Problems with Google Images

1. Safari > Preference > Advanced

Checkmark the box beside "Show Develop menu in menu bar".

Develop menu will appear in the Safari menu bar.

Click “Develop” to show the dropdown.

Click Develop and select "Empty Caches" from the dropdown and test.

2. Make sure that “Disable Images” is not selected.

If you see a checkmark beside “Disable Images”, click on it to remove it and test.

3. Click on “Disable Extensions” to temporarily disable extensions and test.

To enable extensions back click on it to remove the checkmark.

To uninstall any extension:

Safari > Preferences > Extension

Select the Extension and click the “Uninstall”button.

Safari - Unsupported third-party add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues

Safari doesn't load a page or webpage items are missing

Safari/other browsers – Website not loading

You are welcome. The original post can't be edited to the best of my knowledge and experience when making posts.

Same problem here.

Safari 9.1.3, Macbook Pro 8,1, OSX 10.9.5.

With any google search, when clicking the "images" tab in the search results, I get completely unresponsive images. They don't link to anything, no longer expand to a preview pane, etc. When I open the image link in a new tab (command-click), it opens to a dark gray blank page ("Google Image Result for http://....") with no images displayed.

All third party extensions disabled, no anti-virus software. Tried all the usual steps, as well as those above, to no avail.

Chrome works fine.

Yep, same issue here. Updated Safari to 9.3.1 last night and now google image thumbnails are unresponsive. Same issue does not occur in Firefox. Am still running Mavericks as an OS purely because I use laptop for DJing with Scratch Live and Serato DJ which I realise is ancient but every time I think I've left it long enough that compatibility bugs will be ironed out and decide to update, Apple releases a new OS and I decide to wait again.

Followed earlier advice about options on the Safari/ Develop menu and had no luck whatsoever - though like previous respondent the 'disable extensions' option did not show on the menu (presumably because I'm not running Sierra or El Capitan) but then, like the previous respondent I don't have any extensions either anyway.

If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account. Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer or by using the developer’s uninstall instructions. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.

Safe Mode

Safe Mode - Mavericks

If it works in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. On the screen with Options, please open Options and check the bottom 2 boxes before running. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown.

Etrecheck – System Information

My guess is that its related to recent Apple updates. This is happening on my iPad. I keep getting notices trying to force me to update. The problem I have is that every time I update IOS my performance drops, so I've quit updating. Now Apple does something like this.

Its definitely an Apple issue. If I open a Puffin browser, it works fine. Its only in the Safari browser that Google images has quit working.

I'm having the same issue on all of my devices that use safari. On my iPad and my iPhone google images will no longer expand images or navigate to images in safari. Also text boxes have stopped activating the keyboard. I have not updated any software on any of my devices recently and have not allowed any auto updates. - This is a copy paste from my gmail.

If it keeps happening try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzMLA8YIgG0