When using Safari 17.5 I have a couple of issues.
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MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 14.5
I don't suppose you've found a solution for this? I get the same behaviour and it's only in the last month or so. Exactly as you describe, the page will freeze and be un-clickable/unusable. Often, not even reloading the page will work, it just fails to render (often in the same way). Closing Safari usually works around specific pages but it is usually not long before another page glitches. I've restarted my MBP but this can happen quite soon after opening Safari or sometimes after a day or so.
Safari for (in my experience) the first time is practically impossible to use as it simply disrupts my workflow too much.
This seems to have happened after the latest update(s) to Sonoma, i.e. Sonoma/Safari was working fine until about the last month.
Ooops my bad!! Feeling a bit stupid over here lol. It is most definitely an Intel (2.9 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i9) My laptop is a 2018 15-inch MBP. I tried the closing of the tab & undoing it, but that didn't work for me. The page would not re-load.
Same problem using Mac mini 2018 w 3.2 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 w 64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 memory......only fix is closing and reopening Safari and losing everything I was doing at the time....maddening so I often just move to Chrome.
That's an unnecessary workaround. I have moved to Chrome.
Done!
I will try that next time it happens. I appreciate the advice. Hopefully Apple hears us. I sent feedback about the issue today. And no, I'm using a MacBook Pro.
Safari 17.5 on my MacBook Pro freezes intermittently
