My Safari 5.03 opens AND loads very quickly when click on links in Bookmark Bar, Bookmarks and or Bookmark Folders!

However, if I click on links on My Yahoo, where I have assembled on one page many links which have worked flawlessly in the past, the page takes between 60-90 seconds to load!

I have same set up on Firefox. Not an issue!
If log into Yahoo on say Chrome, or Sea Monkey for example...no problems.

Only on Safari!

Am I alone having this link problem?


I have a fast Core i7 iMac and Extreme Speed ( as Shaw call
s it ) cable connection so the problem is not the computer nor the internet speed!

My Safari 5.03 opens AND loads very quickly when click on links in Bookmark Bar, Bookmarks and or Bookmark Folders!

However, if I click on links on My Yahoo, where I have assembled on one page many links which have worked flawlessly in the past, the page takes between 60-90 seconds to load!

I have same set up on Firefox. Not an issue!
If log into Yahoo on say Chrome, or Sea Monkey for example...no problems.

Only on Safari!

Am I alone having this link problem?


I have a fast Core i7 iMac and Extreme Speed ( as Shaw call
s it ) cable connection so the problem is not the computer nor the internet speed!


Have done all I can think of... dumped Safai, all of files related to in User/Library .... reinstalled fresh copy BUT it still won't open
this if copy it in Camino and paster it in Safari
http://www.ehmac.ca/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=1038974

Took nearly three minutes for this page to come up ( see pic) whilst opened immediately in Firefox!

Another example...
Click on Macupdate in Bookmark Bar...
it loads 12/13 items and then sits for at least three minutes before loading page!

Other sites like Twitter, Facebook, Enviro Canada load instantly!

I dumped Safari awhile ago (v. 5) for similar reasons.

Firefox all the way and loving it!

I dumped Safari awhile ago (v. 5) for similar reasons.

Firefox all the way and loving it!

Thanks :-)
Yes, seems you are not alone there!
I read of people on here describing Safari as a "bag of hurt' (a la Steve and Blu-ray) but never really had issue until last two versions!


And I've tried Firefox, Opera, Camino, Chrome, Sea Monkey etc.
Have them all on the iMac ( nice thing having 2TB drive, 8 Gigs of ram)

Still prefer ( or used to ?) Safari but will admit that Camino, little sis of Firefox , is lean and fast! (And is easy to use old Safari bookmarks)

Wonder why Chrome, like Safari based on 'WebKit', does seem to hang like Safari.
And of course, Apple does not have previous versions of Safari available as a download.

Apologies , this is getting like a 'blog of hurts'


Oops.. and Mobile Me factor ..
Another reason I WANT Safari to work ..I use Mobile Me .it synchs Safari bookmarks to my laptop (MBP) and iPhone. And that is very very convenient!

Mobile Me does not however allow one to synch with alternate browser ...


Amf there is always this loading message.... can't load whatever last file is!

I'm still reluctant to upgrade to 5.0.3,
I did on another boot drive and it was slow for most online games,
Jittery even for most Java based games.

I think I'll wait for 5.0.4 before updating.

I'm still reluctant to upgrade to 5.0.3,
I did on another boot drive and it was slow for most online games,
Jittery even for most Java based games.

I think I'll wait for 5.0.4 before updating.


At least on the IMac.
I went onto the Apple support page
Apple - Support - Discussions - Safari hangs ~ Is Safari 5.0.3 a 'bag ... (http://bit.ly/i8doaK)
and 'googled' other boards ...such as
Solution to Safari not loading pages completely - HinesSight (http://bit.ly/hFMhup) .

I cleaned up my System Preferences/Network/Advanced/DNS and eliminated extra DNS #'s.... used just the Open DNS ones.
That plus clearing out all files I could find associated with Safari ( except my bookmarks and passwords) ..used AppCleaner plus manual search ( eg : user/ library/syndication, user/library/safari)..dumped em all and did fresh install of Safari...

Viola..my IMac screams in Safari now ..as fast as Chrome, Camino, Opera etc!
Right now have about six Safari windows open.... no hangups on Twitter, Facebook, NY Times etc...

HOWEVER...
And this really confuses me...
I did same on my Jan 2009 MBP and it hangs on say Macupdate. Or links to New York Times. No probs on say BBC, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter... really weird!

So I report, 50 % success rate... but as I use the IMac 80% of time, I can live with problem.
I do enjoy sending a bug report to Apple from Safari EVERY TIME it hangs.

Reason I stick with Safari is I use Mobile Me... handy have same bookmarks on other iPhone and MBP!

I do like 5.0.2 the way it is though,
The Mac App store works fine with it.

I do have "Open DNS" and I realize that there is a bug,
But I'll wait until it progresses to 5.0.4 to see if Apple fixes it.

I could change the DNS address, But I'm fine at 5.0.2,
It works really fast with Facebook Java games at the moment.

Also my "Pogo" games are fast with 5.0.2

Upgraded to 5.0.3, But I also upgraded Flash to 10.1 and it works much better now.

I too had a similar problem with Safari loading partial pages and hanging for a seconds. Advice from a different thread: I downloaded 'Click to Flash' extension for Safari and all is well. My wife complains that some of her web-based 'games' don't run. C'est la vie!

At least on the IMac.
I went onto the Apple support page
Apple - Support - Discussions - Safari hangs ~ Is Safari 5.0.3 a 'bag ... (http://bit.ly/i8doaK)
and 'googled' other boards ...such as
Solution to Safari not loading pages completely - HinesSight (http://bit.ly/hFMhup) .

I cleaned up my System Preferences/Network/Advanced/DNS and eliminated extra DNS #'s.... used just the Open DNS ones.
That plus clearing out all files I could find associated with Safari ( except my bookmarks and passwords) ..used AppCleaner plus manual search ( eg : user/ library/syndication, user/library/safari)..dumped em all and did fresh install of Safari...

Viola..my IMac screams in Safari now ..as fast as Chrome, Camino, Opera etc!
Right now have about six Safari windows open.... no hangups on Twitter, Facebook, NY Times etc...

HOWEVER...
And this really confuses me...
I did same on my Jan 2009 MBP and it hangs on say Macupdate. Or links to New York Times. No probs on say BBC, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter... really weird!

So I report, 50 % success rate... but as I use the IMac 80% of time, I can live with problem.
I do enjoy sending a bug report to Apple from Safari EVERY TIME it hangs.

Reason I stick with Safari is I use Mobile Me... handy have same bookmarks on other iPhone and MBP!

Here we are nearly a year later and Safari is still frustrating... click on CBC link
5 arrests in alleged Mafia boss's slaying - Montreal - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/20/qc-arrest-montagna-death.html?cmp=rss)
and it takes
34 seconds to load in latest Safari ( INSTANT.. in Chrome, Camino, Sea Monkey, Firefox 9 )
Interestingjy took 35 seconds in Opera . ( What do Opera.Safari have in common??)
( Used Chronolite on iPhone to time!)

5 arrests in alleged Mafia boss's slaying - Montreal - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/20/qc-arrest-montagna-death.html?cmp=rss)

Hmm. I've drifted off to Chrome for Mac, and find it's much quicker than Safari in the past several weeks. Not sure why. I tend to flip back and forth. I have Camino and Firefox on the Dock, but haven't used them in a while. Though I never seemed to have issues with Camino.