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I am using a Mac with OSX 10.8.5. Great tool, but Safari started do lock up more and more. Almost each click causes a lock up. I am using Firefox to write this text. All other programs work well, Office for Mac .What should I do to fix this?

I am using a Mac with OSX 10.8.5. Great tool, but Safari started do lock up more and more. Almost each click causes a lock up. I am using Firefox to write this text. All other programs work well, inclusive Office for Mac .What should I do to fix this?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), null

Posted on Aug 26, 2015 7:39 AM

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Posted on Aug 26, 2015 8:18 AM

I suggest you start by taking the steps recommended in this support article.

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Aug 27, 2015 7:20 AM in response to claudefromararas

Safari/Preferences/Advanced - enable the Develop menu, then go there and Empty Caches. Quit/reopen Safari and test. Then try Safari/History/Show History and delete all history items. Quit/reopen Safari and test. You can also try try Safari/Reset Safari. The down side is it clears all cookies. Doing this may cause some sites to no longer recognize your computer as one that has visited the web site. Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library./Caches/com.apple.Safari/Caches.db and move it to the trash.


Go to Safari Preferences/Extensions and turn all extensions off. Test. If okay, turn the extensions on one by one until you figure out what extension is causing the problem.


Safari Corruption See post by Linc Davis

I am using a Mac with OSX 10.8.5. Great tool, but Safari started do lock up more and more. Almost each click causes a lock up. I am using Firefox to write this text. All other programs work well, Office for Mac .What should I do to fix this?

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