Fix for Safari 5 hanging up with loading pages

After reading the other extensive threads on this topic, one of the articles linked in those threads that helped me the most is found here... http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/opendsn-what-is-opendns-why-required-2/2587 /
The solution appears to be the DNS problem for many new Safari 5 users (if not most). The article linked above demystified DNS for me. I added the OpenDNS numbers in the windows entitled "DNS Server" at System Preferences > Network. Safari 5 on my computer now works at lightning speed. The added benefit to doing this is that it is much faster than my previous DNS servers, and it is more secure.
I hope that Apple will spread the word about this simple and fast solution, because many Safari 5 users are very frustrated right now.

I also have problem with hanging up freezing up and all the above and actually Safari 5 made my entire computer inclosing other browsers I use very slow now,
so I hope Apple come up with a fast fix for this soon because a lot of people have problems I have three laptops in my family my kids tonight said they have the same exact problem as far as using the DNS that you were talking about I'm afraid that I would run into some security issues I am not sure if it is something Apple would also suggest to all the people that are having this problem. I have not seen any feedback yet on open DNS

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Try running the 10.6.8 combo update.
10.6.8 Combo Updater
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Do a backup.
Quit the application.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.
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Try any or all of these standard fixes.
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When i put firefox in offline mode, and then click on pages saved in history , it can't load any pages or any images. i put cach size to 250mb but the problem is the same, it saves history for two months, but can't load pages.

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Hi there,
When I inspect your site in browser tools, I'm getting 404 errors from your page:
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (jquery-2.0.3.min.map, line 0)
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) (edge.4.0.0.min.map, line 0)
BarnardosIreland wrote:
I would have thought that publishing should give a complete package that doesn't need any further edits to the code and can just be directly ftp'ed to the web - is this correct?
In general, you are correct - but also your server does need to be properly configured (and those errors above lead me to think it may not be) to serve the file types that your uploading - but it could be something else entirely. Can you zip up your composition folder, upload it to your Creative Cloud files, set it to share, and then post a link here so I can download it? If you'd rather not share it publicly, can you PM me with a link to your composition files?
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Joe

Safari is extremely slow to load pages & saving my bookmarks to my folders

why is safari so extremely slow in loading pages? it can just about load my e-mail, if I wait about 5 minutes & I cannot check my t mobile cell phone balance because it gets stuck loading the page.
Also I cannot get it to save bookmarks into my designated named bookmark folders anymore, it only will save to the bookmarks bar

I have also heard about the cover flow feature, but I do not see it in my safari, where is it?
Look at this picture and you'll find it. Just click on the marked area/button.
Image: http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7103/coverflow1.jpg
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Message was edited by: Thomas Sjöholm

Here's a fix for Safari hanging and taking down the system..

There appears to be a serious bug in Mac OS X's lookupd which can pull the rug right out from under Mac OS X Tiger. While this bug could possibly be triggered in a number of different ways, there has been a recent rash of reports that have been tracked to some mainstream Web sites such as FoxNews.com using links to an adware site js.adsonar.com. This document describes a quick way out of the hang and a simple way to block links to js.adsonar.com from taking down Tiger again. While this doesn't fix the underlying lookupd bug itself, it prevents Mac OS X from hanging, while allowing you to continue using Web sites like FoxNews.com with full Java and JavaScript access enabled.
The symptoms of this problem are as follows:
You're surfing the web and the page you are on fails to completely load.
No further pages will load in your browser.
You can switch to other applications that may already be running and save any open files.
You can no longer launch any additional applications, their icons will bounce in the dock for a while and then they will just stop bouncing.
You can no longer use any other Finder functions.
You can no longer use command-option-escape to force quit.
You can not log out, restart or shut down.
Apparently these symptoms indicate that a low-level component of Mac OS X, lookupd, has hung. Since lookupd is used by many other parts of Mac OS X, it effectively hangs Mac OS X itself.
If this sounds like a problem you are having, try the steps in the following link to fix it.
Mac OS X Tiger lookupd bug & adsonar fix
Hope it helps,
-MikeS
Disclaimer:
[The above link goes to a bug fix on DreamLight.com, my commercial website. While neither I nor DreamLight receives any compensation for this fix, or for visits to the site, increased traffic to the site could of course indirectly lead to additional business opportunities.]

Hi Bee,
There is indeed "such a bug", though you may be fortunate enough to not be affected. Unfortunately MANY others are affected by this. I spent three days helping track this down (many of those 38 posts were while tracking it down in the Tiger discussions) and find a fix to this and thought that others might benefit by my efforts... By the way it's NOT a Safari bug, it happens in any browser, it's a "lookupd" bug which may be triggered by surfing to certain sites which contain links to "js.adsonar.com", which if you have JavaScript enabled can hang lookupd and take down your entire system... consider yourself lucky that it hasn't happened to you...
Here is some background information if you don't believe me:
Apple Discussions: "Fixes" for lookupd Problems, some via Java Updates
Apple Discussions: System unresponsive within the last week
MacFixit Discussions: Progressive Freeze and Network Access under Tiger
MacFixIt Special Report
MacFixit Follow-up: Another fix for system-wide freezes when Web browsing
I only posted this fix to the specific threads where people were having Safari hang, incase it might help them. Forgive me for trying to help them... I thought that was the point of these boards and that was why they started threads about their issues... I'd be willing to bet that this fix will indeed fix many of their problems...
I also posted one additional new topic here on the Safari board and one on the Tiger board for new readers looking for solutions to the same system hangs they may be getting while surfing.
If this fix does indeed help any of you other readers, please post back here so that Bee can indeed see that I'm not just posting here to waste my time...
-MikeS

