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Hi
My Safari (on Macbook) seems to run slowly at times - not all the time however. Is there a way to check whether this is my wifi or my Safari.
I have read about deleting safari plists files - Looks like I have on "safari plist" then another "safari plist.XXXXX"
Thanks
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), iOS 10.1.1
Without any reason there is no point of deleting com.apple.Safari.plist from preferences folder in user library .
If you system is slow sometimes you can run etrecheck , as other members said the same and find out what is running in the system and slowing it .
And you are mentioning two safari plist , there is only one in user library > preferences folder , if major issues occurs in safari then the safari plist is deleted into the trash , restarting the computer , again opening safari app creates a new plist .
To check the machine is connected to your wifi , open system preferences > Network , your network name must be shown .
Move the plist file(s) to the Desktop and relaunch Safari. If it helped you can Trash the old plist, if not move it back. The plist XXXX is bogus.
Also, empty Caches. You can either choose Safari menu > Clear History Or, if you do not want to remove History go to Safari menu > Preferences > Advanced and check the “Show Develop Menu” in Menubar. Then, on that menu > “Empty Caches”.
See these Apple Support Topics for detailed advice:
If Safari is slow, stops responding, quits unexpectedly, or has other issues - Apple Support
If Safari doesn't load a page or webpage items are missing - Apple Support
Hi
Thank for that - hope this info helps
EtreCheck version: 3.4 (420)
Report generated 2017-07-02 15:40:00
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Runtime: 1:57
Performance: Excellent
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Problem: Computer is too slowDescription:
Hardware Information: ⓘ
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,1
1 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-4278U) CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 216
Video Information: ⓘ
Intel Iris - VRAM: 1536 MB
Color LCD 2560 x 1600
Disk Information: ⓘ
APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0: (121.33 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)
[Show SMART report]
(disk0s1) <not mounted> [EFI]: 210 MB
(disk0s2) <not mounted> [CoreStorage Container]: 120.47 GB
(disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ⓘ
XHCI Root Hub SS Simulation
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
XHCI Root Hub USB 2.0 Simulation
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Virtual disks: ⓘ
Macintosh HD (disk1 - Journaled HFS+) / [Startup]: 120.15 GB (45.33 GB free)
Physical disk: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online
System Software: ⓘ
OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 (14F2411) - Time since boot: about 8 days
Gatekeeper: ⓘ
Mac App Store and identified developers
System Launch Agents: ⓘ
[not loaded] 5 Apple tasks
[loaded] 137 Apple tasks
[running] 70 Apple tasks
System Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[not loaded] 44 Apple tasks
[loaded] 127 Apple tasks
[running] 90 Apple tasks
Launch Daemons: ⓘ
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (? 2afb3af7 a0305b84 - installed 2017-06-15) [Lookup]
User Login Items: ⓘ
iTunesHelper Application (Apple, Inc. - installed 2017-06-22)
(/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Photo Stream URL SMLoginItem - Hidden (Apple, Inc. - installed 2038-01-19)
(/Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/PhotoStreamAgent.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
GarminGpsControl: 4.2.0.0 (installed 2014-03-31) [Lookup]
FlashPlayer-10.6: 26.0.0.131 (installed 2017-06-17) [Lookup]
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2017-05-17)
Flash Player: 26.0.0.131 (installed 2017-06-17) [Lookup]
Silverlight: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2016-11-20) [Lookup]
Default Browser: 600 (installed 2015-08-15)
User internet Plug-ins: ⓘ
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: 1.0.105 (installed 2013-04-26) [Lookup]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ
Flash Player (installed 2017-06-15) [Lookup]
Time Machine: ⓘ
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 120.15 GB Disk used: 74.83 GB
Destinations:
My Passport for Mac [Local]
Total size: 999.83 GB
Total number of backups: 16
Oldest backup: 10/08/2015 20:21
Last backup: 23/05/2017 21:42
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 999.83 GB > (Disk size 120.15 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ
20% WindowServer
10% Mail
4% kernel_task
1% hidd
1% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ
749 MB kernel_task
449 MB softwareupdated
376 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
343 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
312 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
Top Processes by Energy Use: ⓘ
18.20 WindowServer
7.08 Mail
4.12 Finder
2.04 hidd
Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ
2.07 GB Available RAM
203 MB Free RAM
5.93 GB Used RAM
1.87 GB Cached files
398 MB Swap Used
Software installs: ⓘ
Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-06-14)
Adobe Flash Player: (installed 2017-06-17)
Install information may not be complete.
I suggest you use the program created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. It will provide a snapshot of your system which we can analyze to possibly determine the cause of your problem. 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.
You can also 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.
I ran the diagnostics but everything was okay. There seems to be an option to monitor it for intermittent but I can't see that on my machine. I'll try and have another look.
Thanks for your help - much appreciated
I don't see any running software that should slow Safari.
What does Wireless Diagnostics show?
You are welcome.
is it safe to delete safari plist files?
