Safari on Windows sometimes maxes CPU?

Anyone else have problem with Safari under Windows - for me it will sometimes just start maxing the equivelant of one of my CPU cores and won't stop until I exit Safari and restart. It doesn't happen consistently (like always on the same web site) but it happens often. Anyone else have this issue or have a solution?

What plug-ins do you have?
Any 3rd party extensions?
The ability to switch a single plug-in off, would have to try disable all plug-ins.
Disable page previews.
Same for javascript, can't disable/enable on specific sites.
On Mac, Click2Flash works well to limit loading flash plug-ins.
Some sites insist on running scripts constantly, and/or attempt to reload a page (page hit counter to show more hits than real?).
Safari 5 doesn't seem to be well threaded. Each tab fights for processor cycles and isn't able to make efficient use of multiple cores/threads. Try opening 10 tabs concurrently. Now do that same with any other browser like Firefox or IE9.
My solution is to use other browser and disable Active-X and plug-ins and scripts unless I give permission to load, and use Safari with those turned off by default and only load unless I need to or want something. Safari tends to display and look better, but that's it.

Similar Messages

Can I run safari on, windows for free, on my mac?

I would like to see what some websites look like on a windows pc. Can I use safari with windows, on my mac? If so which one can I get for free? Or do I need to buy windows?

Apple dropped support for Safari for Windows sometime ago.
So it is not worth trying.
Best.

Why does the Safari window sometimes open with a 1/4 inch gap along the bottom when the desktop shows through?

I am using a 15 inch Macbook Pro i7 2.66 GHZ. 8 GB ram. 500 GB hard drive. OS 10.6.8. All updates are done on a regular basis.
Sometimes when I open Safari the window leaves a small 1/4 inch gap along the bottom. In this gap you can see the desktop. This is instead of the Safari window taking up the entire screen. When you click on the green button on the top left then it will open in the entire screen and the 1/4 inch gap is gone. This does not happen all the time but is annoying and I don't feel it should be happening. Does anyone know the solution so this stops happening and has anyone else ran into this?

it's the space for your dock. if your mouse enters that area, the dock will appear. if the window just went to the bottom, it would always initiate the dock whenever you had your mouse at the bottom of the conent window. This is un intuitive and I'm sure apple did this so you wouldn't initiate the dock.
This has become more intuitive in Lion and the dock pops up when you're at the absolute bottom of the page. which is what Sig and myself are both using.
I've also noticed it will adjust the window to the content. are the pages you're going to small in content and therefore wouldn't stretch all the way to the bottom of your screen? like a login page or a splash page? I have notice maximize will adjust the width of the window to ASC even after I had it taking up the whole screen before toggling the green button. Hope this helps!

