Safari 9.0/El Capitan freeze/slowdown during page loading

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Safari 9.0/El Capitan freeze/slowdown during page loading

I've installed safari 9.0 and El Capitan on a 2012 Macbook pro. When I type an address into the URL field, Safari starts to load the page, then stops (with progress bar about 10% across the URL field) for about 30 seconds before the page loads. I've deleted all Web data from the Safari privacy preference menu. Any idea about what is happening and how to fix it?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11), Web pages freezes while loading.

Posted on Oct 6, 2015 8:06 PM

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terry21 Author

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Oct 6, 2015 8:10 PM in response to terry21

Addendum: I keep getting a message to install a new version of JAVA, which I have done, but I keep getting the same prompt to install Java, even after I have done so.

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Answer 2

Oct 6, 2015 8:12 PM in response to terry21

The problems might be due to Safari extensions and third party plug-ins.

From the Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Uninstall one extension at a time then quit and relaunch Safari to test.

If it's not an extensions issue, try troubleshooting third party plug-ins.

Back to Safari > Preferences. This time select the Security tab. Deselect: Allow Plug-ins.. Quit and relaunch Safari to test.

If that made a difference, instructions for troubleshooting plugins here

The prompt to for Java may not be for Safari but perhaps another app you have installed that requires it.

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Eric Root

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Oct 7, 2015 7:26 AM in response to terry21

Java for OS X 2014-001 10.7 or later

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