Webpage using significant energy / memory on Mac

Frogmom09 wrote:

Seems to be only with Safari, not with Firefox. Hoping to see some response from someone who has come up with some type of reasonable explanation.

What is the saying—"you can lead a horse to water but you can not make him drink."

Re: Safari message stating "this webpage is using significant energy"

same here, i only got this pro after i update my mac this afternoon. I'm sure it's the updated system caused this kind of pro, and there should be more people facing the same issue. Hopping some guys will find some way to solve it, it's very annoying.

I have the same issue on various web pages. Have sent feedback as it is an annoying and unwanted issue if you have the same issue send feedback. Link on above post and annoy the bejeebers out of them.

I have this issue as well. Recently upgraded to iOS 10.13.4 High Sierra, running Safari 11.1. The message appears only (so far) when I am playing a Facebook game, and also the game slows significantly, becoming jerky and unplayable. No other applications are open at the time. Recommended fixes have not worked.

OMG! I thought I was losing my mind but now I see a lot of others are having this problem. And it's not just an annoying banner (the message flips between using too much energy and too much memory). My performance was impacted. Spinning wheels, slow response times and unexpected reboots. Ridiculous. It started on just my msn account but soon escalated to other webpages and even when I only had one Microsoft app open.

I've tried all the suggestions noted. Specifically with the help of 3 calls to Apple support and an actual in store Genius Bar visit. I even bought a new Macbook Pro about a month ago thinking this would resolve it but after using for 45 minutes the same problems popped up.

Too much money for Apple to not fix this. The irony of not be able to use Safari on my MAC is crazy but I have reverted to Chrome. Like most people, my laptop is my livelihood (independent consultant) so this needs to work. Even if it is vintage (circa 2011). :-)

Agree to your comments, but can you help us out and offer other alternatives than just saying ignore Safari? What browser are you using? Does it work well for you?

I have been trying out Firefox, which I used years ago, as an alternative to Safari and it's not much better. Slow responsiveness, jerky cursor issues and one crash during game play. Other options I've found and may try are Chrome, Atomic Browser, Dolphin Browser, and iCab.

If anyone has changed browsers and likes what they are using, please let us all know!

golfingal56 wrote:

If anyone has changed browsers and likes what they are using, please let us all know!

Many browsers have come and gone over the years.

I always have two browsers open at all times in my workflow. I leave the default browser set to Safari in full screen—in this way my everyday sites have tabs open continuously, and all links open in this default browser—just a simple swipe away from my working Desktop.

On the Desktop my go to working browser is Firefox and has been trouble free for over ten years now. One important feature for me is having a dedicated search bar—in this way when searching you do not lose the original search term—compared to the address bar.

Out of the some 15 apps I have running at all times, only 6 are in full screen + the Desktop ( 4 apps.) + 5 hidden.

According to the statistics only 50% of Macs are running the Safari browser.

Thank you, leroydouglas, appreciate the input! I'll keep Safari as default for now and continue experimenting with Firefox, see how that goes. Other than the annoying message and one of my G5 games constantly crashing, Safari has been working fine for me. Will try Firefox for my games, see if that works better.

golfingal56 wrote:

Safari ... Other than the annoying message and one of my G5 games constantly crashing

I have been researching this issue and the useless "annoying" message, digging around in the Developer site, asking questions and getting zero response. So far I have turned up nothing.

An experimental feature(?) New WebKit Features in Safari 11.1 | WebKit

I realized I do not have the "Develop" option as part of my Safari. Is this "hidden" somewhere or is this Safari version just available to developers? I found that this annoying issue is starting to "creep" into my other websites. I have a brand new 27" iMac with more than adequate memory, etc. Thanks!

Dear Apple, I know the page consumes cpu. I know it consumes memory, because I programmed it to do so.

It manipulates big images at pixel level, it uses webGL and as you know, the unfinished crap you forced us to use (html5) vs some plugin, isn't really the modern stuff you promoted. We know it, you know it.

So please add a way to tell Safari to shut the f.. via code/tag. Even better, remove these in next update.

Thank you.

I’m not sure what the purpose of this is either, but as I said I intended to turn them off one at a time to see if it would solve the problem. Luckily the first choice worked. Also, I know my laptop is old, but the CPU is still considered fast for what I use it for. I upgraded RAM to 16GB, which is also a lot for what I do and should negate the need for virtual RAM on the hard drive. But, the hard drive has been upgraded too by appx 60% larger. The only choking point would then be graphics or cache, which, AFAIK, aren’t upgradeable on my laptop, but based on what I use it for shouldn’t be an issue.

HTH

If there are any tech's monitoring this conversation. FWIW, I checked my activity monitor and Safari was the highest user in all tabs. CPU usage highest was Activity Monitor at appx 6%. Memory highest was kernel_task at 1.11GB. Energy impact was <5%, the average was 59%. Drive usage was appx 350MB, which out of 150GB free on my HDD, doesn't seem like a lot. The only time I get the error message is when I'm on FB.

Don't know if this is valuable info or not.