My Safari often locks up can i do anything to stop it happening ...

my Safari often locks up can i do anything to stop it happening, by which i mean there is probably a procedure i can do to find out why it locks up, like looking in a log file or similar, no doubt you guys know exactly what to do if it happens to you.
i really did think that this "locking up" was a thing of the past since i moved from Windows !, Blue screen of death etc. , mind you Win7 wasnt ever as bad as Win XP !
I saw in another post that there is/are a couple of files i can delete, is this normal ?, when i asked about that, a kind chap (~Bee) suggested i started a post of my own, so here i am, thanks.
tim

Carolyn Samit wrote:
Hi,
Follow the instructions I posted previously for troubleshooting third party plugins. Plugins are responsible for 1/3 of the problems with Safari.
For Extensions.. there's another way to check besides the menu bar.
Open a Finder window. Select your Home folder in the Sidebar on the left. Now open the Library folder then the Safari folder then the Extensions folder.
If you see any Extensions there, drag them to the Desktop. Restart Safari. If it doesn't freeze then move one Extension at a time back to the Extensions folder, try Safari. Process of elimination.
Try Safari in another user account. If it freezes there, then log back into your admin account. Launch Disk Utility. Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left then select the FirstAid tab. Click: Verify Disk (not Verify Disk Permissions). If the startup disk needs repairing, follow the instructions here for Using Disk Utility to Verify or Repair Disks
Message was edited by: Carolyn
Hi Carolyn, i do appreciate the advice you are giving, but freezing has only happened a couple of times and i am sure youre advice is for folk in a far deeper mess than i, but it is definitely worth my while bookmarking this thread for when things do get bad.
Furthermore i dont have an Extensions folder at all AND i dont believe i have any 3rd Plug installed either.
thanks for all you help both Carolyn and ~Bee
tim

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