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Safari hangs on many programs

Ever since installing the latest version of the Mac OS on my 2014 iMac, I find that Safari constantly hangs on such websites as Yahoo Finance and Seeking Alpha. It seems to get worse every time I restart. The answer to previous complaints, which recommends steps to help with a particular Apple program, doesn't seem relevant to this problem, as I have not tried to access other Apple programs with this version of Safari. I am currently running Catalina 10.15.3, Safari 13.0.5

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Feb 18, 2020 6:42 AM

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Posted on Feb 18, 2020 10:30 AM

I could open Yahoo Finance and Seeking Alpha websites on this Mac.


If you have not tried any of these suggestions, please try it.


Startup in Safe Mode   https://support.apple.com/lv-lv/HT201262

Login to your account.  Launch Safari. Try opening the sites.

To exit Safe Mode, click   in the menu bar and choose “Restart”.


From Apple Support:

https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/if-you-cant-open-a-website-ibrw1071/mac

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Feb 18, 2020 10:30 AM in response to keithofrpi

I could open Yahoo Finance and Seeking Alpha websites on this Mac.


If you have not tried any of these suggestions, please try it.


Startup in Safe Mode   https://support.apple.com/lv-lv/HT201262

Login to your account.  Launch Safari. Try opening the sites.

To exit Safe Mode, click   in the menu bar and choose “Restart”.


From Apple Support:

https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/if-you-cant-open-a-website-ibrw1071/mac

Feb 18, 2020 6:31 PM in response to keithofrpi

Are you running any anti - virus programs? Using a VPN?


Try setting up another admin user account in System Preferences/Users & Groups to see if the same problem continues.


Isolating an issue by using another user account https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204443


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Mar 4, 2020 9:07 PM in response to keithofrpi

I'm running a brand new iMac Pro with macOS Catalina 10.15.3 and have the same problem. Today's "stalls" on Ebay, and Fender, Google, and Yahoo websites, --bring my Mac to a standstill from which only a hard restart can recover. When I try one of these sites the status bar gets to 10% of loading and stalls. Clicking outside of the Safari window gets the beach-ball-of-death. I've tried all the recommended fixes, safe mode restarts, and even re-installed my system software. I have no Safari extensions running and have scanned for malware, viruses, etc. I'm totally at a loss.

Safari hangs on many programs

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