Speeding up Safari

We live up in the mountains and our only internet options are dial up or sattelite. Is it possible, in order to increase download speed to use Safari without any pictures? I had a friend who used to use the internet without having any images or pictures downloaded, just the type. If it is possible, how would I reset my mac to do this?

I see only one possible solution for this, and it would cost you only $10 if you decide you like it. You'd need to download and install PithHelmet, which will also block a lot of ads if used normally.
Once you have the right version installed for Leopard, which is 2.8.3a.tbz, you would need to go to it's Preferences, click on Show Rule Editor, then click on Style and uncheck the box labeled "Load inline images". Then click on Apple at the bottom left and quit Preferences. The changes should take effect immediately when you go to a new web page or reload a current page.
Keep in mind this will have different effects on different sites; that is, the background colors on some sites may be dark and the text a similarly dark color, making it difficult to read, while other sites may just give you the standard black text on a white background. The only solution for that is to create a custom CSS style sheet to force the background text to be black and the background white. That isn't too hard if you know CSS or someone who does.
Mulder

Similar Messages

Speed Up Safari 3.1

Hey is there any way possible to speed up Safari 3.1 because its kinda slow on my computer and my computer runs pretty fast and its clean?

I have found this on http://guides.macrumors.com/SpeedupSafari
it seems to have sped things up quite a bit.
Adjust the 'Render Before Display' Timer
Safari uses a technique to decrease loading times by pausing for 1 second before displaying content so far recieved. When information is first downloaded from a website, Safari uses this time to commit maximum resources to rendering the HTML code before displaying on screen. It is possible to adjust this timer to force Safari to display a page earlier. Note that this will actually increase load time as Safari is not able to render as quickly if it is also updating the display at the same time, but it can be considered as a perceived performance increase. To change the timer follow these steps:
Quit Safari
Open a new Terminal window.
Type the following:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitInitialTimedLayoutDelay 0.25
You can substitute 0.25 for any numerical value from 0 to 1 seconds (e.g 0.5 or 0.75.) 1 is the default.
Press enter to save.
Close the Terminal application and re-launch Safari.
Test for changes
Your mileage may vary, and if you find little difference you might wish to reset the timer to its default settings by performing the above steps again and entering 1 as the numerical value.

What can I do to speed up Safari in Mountain Lion environment?

what can I do to speed up Safari in Mountain Lion environment? It takes forever to load a page now.

what can I do to speed up Safari in Mountain Lion environment? It takes forever to load a page now.

Is there a way to speed up Safari on Ipod Touch 4G?

My Safari has gone much slower and I got the Ipod 7 months ago. Is there a way to speed it up?

Try clearing Safari's History, Cookies and Cache, by heading to Settings -> Safari and tapping the delete button for each of these items.
Then do a hard reset. To do this, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons together long enough for the Apple logo to appear.
If you are still having issues, try restoring the iPod from a previous backup and then to factory defaults after that if necessary.
Is it slow no matter what type of Wi-Fi network you are connected to?
B-rock

Speed up Safari

This is not really a problem, but it's getting on my nerves. Is there a way to restore Safari to its former glory of being fast. Mine getting a bit slow. By the way, I have the latest version of Safari.

Hi
What type of speed loss are you experiencing?
If it is a slow page load, then a network issue may be the culprit. If you are seeing a spinning rainbow ball, then a corrupted cache or history file may be the reason.
The former is remedied by adding DNS server numbers to the System Preferences>Network>Your connection>Advanced>DNS panel. As you live outside the US, use 208.67.222.220 and 208.67.220.222, entered on the left side of the panel via the + panel.
If it's the latter, then generally a reset of Safari via the Safari menu does the trick.
Post back

Slow Buffer Speed in Safari

Just upgraded to a "Three Line" broadband for maximum speed and yet my safari video buffer is very slow. Read to change settings in System Preferences to Instant On, but there is no Quicktime icon in preferences. Not sure what to do?

QuickTime prefPane gone with Snow Leopard. Don't know anything about 3-line broadband, but if it's related to wifi, I can't help since everything here is hard-wired.

Speed up Safari Start Up

My safari was taking for ever to open my homepage and many others.
The solution was simple and effective.
In Safari at the top left click EDIT, then PREFERENCE, ADVANCED, PROXIES (Change Settings).
In the Internet Properties box choose Lan Settings and Un-check the auto detect box.
That's it, things will speed waay up now.

