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safari is not responding

By Pa. Joe, 18 December, 2021

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Does anyone know of a fix for, safari is not responding, and 90 percent loaded on the mac? Do I need to block something on a web page?
Thanks

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Meh

By Pax

1 year 3 months ago

It happens

Unfortunately still happening regularly

By HEXAGON

1 year 3 months ago

On my M1 MacBook Air, the issue unfortunately occurs regularly. The longer Safari is open, the more likely the issue seems to occur.

What is your macOS version?

By dog

1 year 3 months ago

Mine here works fine, I'm using Big Sur with latest updates

Also,

By dog

1 year 3 months ago

two more questions:
1 - When does this happen? In some pages?, and
2 - Do you use ad blockers? If you don't use ad blockers, I'd recommend you to install them, makes web browsing a much better experience, faster and less annoying.

It's a long-standing issue with no fix

By PaulMartz

1 year 3 months ago

Member of the AppleVis Blog Team

This is a problem with Safari v15 that has been discussed in at least two other forum topics. Here's one of them.

The problem was first reported in September, back when VoiceOver said "busy busy busy". Although an update changed Safari output to announce "Safari is not responding," the underlying problem has not changed.

Here is the underlying problem. Safari is functioning fine if you use it visually. However, VoiceOver hangs randomly on random pages for no apparent reason, blocking blind users from using web pages that are entirely accessible to sighted users. The content on the page is irrelevant; I just previewed this comment without issue, made some changes, and when I previewed it a second time, got "Safari is not responding" for three full seconds before I was able to complete my post.

There is no current fix, but there are workarounds.

  • Command-tab to another app, then back to Safari.
  • Turn off VoiceOver with Command+F5, then toggle it back on.
  • Be patient. Go to the toilet or pour a cup of coffee, and hope VoiceOver finishes doing whatever it's doing.

You're not alone. It's frustrating. But perhaps the most frustrating thing is that Safari and VoiceOver have had issue after issue for months now. Some issues get fixed, but new ones always rear up to take their place. It's tragic, because if it worked well, it would be the most accessible web browsing experience on the market, hands down.

add blocker

By Pa. Joe

1 year 3 months ago

I am using Monterey, can you suggest an add blocker. I haven't used one in a while.
thanks for the responses

An ad blocker won't help

By PaulMartz

1 year 3 months ago

Member of the AppleVis Blog Team

This Safari problem is unrelated to ads. I experience the issue right here on the AppleVis site, where there are no ads. An ad blocker is unlikely to help.

dang

By dog

1 year 3 months ago

Thought an ad blocker would help.

Anyway, Pa. Joe, if you still want an ad blocker, install this app:

Gas Mask, it is an Open source app
Price: free
Link: https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask

And in there they recommend a list that is constantly updated with sites to block. Here is the direct link to the file you need to add to Gas Mask:
Link: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts

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