Dragging tabs from safari

Safari has been very slow lately and the thing ive noticed most often is when I have multiple tabs open and I want to drag one into its own window it takes around 10 seconds for the tab to turn in to a new window. It is extremely delayed and it never used to be and several other peoples macs seem to be fine when doing this function. does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix this?

Yes.
Install the v10.6.4 Combo Update
It's ok to do this even if you are already running v10.6.4
Then repair permissions.
Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
*Something to check before you do that*. Open a Finder window. Select your user account in the Sidebar on the left. Then open the Library folder then the Internet Plug-Ins folder.
If there are any third party plug-ins that folder, move them to the Desktop. Relaunch Safari.
Carolyn
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