I have SAFARI 3.0.4. My safari on my MAC is running @64KB and the PC on the router is running @ 750KB. I am plenty frustrated. I have tried the proxies change below and I don't see a LAN setting or the auto detect box. I have dumped my cache, thrown out all the cookies, taken files out of the library/safari and library/preferences. I still don't see any change. Before I loaded Leopard I had much faster speed. At one time I saw a 900KB speed.
Anyone out there have the same problem or a solution that will fix me up? I see the commercials for the MAC/ PC and right now the PC is looking better.

Is anyone having issues with slow speeds using safari 8.0

my requests to some sites are left hanging and I have checked my internet speeds.

Please answer as many of the following questions as you can. You may already have answered some of them. In that case, there's no need to repeat the answers.
Have you restarted your router and your broadband device (if they're separate) since you first noticed the problem? If not, do that now and see whether there's any change.
If your browser is Safari, then from the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Privacy ▹ Remove All Website Data
and confirm. Any change?
If you're running OS X 10.9 or later, select the Advanced tab in the Preferences window and uncheck the box marked
Stop plug-ins to save power
Any change?
Quit and relaunch the browser. Any change?
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your documents or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this behavior; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Enable Private Browsing in the Safari menu. Any change?
Are any other web browsers installed, and are they the same? What about other Internet applications, such as iTunes and the App Store?
If other browsers and Internet applications are also affected, follow these instructions and test. Any change?
If Parental Controls is active for any user, please turn it off and test. Any change?
If only Safari is affected, launch the Activity Monitor application and enter "web" (without the quotes) in the search box. If a process named "Safari Web Content" is shown in red or is using more than about 5% of a CPU, select it and force it to quit by clicking the X or Quit Process button in the toolbar of the window. There may be more than one such process. Any improvement?
Open the iCloud preference pane and uncheck the box marked Photos, if it's checked. Any change?
Are there any other devices on the same network that can browse the Web, and are they affected?
If you can test Safari on another network, is it the same there?
If you connect to your router with Wi-Fi and you can also connect with Ethernet, do that and turn off Wi-Fi. Any difference?

Speeding up safari 3.0.3

Hello,
I was wondering how it is possible to speed up the latest safari on Mac OS Tiger 10.4.10 to the speed of say, Camino or Firefox. There has to be a way to speed up the websites and the bar on the top to load at quicker speeds.
Thank you,

This usually does the trick:
Empty Safari's cache (from the Safari menu), then close Safari.
Go to Home/Library/Safari and delete the following files:
form values
download.plist
Then go to Home/Library/Preferences and delete
com.apple.Safari.plist
Repair permissions.
Start up Safari again, and things should have improved.

Internet speed and Safari

I have a new iMac core duo. I am using time capsule to network in my home all my computers and printer. I have an ISP which is a point to point wireless system. I experience slowness loading pages. Speeds do vary at times. How does traffic affect speed? I don't understand what requires upload speed and what requires download speed. But there are times when my upload speed is double digits kbps and should be triple digits numbers and my download speeds are 1900 kbps. Other times I get triple digits. I live on the fringe of my community (2 miles from city limits) thus do not have access to DSL or Cable systems. I am using Bridgemaxx (www.bridgemaxx.com) as my ISP.
What requires upload speeds (for example does upload speed require loading of pages) and what requires download speed?
Another question is whether Safari is affecting my speed and if so what can I do to improve the performance of Safari to increase speed?
Also would the Time capsule be restricting the speed? I have connected the internet directly to my computer and not seen significant increase in speed? Which leads me back to Safari.

Hello har:
I will attempt to answer some of your questions:
+What requires upload speeds (for example does upload speed require loading of pages) and what requires download speed?+
Upload is anything your are sending out (for example, E-mail. If an E-mail attachment is large, that will take awhile). Download is content you are receiving from the Internet (Safari pages, for example).
+Another question is whether Safari is affecting my speed and if so what can I do to improve the performance of Safari to increase speed?+
Resetting Safari will clear all sorts of things. However, clearing cache, for example, will slow the browser for awhile. Safari, per se, is not affecting your speed - what you are accessing, server speeds, load, and, most importantly, your ISP affect speeds.
+Also would the Time capsule be restricting the speed? I have connected the internet directly to my computer and not seen significant increase in speed? Which leads me back to Safari.+
I doubt it.
In summary, your ISP is probably the most important factor in your overall performance. In my case, with DSL, the ISP performance rarely, if ever, varies.
Barry

How to speed up safari

I need to make sure my computer is working properly and the apple representatives on the phone havent helped.

