Safari keeps crashing on M1 Max MBP

[transpo1]

I'm running a 16" M1 Max and I've found Safari to crash at least 3 times a day. I thought it was my Save to Pocket extension so I removed that but the crashes still occur. Anyone else having this issue?

The next step is to remove the Adblock Plus Control Panel extension and see if that makes a difference.

I've also noticed various webpages not loading fully and I'm assuming that this is because of the new cross-site tracking prevention. Thoughts on that as well?

I'm very curious as to everyone else's experiences here with their new M1 Pro or Max MBPs and Safari.

 

[3Rock]

No crashes for me and I use 1Blocker extension as my ad blocker. All my webpages are fully loaded as well. I have the M1 max 32 GB and 32 GPU.

 

[transpo1]

No crashes for me and I use 1Blocker extension as my ad blocker. All my webpages are fully loaded as well. I have the M1 max 32 GB and 32 GPU.

Thanks for chiming in— very interesting. I’ll reinstall AdBlocker Plus and see if that makes a difference.

 

[jblucher]

I have a 14" M1 Pro and Safari wasn't crashing, but I keep getting an "out of space" message after browsing for just a few minutes. Force quit, fixes it for a few minutes at a time.

 

[AppleShareholder]

Safari is a big mess right now. It's definitely not as smooth as chrome, Firefox or edge right now.

 

[jblucher]

Yeah. I'm new to Mac so I wanted the full experience, so I was set on using Safari. Edge is working just fine.

 

[lawrencesmac]

I experience page reloads on Safari on my 14" M1 Max. At certain times the page would reload itself for no reason, not even indicating "the page has to reload because of problems occurred". And sometimes when I click on a link to next page, it may instantly returned to the previous page without anything clicked on it. The new OS and Apple apps are so buggy.

 

[Vermifuge]

I'm running a 16" M1 Max and I've found Safari to crash at least 3 times a day. I thought it was my Save to Pocket extension so I removed that but the crashes still occur. Anyone else having this issue?

The next step is to remove the Adblock Plus Control Panel extension and see if that makes a difference.

I've also noticed various webpages not loading fully and I'm assuming that this is because of the new cross-site tracking prevention. Thoughts on that as well?

I'm very curious as to everyone else's experiences here with their new M1 Pro or Max MBPs and Safari.

Can you describe "crash"?

I'm having a number of safari issues:

1. The URL bar becomes unresponsive. I can't type a new URL or delete the current url. I'll need to restart Safari when this happens.
2. The Page stops loading, there is a clear line where the browser stopped rendering.Images will often load cut off right in the middle. I'll need to restart Safari when this happens.
3. Sometimes scrolling gets stuck inside of a scrollable windows inside the browser and I can't back out to scroll the full page up and down. I'll need to restart Safari when this happens.

System Info:

macOS Monterey 12.0.1 (21A559)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)

• Model Name: MacBook Pro
• Model Identifier: MacBookPro18,2
• Chip: Apple M1 Max
• Total Number of Cores: 10 (8 performance and 2 efficiency)
• Memory: 64 GB
• Type: GPU
• Total Number of Cores: 32
• Metal Family: Supported, Metal GPUFamily Apple 7

 

[MacLawyer]

Have you tried restarting in safe mode?

 

[weirdsmith]

I have a 14" M1 Pro and Safari wasn't crashing, but I keep getting an "out of space" message after browsing for just a few minutes. Force quit, fixes it for a few minutes at a time.

Try turning off "Hide IP address from trackers" in the Privacy tab of Safari preferences. Seems to fix this problem.

 

[transpo1]

Can you describe "crash"?

I'm having a number of safari issues:

1. The URL bar becomes unresponsive. I can't type a new URL or delete the current url. I'll need to restart Safari when this happens.
2. The Page stops loading, there is a clear line where the browser stopped rendering.Images will often load cut off right in the middle. I'll need to restart Safari when this happens.
3. Sometimes scrolling gets stuck inside of a scrollable windows inside the browser and I can't back out to scroll the full page up and down. I'll need to restart Safari when this happens.

System Info:

macOS Monterey 12.0.1 (21A559)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)

• Model Name: MacBook Pro
• Model Identifier: MacBookPro18,2
• Chip: Apple M1 Max
• Total Number of Cores: 10 (8 performance and 2 efficiency)
• Memory: 64 GB
• Type: GPU
• Total Number of Cores: 32
• Metal Family: Supported, Metal GPUFamily Apple 7

Crash ? meaning it actually quits constantly and I get the “Reopen/Report/Do Nothing” message.

 

[transpo1]

Have you tried restarting in safe mode?

Not yet, I’ve been away from it for the weekend but I’ll try that next— thanks!

 

[Larabee119]

I'm very curious as to everyone else's experiences here with their new M1 Pro or Max MBPs and Safari.

I’ve been using the 16 Max since launch day 9 hours/day and safari only crash once. I guess I’m lucky and I also have adblock install. Perhaps some ads or website have scripts that screw up safari?
I have serious memory leak with Edge and chrome is not as smooth.
What are the websites you often visit when the crash happens?

