# Something wrong with safari? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 17, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-wrong-with-safari/500007 "2009-06-17T00:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-wrong-with-safari/500007/1 "2009-06-17T00:08:45Z")
On my iMac with 2 gb of ram. Twice my comp has locked up, with the spinning beach ball, while loading safari. I can force quit with the keyboard shortcut (option-apple-esc) and the window opens and says “safari not responding”. Then I click “force quit” in the window and safari quits. It did this a couple days ago too. I’m now using firefox, and it seems to be working fine. So, is anyone having a similar problem? Oh yeah, once safari did load, but when I tried to print a pdf, it locked up again. And again the force quit window said “safari not responding”. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-wrong-with-safari/500007/2 "2009-06-17T06:22:14Z")
No similar problems here. Often, problems like these are the result of a corrupted preference file. If you dig into the Library folder of your home directory, you can find the preferences files for Safari. Drag them to another location (like your Desktop or the Trash) and restart Safari. This will force it to recreate the files from scratch. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-wrong-with-safari/500007/3 "2009-06-17T08:01:28Z")
What OSX version are you running, and what version of Safari? No idea what the problem is, regardless. But if you’re a version or two behind (Safari 4 was just released), then it’s worth a shot upgrading. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-wrong-with-safari/500007/4 "2009-06-17T08:36:15Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > Often, problems like these are the result of a corrupted preference file. If you dig into the Library folder of your home directory, you can find the preferences files for Safari. Drag them to another location (like your Desktop or the Trash) and restart Safari. This will force it to recreate the files from scratch. com.apple.safari.plist in ~(home directory)/library/preferences. You’ll have to reset your home page. Or create a test user and try it in that account. If you have the same issue, then you may need to reinstall Safari. Safari 4 can be downloaded and re-installed over itself, unlike previous versions. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-wrong-with-safari/500007/5 "2009-06-17T09:45:19Z")
Have you done the Safari and Java updates? I was having the same problem. It seems to be better after the two updates. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-wrong-with-safari/500007/6 "2009-06-18T00:56:41Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Have you done the Safari and Java updates? I was having the same problem. It seems to be better after the two updates. I did both the other day when they popped up. I first suspected that was the problem, but updates have never hurt me before. A problem with mac is that you don’t get used to troubles like those microsoft folks do. 😉 It seems okay now. I think it may have been a safari glitch. Thanks for the help, all. mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-wrong-with-safari/500007/7 "2009-06-18T13:36:30Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > On my iMac with 2 gb of ram. > Twice my comp has locked up, with the spinning beach ball, while loading safari. I can force quit with the keyboard shortcut (option-apple-esc) and the window opens and says “safari not responding”. Then I click “force quit” in the window and safari quits. It did this a couple days ago too. > I’m now using firefox, and it seems to be working fine. > So, is anyone having a similar problem? > Oh yeah, once safari did load, but when I tried to print a pdf, it locked up again. And again the force quit window said “safari not responding”. > Peace, > mangeorge I have this exact problem but only when on… um… porn sites. There, I said it. Firefox works fine, though. Maybe I should download the updates.