So what on earth has happened to Safari since El Capitan?

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So what on earth has happened to Safari since El Capitan?

I have only recently upgraded to El Capitan. I use a lot of music production hardware and software and have to wait for numerous developers to update their drivers / software before switch over to a new OSX. I have no problem with this and prefer to wait a few months to let the OSX updates bed in before migrating.

I have multiple Apple products - an iMac, a Macbook Pro, an iPad & iPhone - all synced and love how I can switch seamlessly between each one. Safari has been my goto browser since I switch to Mac's over 10 years ago.

Until I upgraded to El Capitan that is. And then all **** broke loose: Constant spinning balls; websites not loading or freezing. Just endless issues.

More and more I am finding myself using Firefox and Chrome. I have just attempted to pay a credit-card bill on-line. Safari stalled twice when loading the credit card website. At the third attempt I got to the payment section; but it then froze when the credit card company when to the authorisation section with my bank. It just sat there staring at me.

So I flipped over to Firefox and completed the transaction. Logged onto the credit card website without and issue and jumped through the bank authorisation section without a problem. Just like Safari used to.

I think I am done with Safari. What on earth happened to you? Has the world passed you by?

Posted on Sep 27, 2016 11:16 PM

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LucoBrasi

Level 5

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Sep 27, 2016 11:22 PM in response to also-ran

Try to reset Safari settings:

1.Open Safari

2. Click on Safari menu at the top(to the right from the Apple logo)

3. Select preferences/privacy tab

4. Click on Remove all website data

5. Close Safari.

Delete Safari cache files:

1. Click on finder

2. Look for GO menu at the top

3. click on GO and hold down the option key. This will show user library folder.

4. Click on Library and look for Caches folder

5. In caches folder open com.apple.Safari folder

6. Move to trash Cache.db file.

This should solve the issue. If it will not help try to turn off Safari extentions

1.Open Safari

2. Click on Safari menu at the top(to the right from the Apple logo)

3. Select preferences

4. Find extentions tab

5. Turn off all the extentions

6. Relauch Safari

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