# Force-quitting Safari like crazy

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 10, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/force-quitting-safari-like-crazy/399521 "2007-04-10T18:47:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/force-quitting-safari-like-crazy/399521/1 "2007-04-10T18:47:24Z")

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In the last couple of weeks, it seems like anything will cause Safari to lock up: YouTube, opening a lot of windows, closing windows quickly, etc.

I never had to force quit Safari in the past; it was one of the programs that actually ran well on the new Intel platform. Any idea what could be happening? Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/force-quitting-safari-like-crazy/399521/2 "2007-04-10T19:27:09Z")

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What version of Safari are you using?

Can you list some URLs that caused Safari to crash?

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**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/force-quitting-safari-like-crazy/399521/3 "2007-04-10T19:53:00Z")

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[QUOTE=SiouxChief]  
What version of Safari are you using?

Can you list some URLs that caused Safari to crash?  
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2.04

YouTube will crash it almost every time if I pause a video, wait awhile, and then try to watch it again.

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**Author:** ![happywaffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee59a6/32.png) [@happywaffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happywaffle)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/force-quitting-safari-like-crazy/399521/4 "2007-04-10T20:48:11Z")

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Choose Safari \> Reset Safari to give the program a fresh start.

To go a step farther, pull the Safari and Caches folders out of your home/Library folder. (This will even reset things like your bookmarks.)

If issues persist beyond these two things, you might want to reinstall Safari from the install disc:  
[http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301408#3](http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301408#3)

Final step is reinstalling Mac OS X, if necessary.