Safari slowing down

A couple days after installing 10.4.4, certain web pages in Safari began hanging up, loading very slowly, or not at all. The exact same pages hang in both IE and Firefox 1.5 as well. Oddly enough, they load in the AOL browser, but I can't stomach using that all of the time. I reinstalled 10.4 from the DVD with no improvement, as well as resetting Safari / trashing preferences / deleting cookies, etc. I am running a wireless connection through Airport, and have upgraded the Airport firmware as well. Any thoughts???
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

I reloaded 10.4.4 again, and after about 24 hours, everything seems to be back to normal. I will make sure to quit Safari every once in a while, instead of just closing the window.

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The great safari slow down.

For three days now safari has been very very slow to load webpages. When I type in the URL safari connects to the site and then can take 2-4 mins to load. Say I try www.bbc.co.uk it will take two mins for the home page to load.
If I switch to Firefox all websites load quickly so I know its not an issue with my dsl connection.
Pings and traceroutes to sites come back fine and responses are good.
Its just when I use safari.
I have emptied cache and history.
Restarted (many times in the last three days)
Reset my dsl router.
Checked cables
Turned off the built in 10.4.2 firewall.
Any Ideas ?

This is a wide-spread issue. Just check out all of the posts in this forum that relate to Safari slowing down, crashing, etc., etc.
I've been having the same problem for about 1 week or more. Tried all the things that you tried, including trashing Safari and reinstalling. I suspect that it has to do with a liveupdate of Safari software that occurred shortly before the problems began. I also tried trashing Safari again and reinstalling the older version. Didn't work.
The info I've read seems to indicate that the problem affects more than the Safari application itself; the installation may add components to the OS also. This would appear to mean that the problem can't be erased by just trashing the application.
This problem is affecting both Tiger and Panther. So far Apple has been silent, as far as I can tell. Meanwhile I've had to say goodbye to Safari. Unfortunate. There just aren't great substitutes for it.
Has anyone with a service support warranty (3 months) still in effect tried to call Apple support about this?
jen

Safari slowing down my system?

I swore by Safari when I first started using it back in 2008, but the latest version with 'webkit2webprocess.exe" is causing some huge slow downs. I just can't figure out what's wrong, and why safari is sudenly a lumbering beast instead of the sleek predator that it used to be.
My system constantly caches, the bhard drive is constantly w eatorking with this thing installed. It eats up RAM, and more ram, and never dumps anything, untiol there's no more page filing space. Even now, after I wrote that last sentence my HD went active again. Sure enough, "webkit2" is eating up naerly a half gig of ram. And now when I type, I can't see what I'm typing. and now it's eating up my video ram because I've run out of file page space.
who the upgraded this thing, the marx brothers?
thjis used to be the best brower on the market, but hnow it's JUST a piece of ram eating junk.

I also finger McAffee as the culprit, it's not necessary on Mac's as of 10.6.8+ Apple installed their own anti-OS X malware detector and it checks for updates like every 26 hours or so.
If you need to clean the Windows malware off their files, the free ClamXav does the job nicely and doesn't bugger up the machine as it's run as you need it.
For your other slowdown issues, I suggest you look through these tips of mine, my Snow Leopard is incredibly fast.
Why is my computer slow?
Diagnosing network issues
Tune up your Mac here
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https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents

Mail And Safari slows down/lags when typing in Hebrew

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Is it bug in Mavericks?
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Safari slowing down over time

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          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
          AMD Radeon HD 6490M - VRAM: 256 MB
Startup Items:
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          VirtualBox - Path: /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox
System Software:
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          TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 426.12 GB (275.36 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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          org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv          Version: 4.1.20
          org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB          Version: 4.1.20
          org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt          Version: 4.1.20
          org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp          Version: 4.1.20
          com.trendmicro.kext.KERedirect          Version: 1.0.0
          com.trendmicro.kext.filehook          Version: 1.5.0
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I recently upgraded to Safari 3.1 and OS X 10.4.11
Mac 2.16 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
I'm using a motorola modem and RR light.
I tested the speed with the help of Time Warner Cable and it appears to be at the 1470kbp range.
I've emptied the cache and reset Safari....I've reset the modem
You may glean im a novice with the technology....not sure what else to do

Safari slows down

I notice that whenever I have many safari windows open, it takes forever for Safari to load a new page. Is there any way to increase the real memory size for Safari under OS X 10.3? Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Dave

There appears to be a fundamental design flaw in Safari: after it has been running for a while, and after it has used, say, more than 150-200 MB of "real" RAM as shown by Activity Monitor (or 1 GB or more of VM), Safari will load pages very slowly. Periodically emptying the cache will help (I have found that deleting preferences, history, and icon cache make little difference) -- you'll see how significantly the RAM use decreases -- but eventually, the best fix is to clear the cache, quit Safari, and relaunch.
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Safari slows down/freezes completely when streaming video

I do not usually have this problem, and it is not with every site. Certain sites with embedded video content (YouTube, Google Video, etc.) do not have this problem. This problem only occurs when I attempt to stream from a video link.
This is how the scenario goes almost every time:
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Please, if anyone has any clue how this problem works and how to fix it, let me know. This has been plaguing my computer for far too long.

