opening new tabs. Maybe have to try another ad blocker.

I'm guessing that the ad blocker was checking the links in my favorites list. And since I have a few favorites in my address bar dropdown, somehow when you open a new tab, your fav list will be checked by the ad blocker. But this is just an assumption.

Using El Crapitan 10.11.6 with Safari 11.0.

BTW, I had this issue with Yosemite as well when using AdBlock Plus.

I have the exact same problem and it kills usability. I filed a bug with Apple on bugreport.apple.com (problem ID 1882855). Hopefully we'll hear from them.

Turning off iCloud for Safari fixed this for me.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=20022661&postcount=11

This issue is still present in Safari 9 in El Capitan.

It is very frustrating and, like bertez said, occurs also when using the keyboard shortcuts ⌘+T and ⌘+L.

Turning off iCloud did not fix this for me. I still get a 2-3 second delay when opening new tabs.

+1, opening new tabs can be painfully slow

I have the same problem.

It is really annoying.. and they told me, buy Apple and all your problems will disappear.. dooh. :-/

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I've resolved the problem by doing the following:

• Disable Safari in iCloud settings
• Remove all bookmarks
• Remove all shared links subscriptions
• Clear Reading List
• Re-enabled Safari in iCloud settings

I'm not sure if all the steps are required, or if the lag will return, so fingers crossed.

Try uninstalling any Safari Extensions you have. It seems to fix the problem for me.

it doesn't work with me?