Hey, I'm running safari 11.0 on MacOS 10.12.6 and it become a problem due to constant reloading of web pages with the following message. "the page is reloaded because it was using significant memory"
I'm sure it is not a memory problem, I'm using a Macbook pro with 16Gb
Any suggestion? thanks in advance,
safari-OTHER, macOS Sierra (10.12.6)
Backup your Mac.
Close all windows and quit all applications.
Hold "option" key down and click "Go" menu in the Finder menu bar.
Library will appear between “Home” and “Computer” entries in the dropdown.
Select "Library" from the dropdown.
Click the “List” view button in the Finder toolbar.
Move these files to trash and test.
1. Click open the Caches folder and scroll down the list.
Click open the com.apple.Safari folder.
You should see the Caches.db file.
Right click on it and choose “Move to Trash”.
2. Scroll down the list, click open the Safari folder and select History files.
Right click on it and choose “Move to Trash”.
3. Scroll down the list and click open the Saved Application State folder.
You should see the com.apple Safari.savedState folder.
Right click on it and choose “Move to Trash”.
Close Finder window.
Restart and relaunch Safari.
Test.
Backup your Mac.
Close all windows and quit all applications.
Hold "option" key down and click "Go" menu in the Finder menu bar.
Library will appear between “Home” and “Computer” entries in the dropdown.
Select "Library" from the dropdown.
Click the “List” view button in the Finder toolbar.
Move these files to trash and test.
1. Click open the Caches folder and scroll down the list.
Click open the com.apple.Safari folder.
You should see the Caches.db file.
Right click on it and choose “Move to Trash”.
2. Scroll down the list, click open the Safari folder and select History files.
Right click on it and choose “Move to Trash”.
3. Scroll down the list and click open the Saved Application State folder.
You should see the com.apple Safari.savedState folder.
Right click on it and choose “Move to Trash”.
Close Finder window.
Restart and relaunch Safari.
Test.
A simple way to clean the caches (pointed out in another thread about this problem) is to enable the 'Develop' menu bar option by going into 'Safari Preferences', select the 'Advanced' tab and click on 'Show Develop menu in menu bar'.
Once that's done, click on the Develop option in the menu bar and about halfway down you'll see the option to 'Empty Caches'.
This solved the arbitrary Safari reloads issue for me, but likely only temporarily (I imagine I'll have to do this every time the cache becomes a problem).
We need an update Apple!
I have a new iMac with 8gb of memory and am also getting the page reloaded because it was using significant memory. It happens when I play chess at Chess.com - Activity monitor showed over 4gb being used by chess.com.
Not sure what to make of this at this point.
Same safari and OS version as the op.
As the 2nd article points out, they are capable of regenerating after deletion with files that go to many parts of the system.
Safari/Browsers – can’t delete cookies
Thanks for your prompt answer!!. I didnt see "com.apple Safari.savedState" folder but I deleted the other files. I'll see. thanks again
Hi Eric...thanks and yep I sent them this feedback yesterday.
Cheers
Pete
You are welcome.
Apple doesn’t routinely monitor the discussions. These are mostly user to user discussions.
Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem or a suggestion for change. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem/suggested change solved sooner.
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