Try this DNS server ...
Open System Preferences > Network > Advanced > DNS
Click + and type:
208.67.222.222
Click + again and do the same.
208.67.220.220
Click OK.
Quit and relaunch Safari to test.
Also, emptying the cache can help. Command + Option + E
Disable extensions in Safari > Preferences > Extensions

How to speed up Safari 6.0?

VERY slow loading pages. Often have to refresh to get the entire page. What to do?
Thanks.

Slow or partial webpage loading, or webpage cannot be found

Very slow download speeds using Safari

I am on cable and using a wireless network. My MacBook Pro (running Snow Leopard) is very slow to download compared to an old PC that I keep around for "stuff" on it. Is anyone else having the same experience? Do I need to take the MacBook in to the geniuses to have them look at it? I don't dare try Netflix as much as I'd like to.

Start by troubleshooting networking.
Drivers for your Windows chipset.
Include more details as to router, firmware, what MAC you have even?
I would never disable firwalls or AV and security settings but you don't want to have two firewalls running.
Most people complain that Windows is faster and their OS X is slow.
Also, wired or wireless? you have not given us anything to go by.

INTERMITTENT SPEED UP AND SLOW DOWN ON SAFARI URL

First, I apologize if this question has already been asked (answered), but I'm not about to spend the time to read 541 pagest to find out.
My basic question has to do with the inordinate length of time it takes to download (if that's the proper term) a URL in Safari 2.0.3, whether it is entered from an e-mail link, Safari Menue Bar, "Bookmarks", or directly typed in and started using "return" on the keyboard. Once, for a short while, it was a lot faster.
Things I've done and not done that may be of help to those interested in replying to my question (please bear in mind that, comparatively speaking, I am computer illiterate):
I have not emptied Safari cache in quite some time.
I have employed the application Safari Speed 1.3.
I have used the Utility application Disk Warrior (on the average of once a month, for the last nine months).
I have emptied download cache, user caches, and font caches using Onyx utility application; also, (on same utility) "Repair Permission", "Maintenance Scripts, and "Optomize the System."
I regularly use the OS X "Disk Utility" repair permissions before and after downloads, and, as a matter of maintenance, monthly, from the OX X 10.4 installation disk.
I have kept up with all the OS X updates, including a combo of the latest (10.4.5).
Is there anything I can do (or shouldn't do) to speed up Safari opening a Website?

Thanks DKR.
Unfortunately, none of the other Mac owners I know use the same server (they all go the cheap freebie route, which is terrible). Nor do I have an extra computer to test on.
But you give me the idea of contacting the server; it, fortunatly,is a very consciencous local outfit, and while naturally far more familiar with PC's, its technicians have always seemed eager to help we poor Macites.
What really bugs me (no pun intended) is the apparent variations with the same URLs (time of day doesn't seem to matter).
Interestingly enough, also, is the fact that the "Speed Safari" application seems to have no effect whatsoever.
Thanks again for the ideas.

Fix for slow safari browsing speeds

I am experiencing very slow browsing speeds with Safari after upgrading my Macbook with 4G memory to 10.8.2. Other programs seem to to lagging as well. What can I do to manage my open programs to speed things up? Other ideas?

A number of people reported that Safari was running
very slow for them on Windows. I was someone who was
also seeing the same behavior. Web pages that would
open up in 2 seconds under IE7 could take literally
minutes to fully draw in Safari.
Your mileage may vary, but this really did work for
me. Nothing else I had tried (clearing the cache,
re-installing, etc.) made a difference...but this
did. Not sure why it's not affecting everyone, but
this doesn't seem to have any negative side effects.
IE7 is still working fine for me with the
"Automatically Detect" box unchecked.
Please, report this bug to Radar: http://bugreport.apple.com It's important to notice Apple developers about this issue

Speeding up Safari

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for