Very poor implementation of XMLHttpRequest streaming with Safari for Window

I hope this post reaches Apple engineers. This is critical for us to resolve this. I am a member of the developer network, so if using incident support is necessary, it can be used. Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. I have implemented a test to compare XMLHttpRequest streaming performance for different browsers. Safari for Windows 5.0.3 had the worst results compared to Chrome and Firefox. Furthermore, I think this problem was introduced after Safari 3. The test consists of a server pushing messages of about 350 bytes to the browser at a rate of about 300/s. Once server pushes 10,000 messages, it closes the connection and browser opens new one repeating the cycle. There were several problems associated with Safari: 1) Safari could not process much more then 300 messages/s, that is quite low. Chrome had no problem processing 1,000. If, for example, 500 m/s was used, Safari would quickly allocate hundreds of meg of memory and crash. 2) Safari starts with about 64MEG of memory allocated. Once the test page is opened, memory quickly climes to 150MEG and as test progresses to >400MEG. Once the connection closes, it drops to 150MEG again. Chrome's memory did not fluctuate at all staying at 32MEG for the same test. 3) CPU was steadily claiming as test progressed and then dropped as connection was reset, creating CPU spikes. It reached about 50% CPU before connection was closed. Chrome's CPU stayed at about 2% all the time. This is the code: Server. Should be run with the latest Java Tomcat 7. Configure Tomcat to use Http11NioProtocol: package test; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.PrintWriter; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import javax.servlet.ServletException; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; import org.apache.catalina.comet.CometEvent; import org.apache.catalina.comet.CometProcessor; @SuppressWarnings("serial") public class WebFrameworkServletXHRReconnects extends HttpServlet implements CometProcessor { @Override public void event(CometEvent event) throws IOException, ServletException { HttpServletRequest request = event.getHttpServletRequest(); HttpServletResponse response = event.getHttpServletResponse(); if (event.getEventType() == CometEvent.EventType.BEGIN) { System.out.println("Begin for session: " + request.getSession(true).getId() + " " + response.getWriter()); response.setHeader("pragma", "no-cache,no-store"); response.setHeader("cache-control", "no-cache,no-store,max-age=0,max-stale=0"); event.setTimeout(Integer.MAX_VALUE); PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("mm:ss: "); for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) { out.print("{\"messageType\":8448,\"requestId\":"0",\"eventType\":1,\"symbolId\" :[\"BAC.EA\",0],\"fields\":[{\"header\":"0",\"type\":6,\"data\":[3993,2]},{\"hea der\":"55",\"type\":6,\"data\":[1185,2]},{\"header\":54,\"type\":6,\"data\":[321 8,2]},{\"header\":"5",\"type\":6,\"data\":[6617,2]},{\"header\":52,\"type\":4,\" data\":[15]},{\"header\":"12",\"type\":6,\"data\":[1700,2]}]}"); out.flush(); if (i % 10 == 0) { try { //Thread.sleep(60); Thread.sleep(30); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } } if (i % 100 == 0) { System.out.println(formatter.format(new Date()) + i); } } out.close(); event.close(); } else if (event.getEventType() == CometEvent.EventType.ERROR) { event.close(); } else if (event.getEventType() == CometEvent.EventType.END) { event.close(); } } } client: <script type="text/javascript" src="log4js.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var api;
var log = new Log(Log.DEBUG, Log.popupLogger);
var byteoffset;
var perocessedMessages;
function connect() {
perocessedMessages = 0;
byteoffset = 0;
id = 0;
api = new XMLHttpRequest;
api.onreadystatechange = onreadystatechange;
api.onerror = onerror;
log.debug('connect');
api.open("GET", "http://localhost/Test/Controller", true);
api.send("");
function onreadystatechange() {
switch (api.readyState) {
case 3:
change();
break;
case 4:
disconnect();
break;
function change() {
connected = true;
var buffer = api.responseText;
var newdata = buffer.substring(byteoffset);
byteoffset = buffer.length;
while (1) {
var x = newdata.indexOf("<activ>");
if (x != -1) {
y = newdata.indexOf("</activ>", x);
if (y != -1) {
processMessage(newdata.substring((x + 7), y));
newdata = newdata.substring(y + 8);
else {
break;
else {
break;
byteoffset = buffer.length - newdata.length;
function processMessage(msg) {
var objJson = eval('(' + msg + ')');
perocessedMessages++;
//if (perocessedMessages % 100 == 0) {
// log.debug('' + perocessedMessages);
function disconnect() {
log.debug('disconnect');
connect();
function onerror() {
log.debug('onerror');
</script>

I hope this post reaches Apple engineers. This is critical for us to resolve this. I am a member of the developer network, so if using incident support is necessary, it can be used.
We're a user-to-user forum, ilyag. So it'd be better for you to use the Apple Bug Reporter if you want to ensure someone from Apple sees your post:
http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/

In Safari, my iMac sometimes zooms way too much and will not zoom back. I have a wireless mouse set to zoom in and out on double tap, but the excessive zooms happen with no taps.

In Safari, my iMac sometimes zooms way too much and will not zoom back. I have a wireless mouse set to zoom in and out on double tap, but the excessive zooms happen with no taps. A page zooms in so less than 1/4 of the page is visible and nothing I do will zoom back out, command minus doesn't do it, double tap on mouse does not zoom out, and the window will not scroll to show any of the rest of the page. reloading the page does not help. Loading a different page gives me a normal view again.

If it were a tweaked setting, it should happen less randomly. And there should be no settings that could override the zoom setting in unversal Access and the Mouse zoom preferences.
In addition, this only happens in Safari 6, and seems to happen more fredquently on some websites and not on others. That suggests some sort of conflict in the site code with Safari and Apple wireless mouse code. It does not happen in Mail, Word, Excel, Photoshop, Illustrator, or other software as far as I can tell.

Safari for WIndows Printing Headers/Footers

Safari has always supported disabling headers and footers from html pages on the Mac, and every other browser allows it as well. I saw a post describing how to force them off by editing the plist file for safari from a windows machine, but seems to be a little much to do just to turn of the header/footer.
Is there any reason why this functionality never made it to any of the Safari windows versions? Or is it to be expected sometime soon.
Seems like a ridiculous thing to leave out

There is no "Print headers and footers" options under the File/Printers menu or anywhere else that I can find on my Safari running on Windows 7. I am using Safari 5.1
I am helping/tech support for those who have Macs and need to print mailing labels from an online database program. The header and footer mess up the label printing. I am using Safari on Windows 7 to try an figure out what to tell my Mac users what to do. It sure would be nice if Safari on Windows and Safari on Macs had the same menu structure.

