safari is unusable

Try clearing cache in the 3 libraries

Go Menu from top then Go To Folder

~/Library/Cache

/Library/Cache

/System/Library/Cache

Delete all files in the 3 Cache folders

Restart computer then empty trash

Open Safari

Then go to Safari > Preferences > Privacy

Remove All Website Data

Then go to Safari > Clear History and Website Data

Quit Safari

Reboot Computer and see if Safari is any better

With all due respect, I'm not interested in doing hacker-level stuff to get my internet browser working again. Your last suggestion made things worse.

I have a Mac because I expect things to just work. SysOp type edits and hacks do not interest me, though I sincerely appreciate the time you took to suggest possible solutions.

What I suggested was far below hacker level stuff

Since Safari is now a part of the OS and not an individual download

You can try to reinstall the operating system from OS X Recovery

Make sure you have a backup first

It could be possible that when you upgraded, something became corrupt. Things like this happen. I've been there before myself

If you don't feel comfortable doing that though I completely understand. 🙂

I absolutely DO feel comfortable doing that.

But I'm not interested in doing that. And I shouldn't have to. Switching to Chrome, which works reliably, seems like the best option.

For sure man. What ever works best for you.

Sorry none of those worked for ya.

I too have been experiencing this lately (some months)... I really want to like Safari, but it seems that like many other things of Apple, the quality has dropped immensely. I will definitely start looking elsewhere for future acquisitions.

This same problem has literally ruined by ability to function on the web since installing Yosemite. Such a colossal P.O.S. Just to get to the board has taken my system 42 minutes to load the page and crashed about 5 times and frozen 2 other times. I am on the precipice of giving up and selling my Macs. Its that bad. Its like Windows ME all over again.

I totally agree. I was considering buying a MBA to go with my iMac but now Im thinking of selling up and returning to windows. The reason I went Mac in the first place was "it just works". I shouldn't be trawling forums to find out why my browser can't perform the most basic functions.

Wish I could find and answer to this.

Mid-2011 27-inch, 3.4 Ghz i7, 17GB, 10.10.4, Safari 8.0.7

Facebook loads so slowly it is almost unusable or it doesn't load at all. Lots of problems with Google-found pages loading (Safari can't open page).

I've been Mac-only since 1991 and have never seen a problem this bad with Apple software. Firefox doesn't exhibit these problems.

Apple, please tell us what the fix for this is!

Apple doesn’t routinely monitor the discussions. These are mostly user to user discussions.

Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.

Feedback

Or you can use your Apple ID to register with this site and go the Apple BugReporter. Supposedly you will get an answer if you submit feedback.

Feedback via Apple Developer

So far, so good….thank you for the tip. I just deleted it, closed safari, then reopened Safari , tested and all was good. A new file was automatically re-created in the library.