Ability to turn off "This webpage was reloaded because it was using significant memory"

I use some memory-intensive web applications like photopea (free online Photoshop). Since updating to Mac OS Big Sur (and now on MacOS Monterey), they have become unusable because Safari frequently refreshes the page (causing me to lose progress and I have to start the task over again) and displays the message "This webpage was reloaded because it was using significant memory."


I love Safari, but this makes it totally unusable for me. I've had to switch to a new browser for many tasks because Safari just reloads the page and causes me to lose my progress.


How can I turn off this automatic reloading of webpages? Surely Apple engineers wouldn't program in something that could so easily interrupt many peoples' workflows without also adding a way to turn it off...


Over 100 people had this question two years ago and it still hasn't been fixed. See also Safari reloading webpage while working on my Wix site and Automatic Reloading of Safari Tab.

MacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023)

Posted on Jul 22, 2023 04:52 PM

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Dec 29, 2023 03:23 PM in response to John Galt

This has been brought to Apple's attention countless times. Apparently it is a behavior that they care nothing about fixing. I don't have "mission critical" use of Safari like the OP, but I have had forms reload and design stuff lost due to this "feature". It is a problem with Apple/Safari. Literally NONE of the sites (which is a growing list) that exhibit this issue have the same problem for me with other browsers - Chrome (which I am not a fan of for a whole other set of reasons), Vivaldi, Brave... they all work flawlessly and without hiccup with the same web pages. What I have found to be consistent among web pages that cause this "webpage was reloaded because it was using significant memory" - is that they are pages with LOTS of ads. Also- whether I use an ad blocker or not - it is ONLY Safari that chokes on these pages.

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