Error message when installing Safari on Windows xp

Tried to install Safari on Windows XP.
Recived the following message;
"The older version of Apple Software Update cannont be removed. Contact you technical support group."
Then this message,
"Safari Installer Interrupted"
What do I do and how do I fix it?

Hello, dtharachai.
Thank you for the question. Here are a couple things you could try to troubleshoot this issue. You can try to repair the program Apple Software Update by following the first article below. After you process these steps, attempt to uninstall this program. If that step does not work, I have included a more in depth troubleshooting article that will help you uninstall program. Once this is done you should be able to install Safari.
How to repair Software Update for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24326
"The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable" alert when removing Apple software in Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3704
Cheers,
Jason H.

Drag File From Safari Download Window to Other Volume - Moves not Copies File - Bug or Feature ?

Hi,
Appreciate comment on what I thought was unusual Mac OS behavior. Running Safari 5.1.5, OS 10.6.8.
Mac OSs in my experience copy a file when it is dragged and dropped to another volume/drive. (Let's leave classic desktop out of this.)
It may be the first time I've ever done it in any version of Safari, but just dragged a file directly from the Safari Downloads panel onto another drive's icon - and it appeared to "move" the file from its original download destination to the other drive and not simply copy it onto the other drive.
Didn't look like a copy and standard Finder delete since I didn't see file in the trash, although it was gone from the finder window for the download folder (Desktop in my prefs), and afterwards Safari Download Window magnifying glass icon "can’t show the file “filename” in the Finder because “filename” has moved since you downloaded it." It's reproducible.
Assuming it's not unique to my configuration, is this a bug or "feature" ?
Thanks.

HI,
From the Safari Menu Bar click Safari/Preferences then select the General tab.
You can deselect: Open "safe" files after downloading.
Carolyn

Safari for Windows crashes when I try to import bookmarks

Hi everybody!
I'm trying to import my mozilla firefox bookmarks into Safari for windows 5.1.7... (running on Windows 7 Professional SP1)
So I exported it from Firefox bookmarks menu, and then go to Safari > File > IMport Bookmarks
Then error occurs: It opens a dialog box to choose the html file with the bookmarks wanted, and after a few mileseconds... it crashes!
I receive this screen/dialog box:
When i go to error console, to get the error message, i found this:
Assinatura do problema:
Nome do Evento de Problema:    APPCRASH
Nome do Aplicativo:    Safari.exe
Versão do Aplicativo:    5.34.57.2
Carimbo de Data/Hora do Aplicativo:    4f982b5e
Nome do Módulo de Falhas:    CoreGraphics.dll
Versão do Módulo de Falhas:    1.87.0.0
Carimbo de Data/Hora do Módulo de Falhas:    4f9739a0
Código de Exceção:    40000015
Deslocamento de Exceção:    0013a762
Versão do sistema operacional:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Identificação da Localidade:    1046
Informações Adicionais 1:    6771
Informações Adicionais 2:    67715460e11cf4d8a3ceaf4d49ffdca1
Informações Adicionais 3:    ab8e
Informações Adicionais 4:    ab8ec1bd3e08be819760b14cdc014550
Leia nossa declaração de privacidade online:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=104288&clcid=0x0416
Se a declaração de privacidade online não estiver disponível, leia nossa declaração de privacidade offline:
C:\Windows\system32\pt-BR\erofflps.txt
Anyone already pass throuhgt this error or know how i fix it?
Thanks in advance.
Paludo
Natal-RN-Brazil

Hi ..
Apple has dropped support for Safari for Windows.
Use IE or Chrome Browser
Apple apparently kills Windows PC support in Safari

My macbook pro is running very slow with some strange mouse and window movements. The trackpad is very unresponsive and when responding the cursor moves on its own and/or very erratically. When on safari the window suddenly zooms in or highlights words.

My macbook pro is running very slow with some strange mouse and window movements. The trackpad is very unresponsive and when responding the cursor moves on its own and/or very erratically. When on safari the window suddenly zooms in or highlights words and looks them up via dictionary. I currently have a wireless mouse connected and I am still having the same problems.
I fee like I may have a virus or my laptop is perhaps being accessed remotely. All of the sharing options are unchecked.
HELP PLEASE
Very worried!!

Try these in order testing your system after each to see if it's back to normal:
1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
    b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:
     Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the
     COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and
     after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears.
     Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
     Reinstall the 10.9.2 update: OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 Update (Combo).
4. Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
Reinstall the 10.9.2 update: OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 Update (Combo).