 

[jblucher]

Try turning off "Hide IP address from trackers" in the Privacy tab of Safari preferences. Seems to fix this problem.

Thank you. I actually don't have my Mac at the moment, but will try this as soon as I get it back.

 

[transpo1]

Update for everyone here: Safari was acting up again this morning and crashed 6 times inside of 15 minutes or so. I went to Safari > Preferences > Privacy and under the Hide IP Address options selected "Trackers Only" instead of "Trackers and Websites." So far, Safari has not crashed once since then. So, fingers crossed, this holds. I guess websites do not like not knowing the IP address.

For anyone interested in the technical reasons why this was happening, I'm attaching this excerpt from the crash notification sent to Apple.

Thanks to everyone here for your suggestions!

 

[fakestrawberryflavor]

I have no issues with Safari and/or Safari Technology Preview crashing on me. Not once.

however, I use zero addons/extensions (Because I have a network pi-hole for adblocking)

MBP 16 M1 Max 32GB Ram

 

[transpo1]

I have no issues with Safari and/or Safari Technology Preview crashing on me. Not once.

however, I use zero addons/extensions (Because I have a network pi-hole for adblocking)

MBP 16 M1 Max 32GB Ram

That’s fantastic. And do you have “Hide IP Address from Trackers and Websites” checked in preferences?

 

[mrng]

My Safari keep on crashing when I try to reopen my closed tabs (Cmd + Shift + T), even the "Hide IP Address from Trackers and Websites" option being turned off, not sure if it's due to private mode which I'm reopening the closed tabs.

Also, I'm seeing many 403 responses from the API calls when surfing a common website. Tried the same webpage on chrome and it works perfectly fine, on Safari I keep seeing a blank page and takes me 30 sec to show the content. Example link from LeetCode https://leetcode.com/problems/maximize-distance-to-closest-person/discuss .

 

[transpo1]

Safari keeps crashing for me, even worse after the 12.1 update. It crashed about 8 times on travel/hotel websites while I was trying to book a hotel, and about 5-6 times while on YouTube with a few other tabs open. I've chatted with Apple Support over Live Chat, and they recommended booting up in Safe Mode. But what then? I'm not going to run an expensive laptop in Safe Mode all the time just to use the web browser.

More calls with Senior Apple Support Technicians are in my future...

 

[mr_roboto]

Safari keeps crashing for me, even worse after the 12.1 update. It crashed about 8 times on travel/hotel websites while I was trying to book a hotel, and about 5-6 times while on YouTube with a few other tabs open. I've chatted with Apple Support over Live Chat, and they recommended booting up in Safe Mode. But what then? I'm not going to run an expensive laptop in Safe Mode all the time just to use the web browser.

More calls with Senior Apple Support Technicians are in my future...

A more informative (imo) diagnostic step is to create a new user account, then test Safari under that account. If the problems don't carry over, you've got a bad Safari prefs or cache file somewhere in your user account.

User accounts are managed under Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> Users and Groups. You'll have to authenticate with an admin password to allow changes, and click the "+" button at the bottom of the list of user accounts to create a new one.

 

[transpo1]

A more informative (imo) diagnostic step is to create a new user account, then test Safari under that account. If the problems don't carry over, you've got a bad Safari prefs or cache file somewhere in your user account.

User accounts are managed under Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> Users and Groups. You'll have to authenticate with an admin password to allow changes, and click the "+" button at the bottom of the list of user accounts to create a new one.

Thanks, this is a good recommend- will try!

 

[AnaphaseAway]

Can you describe "crash"?

I'm having a number of safari issues:

1. The URL bar becomes unresponsive. I can't type a new URL or delete the current url. I'll need to restart Safari when this happens.
2. The Page stops loading, there is a clear line where the browser stopped rendering.Images will often load cut off right in the middle. I'll need to restart Safari when this happens.
3. Sometimes scrolling gets stuck inside of a scrollable windows inside the browser and I can't back out to scroll the full page up and down. I'll need to restart Safari when this happens.

System Info:

macOS Monterey 12.0.1 (21A559)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)

• Model Name: MacBook Pro
• Model Identifier: MacBookPro18,2
• Chip: Apple M1 Max
• Total Number of Cores: 10 (8 performance and 2 efficiency)
• Memory: 64 GB
• Type: GPU
• Total Number of Cores: 32
• Metal Family: Supported, Metal GPUFamily Apple 7

im having this same issue in regards to pages loading half way and stopping. i have to restart the browser

 

[jblucher]

All of my troubles with Safari were address by disabling "Hide IP address from trackers". I know that isn't the case for everyone, but if you haven't tried it I would give it a go.

 

[transpo1]

All of my troubles with Safari were address by disabling "Hide IP address from trackers". I know that isn't the case for everyone, but if you haven't tried it I would give it a go.

I'll try this again and see if it helps, thanks!

 

[solouki]

Has anyone tried the Brave Browser instead? Just curious as to your thoughts/experiences.

Solouki