I did not make myself clear enough: the link does not open a new page, but rather in the same page as the original site. In other words, the video opens and plays in Safari in the same page. I do have a program, Flip4Mac, that deals with video, but I do not believe it affects QT movies because it apparently only deals with .wmv files and not .mpeg or .mpg files. My QT is also Pro, by the way.
When I stream the movies (if this is considered streaming), I let them download fully in Safari before playing them. I know when the video is beginning to load because a preview (screenshot, per say) of the beginning of the video appears and the QT menu (status bar, play/pause buttons, etc.) appears around the video. Unfortunately, Safari usually never gets to that point and locks up before the video even begins to load.
Also, when I adjusted the MIME settings, I messed around with the video, miscellaneous, and streaming tabs. I attempted to try each change with a restarted Safari with no luck. Are there any other MIME settings I should be looking at? If not, how else could I attempt to fix this problem? I have tried downloading the video, and it works from there, but it takes about 10 min. to download when it takes only about 30 seconds to stream/download in Safari. Thus, I would prefer it working in Safari, not only for convenience, but because I don't like problems going unsolved on my computer. Thanks to all so far for giving advice, at least.

Why does Safari v5.1.9 slow down?

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Thanks for your response. This morning I did some experimenting. I ran the Activity Monitor and checked memory usage when Safari had run since yesterday, then I quit Safari and checked, and finally I restarted Safari and checked a 3rd time. Below is a chart I made of the memory usage where the first number is prior Safari, the second number is without Safari, and the third number is after rerunning Safari. BTW: I have 4 GB RAM installed and have 12 tabs open in Safari. Oh, and when I restarted Safari, 5 of the 12 tabs would not reload. I had to close the tabs, open new ones and go back to the web sites manually.
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Safari shuts down when logged into CBS Marketwatch

I'm experiencing problems with Safari shutting down while I'm logged into CBS marketwatch. This is the only site this seems to be happening on and it's doing it on my iMac and my Powerbook. Both are running OS X 10.3.8. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks

Timothy --
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1. Empty your cache & History settings via the Safari menu
2. Trash your Icons Folder:
HD>Users>Home>YourName>Library>Safari -->Icons
Restart Safari and a new folder will be automatically regenerated.
(This folder saves favicons of all the sites you visit. Needs cleaning periodically -- or you can change that file's preferences to "Read Only"
rather than "Read & Write." This will keep it from growing in size.)
3. You might want to check all three "auto" preferences in Safari. Sometimes those lists gets very long and need pruning. (I turned all autofill boxes off, and have no problems.)
4. Launch Font Book and check all fonts for duplicates. A duplicated font will have a bullet beside the font family and you can resolve duplicates by selecting the font and at the menu bar, go to Edit > Resolve Duplicates.
Do this for each font with a bullet next to it.
If you're still having problems:
5. Shut down your computer . . . unplug the computer, modem, and router, if you have one. Let everything sit for 2-3 minutes. Plug everything back in, start up your modem & router, then restart your computer.
You could also look for the CBS marketwatch cookies
(.marketwatch.com) in your Safari>Preferences>Security>Show Cookies.
Delete the marketwatch ones and see if the problem goes away.
If it does, then those cookies somehow got corrupted.
Hope this helps

Safari is slow to open and close. It also slows down other apps while running. Should I reload safari and if so, how do I do so?

Safari is slow to open and close. It also slows down other apps while it is running. How can I resolve this issue?

From the Safari menu bar, select
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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The following procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
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Note: If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. The other steps should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
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ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta}* L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null | open -f -a TextEdit
Important: If you formerly synchronized with a MobileMe account, your me.com email address may appear in the output of the above command. If so, anonymize it before posting.
Step 5
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' | open -f -a TextEdit
Remember, steps 1-5 are all copy-and-paste — no typing, except your password. Also remember to post the output.
You can then quit Terminal.

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huh? hahahaha

And yet I have built an entire career on animation with
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the difference is huge - TBS has a lot more desireable
features - but flash is flash - it is pretty
convenient that the entire world browsing the internet has
the flash player - and flash does have
one of the most intuitive timelines ever. TBS is still in the
dark ages with exposure sheet style
animation - it's traditional and that's fine, but serves very
little purpose in regards to
computer-based animation.
The general statement that flash is not an animation tool is
like saying that a ferrari is not for
driving.
mho
GerryIsHere wrote:
> Flash is definitely not an "animation" tool.
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