Why is Chrome so much faster than Safari?

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Why is Chrome so much faster than Safari?

I'm an Apple and Safari lover, but love goes only so far. I have tried everything with Safari in Yosemite, but it's really in a sad state when it won't even open my Google account page, or my own website. Sadly, I have found so many pages that either load so slowly that I give up, or don't open at all in Safari, yet Chrome always works, and fast. In fact, Firefox and Opera, both of which I have never used regularly are much better than Safari right now.

Does anyone have a clue as to why Safari has turned into such a poor browser in Yosemite? But please don't suggest I go to safe mode. I only want a decent browser, which I would prefer was Safari and not Chrome, but I do not want to deconstruct or rebuild my Macbook Air OS installation.

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10), macbook pro, iPad Air, iPhone 5

Posted on Nov 26, 2014 1:12 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 27, 2015 7:32 PM in response to bobsled

Funny. I'm finding exactly the opposite to be true. I've used Chrome since it came out, and it used to be far superior to Safari. Lately I find it to be very buggy--lots of jittery, time consuming page loads and crashes. Frustrated, I imported all of my stuff to Safari where loading times, scrolling, and navigation are like butter. No crashes and no loading issues on my MB Pro. So far so good.

I do wonder if it has something to do with the "baggage" I developed on Chrome over the years. I kept things pretty tidy--purging history, cookies, etc-- but it still just kept getting worse.

I guess Firefox is an option, but one thing is certain: I will not be returning to IE ****.

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Answer 2

Aug 14, 2015 5:47 PM in response to bobsled

I totally agree with you I want to love Safari and it just keeps messing (F) up so badly so mangled, so unusable, I gave up completely -- flat out. In fact, I can't even install Chrome unless I reboot and first time before any hidden script takes over, I installed Chrome and I was in heaven.

Reading the complete opposite experience of this other user, I feel there is a rogue script out there just like a virus trying to bore through whatever browser -- and it seems the longer you use a browser, it gets worse and no one seem to want to or be doing anything about it.

I say, backup your newly installed desktop and just restore it once in awhile. It sounds horrible but unless a permanent solution, I would rather do that than live with a crippling system.

I have used both Norton for the past 2 years and recently switched to McAfee -- I'll use whatever recommended protection. But they won't seem to be able to find high CPU scripts or any kind of malware.

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