Uploading files to website not working with Safari in Windows 7

Safari version: 5.1.7
OS: Windows 7
Hi,
I am a website owner, and I have a feature on my site where users can upload large (up to 50MB) music files to my server. The feature works in Firefox on OSX & Windows platforms and it also works in Safari on OSX. The uploading feature is not working with Safari for Windows. Do you have any idea why and how to fix this? It can't be an issue with my server as it works in other browsers fine and works fine in Safari for OS X.
If you have any information on how to solve this or things for me to try to rectify this for use with Windows operating system it would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

GREAT NEWS!!!!
I have solved this issue myself with some help from my a user on Microsoft Forums. The issue stems from the mime type of each Browser Chrome, IE, & Safari for Windows defaults as audio/wav. When the mime type is changed to audio/x-wav everything works. Firefox defaults to audio/x-wav and when changed to audio/wav it DOES NOT work.
Once I input some code in my .php upload page to change the mimetype if audio/wav is detected everything works GREAT!!!
So Here is what you need to do: Find your upload page and input this code:
echo "<p>MIME Type: ".$_FILES["file"]["type"]."</p>";
right before your "If/then" statement of file type. For me it was near line 30 in my upload.php page, but I'm sure this is different for everyone.
This will detect and DISPLAY the default mime type of your browser on the error page when your upload doesn't work. Once you know what mime type works for your file type then you can change your "if/then" statement for mime type upload to change your mime type to the correct one.
I don't want to give the code here, because I'm sure it's specific to your file types and your site construction, but this should lead you on the right track.
***This is the solution if you ARE NOT ABLE to upload any certain file in a certain Browser. It has to do with mime type construction***
I hope this helps others like it helped me!!!!!

How to make Safari browser always open a new web page in a new Safari browser window which was clicked from a PDF document URL

Hi
I have a web application which would enable users to see a list of PDF document on the web page and when the user select the PDF document, it will be open by a adobe PDF view
Within the content of the PDF document, it will contact URL links to some other portal web pages which we would like these other web pages to be open in a new browser window, but our testing shows that the new web pages may not always open in a new browser window.
Could you help to advise how I can enforce that new web pages that are clicked from the PDF document can always be open in a new Safari browser window ?
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Sen Lee

Hello,
In order to change the default reader for PDF files (to not open PDF files with Firefox's internal PDF reader), follow these steps:
#Go to ''Tools'' > ''Options'' (or ''Firefox'' > ''Options'').
#In the Options window, select the ''Applications'' tab.
#In the ''Search'' field, type ''PDF''. You should find ''Portable Document Format (PDF)''.
#On the right handside you should find an ''Action'' column. Use that to select your favorite PDF reader. In order to view PDF files in Firefox, choose ''Preview in Firefox''.
Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!
Thank you.

Looking for a high-contrast extension for Safari for Windows

First of all,what do we call them - extensions or plugins?
Is there an extension for Safari for Windows for high-contrast? I can't find one anywhere. Windows 7 is set to a HC theme. IE just follows suit. Chrome detected this, ad offered to install a theme.
Don't know why, but I still prefer Safari on my Win7 system. But really need HC. One that just inverts the colors would work, but one with several other options like the Chrome extension would be better.
A Link! A Link! My kingdom for a Link!

Apple has dropped support for Safari on Windows

Receive message when downloading ITunes or Safari for Windows 7 64 Bit. "Installation package could not be opened. Verify package exists or contact application vendor to verify this is a valid Windows Installer package."

Received message when trying to install Itunes or Safari for Windows. " Installation package could not be opened. Verify package exists or contact application vendor to verify this is a valid Windows Installer package".

I to am having the same issue. I have a admin account and logged into it as well and still have the same message pop up. Contacted live support the woman i spoke with had to send it up higher. We went through every thing including her trying (taking over as a host on my laptop) still have not bee contacted this June will be a year that i have heard nothing from them sine She di everything she could and pushed it up higher.

Safari on Windows XP Pro?

Hey everyone
This is my first time using the forums here and I was just wondering if it's possible to use Safari on Windows XP. If anyone would have an answer to this would you be able to provide a link to a download page, it would be much appreciated
Thanks for your time
custom build 2.4ghz Windows XP Pro 9800/128mb ati radeon

Hi S,
Happy New Year & Welcome to the new apple Discussion Forum.
i do not think that is possible but i am not certain. Mozilla's Firefox is one i know that is windows compatible. Again i am not certain about Safari window I look around & I do not see that being an option. Perhaps some one else will chime in that know definitively. In the interim FF?
good luck let us know. regards, Eme
Great your spex are listed down the bottom of your message as i compose this thanks MODerators!!!

Safari on Windows sometimes maxes CPU?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for