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Q: Safari freezes computer up completely

Im using Safari 9.1.1 running on OS X 10.10.5.

While browsing the web Safari frequently crashes my hole computer to the pint where I can only do a hard restart (holding the power button down). I've tried resetting it & clearing the cache but the problem persists. Any advice?

Mountain Lion, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Jul 12, 2016 12:18 PM

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  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Jul 12, 2016 12:23 PM in response to Sellco
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    Eric Root Eric Root Jul 13, 2016 9:37 AM in response to Sellco
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    Jul 13, 2016 9:37 AM in response to Sellco

    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/Clear History…. 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/Cache.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