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Safari Hangs or Lags When Loading - MacBook Pro 2018

User uploaded fileMacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)

2.9 GHz Intel Core i9

32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4

Radeon Pro 560X 4096 MB

Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB



Recently Safari began to lag and display the "beach ball." The blue bar reaches about a quarter of the address bar and it can take anywhere from 30 seconds to well over a minute for the page to load.


I've seen several posts on this matter but they are either inactive or do not solve the problem.


I am hoping someone has come up with a solution.


Thanks much.

Posted on Sep 14, 2018 8:41 AM

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Sep 14, 2018 9:49 AM in response to calvopa

If the above doesn't work, Safari/Preferences/Advanced - enable the Develop menu, then go there and Empty Caches. Quit/reopen Safari and test. Then try Safari/History/Show History and delete all history items. Quit/reopen Safari and test. You can also try try Safari/Clear History…. The down side is it clears all cookies. Doing this may cause some sites to no longer recognize your computer as one that has visited the web site. 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.


Safari Corruption See post by Linc Davis


If that doesn't work, try running this program in your normal user account , 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 Report” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown.

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Safari Hangs or Lags When Loading - MacBook Pro 2018

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