Safari completely broken after 10.11.3 update

[RadioGaGa1984]

I'm not seeing this on my MacBook Pro.

 

[retrospek]

My Safari is completely messed up ! I can't open new tabs or anything

 

[manyelski]

Hi, Safari freezing when selecting the current web address since last nite's update to 10.1.3 When you try to enter a new web address and click in the long box, it takes 3 sec. and I see the beach ball for a while.


Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), Mid 2014 13' Retina

 

[rdijkgraaf]

Since a couple of days is is impossible to enter text in the address and search window of Safari on the two iMacs (El Capitan) in my household. I use Firefox temporarely instead. Restarts etc. didn't solve the issue.
My wife and I both have AdBlock for Safari installed, could that be the problem? Angry adproducer?

 

[e93to]

I don't have this issue on my MBP, but El Cap is on partition. And the partition is almost unloaded with only a couple of apps installed (No Safari extensions).

 

[manyelski]

Whenever I try to open a new tab it takes it a good 2-3 sec, and all freezes during it. In addition quite often see the beach ball doing all day things in the safari...hope they fix this soon!

 

[registered]

Ok so this is a super gross solution that might break OS X or prevent future updates, but I was tired of this happening all the time and hunted around for a solution. The Console made a lot of references to "IMKServer Stall detected" and "PressAndHold" when the tab freeze occurred, so I hunted around and found this kind soul on Github: https://gist.github.com/WojtekKruszewski/3d5ff7f908a180b87498

This **** has been bugging me for too long, so I went on a hunt and found a workaround.
The Symptoms are as follows:
* Clicking the address bar results in a 1-4 second delay
* Opening links in new tabs results in a 1-4 second delay
* +T results in a 1-4 second delay
* `PressAndHold[<pid>]: IMKServer Stall detected` is present in `/var/log/system.log` at the time of the hang.
It appears to be to do with the PressAndHold helper - the thing that shows an IOS style selection of accents when you hold a key down.
The fix may have some unwanted effects, I haven't really noticed any.
1. Reboot into system restore mode (+R immediately after boot)
2. Navigate to Utilities > Terminal
3. Enter the command `csrutil disable`
4. Reboot
5. Open Terminal
6. `defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false && launchctl remove $(launchctl list | grep -oE 'com.apple.PressAndHold.+$')`
7. `sudo chmod 000 /System/Library/Input\ Methods/PressAndHold.app/Contents/MacOS/PressAndHold`
8. Reboot
You can choose reboot back into restore mode and issue `csrutil enable` again to re-enable rootless mode.
However, if you're constantly hacking around with bits of the OS like me, then you can leave it disabled.
Hope this helps
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PLEASE BE CAREFUL THOUGH! It's certainly possible this can break OS X in unexpected ways or break future updates. Only use this if you know what you're doing and unafraid of the consequences. I just went forward with it and tried it because I was sick and tired of this issue with Safari. So far it seems to have resolved it - no more delays with new tabs in Safari!