Mac suddenly needing forever to load a webpage
Suddenly, my MacBook Pro is needing 30-60 seconds to load webpages. (Okay, 60 seconds if not forever, but close enough.)
It happens about once every five minutes. I can zip along from page to page ... then suddenly I click a link or tab-open a number of links ... and it needs as much as 60 seconds to load. The tab reads "connecting" and the little internet arrow spins, but no page. Then, suddenly a minute later, the pages start to load at full speed.
I thought it might be my internet provider. but it turns out that it's done this several times at several different locations with different providers, so it's almost certain to be a problem in the Mac.
I've cleared the cache and history, restarted, ad nauseum ...
... and suggestions?
-JOHN
If you have not already done this, try to reset Safari.
Reset Safari.
Click Safari in the menu bar.
From the drop down select "Reset Safari".
Uncheck the box next to " Remove saved names and passwords".
Click "Reset".
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