Trouble with Safari

benwiggy · 02-05-2013, 07:11 AM

I've had intermittent trouble with Safari since I got my new 2012 Mini.

Occasionally, when I click a bookmark or type a URL, I will get the "blue progress flash", which will complete, but the previous page will still be displayed. Refreshing the page will yield similar results, until it eventually decides to display the new page.
Sometimes, it will only render the page if I scroll slightly. However, if I move the cursor round the blank page, I can see URLs of links appearing in the Status bar, as I pass over them.

I've tried using the Disable cache setting in the Develop menu.

Any thoughts? Quitting and Relaunching often fixes it.

mnewman · 02-08-2013, 02:49 AM

Have you tried emptying the caches?

benwiggy · 02-08-2013, 03:10 AM

I had tried various ways to clear the cache, "Reset Safari.." command; "Empty Caches" in the Develop menu; Onyx.

But finally, I deleted the cache.db file in the Finder from ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.safari/

That seems to have improved matters.

mnewman · 02-08-2013, 03:21 AM

When I was having lots of trouble with Safari I would sometimes delete the cache files manually which also seemed to have fixed things for a while.

Now that I bumped my Mini (2009) to 8 GB RAM, I rarely have the old problems. However, I do notice that after a number of hours of browsing Safari will begin to consume large amounts of RAM. Quit and restart fixes that for a while.

benwiggy · 02-08-2013, 06:50 AM

I've got 16Gb* and I restart every morning, so I should be alright on that score. Safari could leak memory like a ... memory sieve, and I'd still be fine.

* 1 million times more memory than my first computer. Crazy times.

02-05-2013, 07:11 AM	#1
benwiggy League Commissioner Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,040	Trouble with Safari I've had intermittent trouble with Safari since I got my new 2012 Mini. Occasionally, when I click a bookmark or type a URL, I will get the "blue progress flash", which will complete, but the previous page will still be displayed. Refreshing the page will yield similar results, until it eventually decides to display the new page. Sometimes, it will only render the page if I scroll slightly. However, if I move the cursor round the blank page, I can see URLs of links appearing in the Status bar, as I pass over them. I've tried using the Disable cache setting in the Develop menu. Any thoughts? Quitting and Relaunching often fixes it.

02-08-2013, 02:49 AM	#2
mnewman MVP Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Korat, Thailand Posts: 2,046	Have you tried emptying the caches? __________________ http://www.mgnewman.com/

02-08-2013, 03:21 AM	#4
mnewman MVP Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Korat, Thailand Posts: 2,046	When I was having lots of trouble with Safari I would sometimes delete the cache files manually which also seemed to have fixed things for a while. Now that I bumped my Mini (2009) to 8 GB RAM, I rarely have the old problems. However, I do notice that after a number of hours of browsing Safari will begin to consume large amounts of RAM. Quit and restart fixes that for a while. __________________ http://www.mgnewman.com/

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02-08-2013, 03:10 AM	#3
benwiggy League Commissioner Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,040	I had tried various ways to clear the cache, "Reset Safari.." command; "Empty Caches" in the Develop menu; Onyx. But finally, I deleted the cache.db file in the Finder from ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.safari/ That seems to have improved matters.

02-08-2013, 06:50 AM	#5
benwiggy League Commissioner Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,040	I've got 16Gb* and I restart every morning, so I should be alright on that score. Safari could leak memory like a ... memory sieve, and I'd still be fine. * 1 million times more memory than my first computer. Crazy times.