My fix for Safari 5 beach ball, hang, not responding

Hello,
So many people experienced problems with safari after upgraded to S5 and me too! Beach balls, not responding, crash, quitting, hang.. Etc. I tried clearing cache, reset safari, delete .plst, uninstall/reinstall safari all yield to similar problem.
Here's what i have done to fix mine.
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*Google DNS*
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4) Go to Adobe site and download latest flash and test your Flash (+http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/+)
5)Try to test that macro media shockwave player if it works (+http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/+)
when i test mine it says that it run only in 32 bit mode so i turn my safari in 32bit and it able to display that logo which means its working.
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I think turning safari to 32 bit mode solves my problem.
In windows7 machine i encountered internet explorer 64bit some pages also not able to display(but no hang) due to Flash player unable to support 64bit, need to run in 32 bit.
Hope my fix to my MBP can benefit others too...
or any of you out there can give or enlighten more on this issue?

HI,
crash
I think turning safari to 32 bit mode solves my problem.
If it turns out Safari crashes again, post a crash report.
If Safari has just crashed, press the Report button on the CrashReporter dialog box to view the crash information.
Now copy/paste the entire contents of the Crash Reporter window into your reply here. If the crash report dialog does not appear or the crash is hard to reproduce, crash logs can be retrieved from the ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter> folder.
Carolyn

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Like many Safari 3.2.1 stopped responding every time it was launched, starting immediately after the update. It would hang loading pages shortly after launching and I had to Force Quit it to exit. I did all the rubber chicken voodoo with repairing permissions, etc. without avail but found that removing all internet plug-ins and Safari Enhancer seems to have fixed it. I'm reinstalling them one by one now and so far Safari hasn't crashed.
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Hi and welcome to Apple Discussions...
manifested itself after my daughter ripped images from Tumblr and posted them on Facebook.
Open a Finder window. Select your Home folder in the Sidebar on the left. It has a small house icon. Now open the Library folder, then the Internet Plug-Ins folder.
If you see this file in the Internet Plug-ins folder fbplugin1_01.plugin move it to the Trash.
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Relaunch Safari.
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Not really expecting an answer here - though that would be great. Seems pretty obviously a severe Safari 5.1.5 issue that I'm hoping to make higher priority for Apple by posting here.
--> so if this is happening to you please join in
Start Mac (mine:PB17, 10.7.3, 8GB ram, no FlashBack trojan), nothing running but activity monitor. Start Safari (no java, no flash, no extensions). CPU jumps into the 90+% and active memory starts ticking upward at 20MB per second until all ram is used and the system starts swapping and everything slows to a crawl. Also, Safari un-quitable. Only force-quit works, at which point all memory & cpu use goes back to normal.
Does all this with java and extensions enabled too. And other apps going.

I also have problem with hanging up freezing up and all the above and actually Safari 5 made my entire computer inclosing other browsers I use very slow now,
so I hope Apple come up with a fast fix for this soon because a lot of people have problems I have three laptops in my family my kids tonight said they have the same exact problem as far as using the DNS that you were talking about I'm afraid that I would run into some security issues I am not sure if it is something Apple would also suggest to all the people that are having this problem. I have not seen any feedback yet on open DNS

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I was getting tons of crashes, mostly navigating around Amazon. After trying all sorts of stuff, the only thing I can find that seems to work 100% was removing ClicktoFlash. Too bad. I hope it's updated soon.

After the upgrade there were slow page loads on my mac 10.5.8.
No crashes yet.
At home using ATT DSL with their 2701HG-B Gateway router/dhcp server.
Notices most when trying to go to sites such as Ebay and it took a long time for entire page to load.
The fix for now was to hand change the DNS setting from the automatic one to SBC's DSL (or one close to your home). I used 206.13.28.12.
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1Password version 2 browser button fix for Safari 5

Duplicate your 1Password 2 app (control click > Duplicate). It will make a copy called
"1Password copy.app"
Download 3.2.1, mount the .dmg, open the app with finder (Show Package Contents),
Contents > Extensions > WebKitExtension.Bundle.
Control click > copy to copy the WebKitExtension.Bundle app.
Open with finder the 1Password copy.app (Show Package Contents), Contents > Extensions >
WebKitExtension.Bundle
Replace (paste) the WebKitExtension.Bundle app with the 3.2.1 version.
Use the modified 1Password copy.app to reinstall the browser extensions. Close after extension
installation.
(note: using the modified copy will cause a nag screen to be displayed every time you open Safari 5)
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Works fine on Snow Leopard - did not test on Leopard.

Hi Bee:
This is for 1Password 2 Version 2.12.1 (build 7671), not for 1Password 3 Version 3.2.1.
(for those who have not upgraded yet).
I don't know if agile will ever offer a Safari 5.0 fix for 2.12.1 or not.
There are a lot of folks like me who own a multiple (family) license for 1Password Version 2.
Some of the older machines will never see Snow Leopard and aside from Safari 5, all current
browsers are still supported by 1Password 2.
I would probably upgrade, but truly, in my case, 1Password 3 has no new features that I really
want. I don't run Safari in 64 bit mode. It doesn't run any faster or better that I can tell (in 64 bit
mode), and it breaks the 32 bit plugins in 64 bit mode. Besides, Safari is tolerable (sometimes),
but it sure isn't my favorite Browser.
I am a basic person too, fancy prancy stuff just irritates me, I like 1Password 2's interface a lot
better. They should offer different skins for version 3, make everyone happy.
If Agile would support even one of my 2 favorite Browsers (Seamonkey and Opera), I would
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