
Open the Terminal from the Utilities folder in /Applications and type This can often be inconvenient, and as it is rarely Safari itself that is hanging but merely one of its plug-ins, usually Flash, there is a way using Terminal to restart the plug-ins (without restarting Safari and losing your tabs) by quitting the WebPluginHost process:


If you have a lot of tabs open and/or a lot of pages running Flash, Safari can sometimes 'hang', requiring a restart of Safari. You have to restart Safari for it to take effect. You can cancel DNS pre-fetching by going to Terminal and typing:ĭefaults write WebKitDNSPrefetchingEnabled -boolean false One reason for a slowness in page loading may be the 'DNS Pre-fetching' feature of Safari 5.x as is described here: If you use a Router, make sure it has the latest firmware installed. If your computer is part of a network :please refer to this page: and follow the advice given. Sometimes reversing the order of the DNS numbers can be beneficial in cases where there is a long delay before web pages start to load, and then suddenly load at normal speed: (You can also enter them if you click on Advanced and then DNS) Double click on your connection type, or select it in the drop-down menu, and in the box marked 'DNS Servers' add the following two numbers: If you are using a single computer: Open System Preferences/Network.
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Home/Library/Caches// cache.dbĪdding Open DNS codes to your Network Preferences, should give good results in terms of speed-up * as well as added security, (including anti-phishing and redirects) ( Full information about Open DNS is here:Īnd further independent information can be read here:īut results may vary depending on where you are located.

(Presumably you regularly empty your Safari cache by deleting the following file:
