MacOS Monterey 12.7.5
Safari 17.5
Internet 1 gig up and down via direct ethernet connection.
Safari is slow to upload and download.
Cache and history cleared
No AD blockers
No extensions
Slow on various speediest sites and slow on regular websites as well.
Not sure what else to do.
Ok, thanks.
Two things I suggest that you try:
Just to rule out a few things, is this issue only with the Safari browser? That is, if you try accessing these same sites with another browser (Chrome, Brave, FireFox, etc.) do you still see the same issue?
Chrome shows average 935 Mbps Up/Down
Safari varies between 135 and 500 Mbps Up and slightly less than that for downloads.
Both in "safe mode" and in "new user" mode Safari speed test is still slow up/down and chrome shows normal speed range.
Sorry, that neither of those helped. At this point, I admit that I'm a bit stumpted. So far the only common denominator is Safari running on this Mac ... unless I misunderstood anything in your posts.
Unfortunately, I do not have a Mac available that is running macOS Monterey "natively" to test this out for you. So far, my M2 Pro Mac mini is working "perfectly" with either Safari or Brave (the only web browsers that I use). No real performance difference between them to speak of.
Per chance are you running any anti-virus apps or a software firewall? Also, not knowing anything about your network hardware, it would be hard to assist you with trying to resolve this.
At this point, you can either wait for others to chime in with options you can try or contact Apple Support directly for assistance with this. For the latter, you can simply do so by selecting the "Support" link on the lower left-hand side of this forum's web page. Good luck!
Safari Browser so slow despite good connection.
