# Safari and auto-refresh **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 28, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-and-auto-refresh/623393 "2012-05-28T23:19:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-and-auto-refresh/623393/1 "2012-05-28T23:19:27Z")
It appears that, all of a sudden, my Safari browser is automatically refreshing web sites every “x” number of minutes. I haven’t changed anything or downloaded any upgrades. And it’s driving me crazy on this MB. If I start to post a reply, and let it sit too long without typing, Safari will “refresh” my post into oblivion. I looked under “Preferences”, but didn’t see where this could be set or changed. Oh, and when it refreshes, it sets itself to a lower magnification, so I have to zoom in again. Hope someone here can help. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-and-auto-refresh/623393/2 "2012-05-28T23:31:01Z")
do you have any programs installed that provide the ability to perform keyboard macros? sounds like you or it might be pressing a combination of keys. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-and-auto-refresh/623393/3 "2012-05-28T23:39:48Z")
What OS, please? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-and-auto-refresh/623393/4 "2012-05-28T23:49:06Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > What OS, please? 10.6.8 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-and-auto-refresh/623393/5 "2012-05-28T23:55:29Z")
See if this thread helps: > **[Safari Keeps Reloading Tabs](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/safari-keeps-reloading-tabs.1206460/)** > > Safari 5.1 keeps reloading all my tabs at random and its quite annoying. This never used to happen before. Does anyone know what caused this and how to fix it? > > Thank you ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-and-auto-refresh/623393/6 "2012-05-29T00:08:26Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > See if this thread helps: > [Safari Keeps Reloading Tabs | MacRumors Forums](http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1206460) Thanks. Looks like the solution is not so simple, and not free of its own problems. What is puzzling to me is why this started all of a sudden. I’ve been using this since last September, and only had it happen in the last week or so. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safari-and-auto-refresh/623393/7 "2012-05-29T00:12:33Z")
Most likely, you’re running out of memory. Could be because of something happening in Safari, or something else on your computer.