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My Safari got slow because it take a lot of RAM, more than Chrome many time.

The new OS and lastest Updated, but the issue was not fix.

Anyone got the same issue?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.3

Posted on Sep 10, 2021 1:13 AM

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Posted on Sep 10, 2021 5:02 AM

Go step by step and test.




1. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987


2. Startup in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/start-up-your-mac-in-safe-mode-mh21245/mac.  

    Quote:

    It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility

    And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and 

    the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed.


3. Clear History

    https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/clear-your-browsing-history-sfri47acf5d6/mac

    Please read the article before clearing history, 

    this is like a low level resetting of Safari without affecting passwords and bookmarks.

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Sep 10, 2021 5:02 AM in response to Tunshin

Go step by step and test.




1. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987


2. Startup in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/start-up-your-mac-in-safe-mode-mh21245/mac.  

    Quote:

    It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility

    And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and 

    the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed.


3. Clear History

    https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/clear-your-browsing-history-sfri47acf5d6/mac

    Please read the article before clearing history, 

    this is like a low level resetting of Safari without affecting passwords and bookmarks.

My Safari got slow because it take a lot of RAM, more than Chrome many time.

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