Anyone Else Having Problems with Safari Lately?

Amie

Amie

Mac Convert for Life
Apple is REALLY starting to piss me off. Every time I use Safari lately, it crashes. Almost EVERY DAY. Why does it keep doing this??? Is anyone else having this problem?

If anyone has any solutions, please fire away!

By the way, I've already done the typical:
Reboot
Reset Safari
Ran OnyX (clear browser's icons, cache, etc.)
Repair permissions
Etc.
 
There's lots of 'typical' things to try beyond that short list.
I would start by removing the com.apple.quicktime.plugin.preferences.plist file from your user/Library/preferences folder. This has been around a long time for OS X, and often helps a glitchy Safari
Have you tried:
creating a fresh user, and work with Safari in that user for a while to check for problems?

I consider Safari 2 enough better, that it makes upgrading to Tiger worthwhile just for that- just my opinion.
 
Just a thought - do the problems coincide with any new applications you might have installed recently?
 
When I was using 10.3.9 I used a script to quit Safari that cleared the Caches and the com.apple.quicktime.plugin.preferences.plist. This cured the crashing for me.
 
I'm confused. You all keep referring to the com.apple.quicktime.plugin.preferences.plist file. Looks like a QuickTime preference file by the name, not a Safari preference file. Shouldn't I be trashing the Safari .plist since that's the problematic app, not QuickTime???
 
The com.apple.quicktime.plugin.preferences.plist file is a known issue causing a problem with Safari in 10.3 systems.
 
com.apple.quicktime.plugin.preferences.plist is the preference file for Safari's Quicktime Plugin. If it goes corrupt on you, then any time Safari tries to access QT (which is pretty much always), it crashes.
 
One more thing: Do I need to reboot my computer or do anything else after I trash that QuickTime .plist file?
 
Safari only crashes on me using Gmail. When I try to select, go back to inbox, it occasionally crashes. Other than that, I have not had any trouble.
 
Your help is greatly appreciated. I've just trashed the .plist files for all applications (just kidding!). I only trashed the one mentioned. So far, so good. Safari hasn't bugged out on me yet. Thanks a lot, I was not aware of the Safari/QuickTime bug. I learn something every time I visit this place! :D
 
Hey, gang! Just wanted to say THANK YOU to all of you who told me about that QuickTime .plist file issue. Ever since I trashed that file, Safari has been working like a gem, no more crashes--and I've been using it every day! Thanks again. :)
 
Amie said:
... I was not aware of the Safari/QuickTime bug. ... :D
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Just to clear up a misconception - the quicktime.plugins.plist file stores configuration info for ALL internet plugins, not just Quicktime. It's really mis-named, as problems can come from Flash, or WMV, or RealPlayer, or any other internet plugin. Deleting that file resets the plug-in setups for most browsers (at least those browsers that use the OS X system for their setup. Most do)
 
DeltaMac said:
Just to clear up a misconception - the quicktime.plugins.plist file stores configuration info for ALL internet plugins, not just Quicktime. It's really mis-named, as problems can come from Flash, or WMV, or RealPlayer, or any other internet plugin. Deleting that file resets the plug-in setups for most browsers (at least those browsers that use the OS X system for their setup. Most do)
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See? I just learned something new again! :)
 
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