safari beachball slow freeze

Any idea why Safari has started getting really slow, hanging, showing beachballs etc.?


I've tried:


- Restarting it

- Removing all plug-ins

- Disabling Java script, then re-enabling it and making sure I have the right version.


Version 9.1 (11601.5.17.1)

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4), 27" Late 2012, 3.2Ghz 32Gb RAM i5;

Posted on Apr 6, 2016 3:59 AM

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Apr 6, 2016 4:56 AM in response to Fustbariclation

If you have problems opening webpages, take a look at these troubleshooting techniques suggested by Apple.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204098

Go to Safari menu (At the very top right side of your screen next to Apple icon), choose "Quit Safari"

press "Shift" button and while holding this button on your keyboard single click on the Safari icon on your Dock.

Open Safari - Preferences - Privacy - Remove All Website Data.

Open the Go menu with Option (Alt) key pressed - Library - locate Safari folder and move it to your desktop. Restart your Mac, open Safari and delete the folder from your desktop.

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