How about downloading ONYX a free maintenance app. Run the automated processes and see if that makes a difference. I believe Safari has the reputation of being the fastest browser for Mac available currently. So nothing else will be better, It will just have emptier caches :)
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/onyx.html Steve On 13 Jan 2011, at 14:48, Richard Wells wrote: > I had a sluggish Safari but I disabled Top Sites and it is all much quicker > now. > > Safari>Preferences>General>New windows / New tabs items set to "Empty Page" > > Richard > > On 13 Jan 2011, at 08:51, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > >> Try installing adblock for safari, it'll cut down the amount of ads it has >> to display. >> >> Safari menu > safari extensions gallery > adblock >> >> While you're at it, install 'comic sans be gone' >> >> Regards >> >> Sam >> >> -- >> MacAmbulance >> Sam Mullen >> 07747778022 >> [email protected] >> >> On 13 Jan 2011, at 08:32, Graham Street <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I have the same setup, running on a 5-year-old MacBook Pro. No slowdowns at >>> all. I also run Chrome, Firefox (3, and 4 Beta), Opera and Camino. I have >>> to test new websites in them, so that's why I run a lot. At the moment I >>> mainly use Safari for normal browsing but do some detailed testing in >>> Firefox because the tools are better. My preference is actually Chrome and >>> I may move to that. It does seem very fast. Firefox needs a restart now and >>> again to release memory it seems to hog. But, on the other hand, none of >>> them are really slow. >>> >>> Graham >>> >>> >>> on 13/01/2011 08:18 Philippe Chandless sent the following: >>>> Good morning, >>>> >>>> I'm running the latest version of Safari (5.0.3) on my venerable Macbook >>>> with OS 10.6.6 and it's really slow. About half the time it seems to hang >>>> for up to a minute before loading a page and, generally, feels very clunky. >>>> >>>> My question is; is it my 4 year old MacBook (due to be replaced as soon as >>>> I get some £'s), Safari itself or something else. I've repaired >>>> permissions (don't know if it helps). >>>> >>>> If it is Safari, is there a consensus about which of the other browsers >>>> (Chrome, Firefox & Opera) is 'best'? >>>> >>>> All the best >>>> Philippe >>>> -- >>>> Sent with Sparrow >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
