Performance Issues due to WebKit framework in Mac

Jonny Defh

Apple Safari is powerful web browser, which comes built-in with Mac OS X 10.2.8 and above. This is a feature rich web browser, which has been built around WebKit open source project. But, some users face a problem while using the web browser, which causes the system to hang. Also, when the web browser is used, a spinning color wheel is encountered and hence the application doesn´t start. The problem is frequent after user upgrades to the later version of Safari.

In few of the cases, user also gets Input Output errors when the system hangs which indicate that the problem can be related to system resources, while in other cases, the error occurs randomly. In order to resolve such an issue, a user may need to reinstall the Mac OSX operating system, so a complete data backup must be there. However, if it is not there Mac Data Recovery will be needed. There can be few causes due to which the problem may occur:

• Problematic RSS database. (This is a database which is accessed by Safari and delivers requently changing web content.)

• Issues with the application itself, cache files or permissions.

• A resource problem which Safari engine uses –WebKit It is an open source application framework that acts as the foundation for Safari web browser. So resource issue could be a major cause.

• Hard drive issue. If the hard drive has gone corrupt due to logical crashes we need to do a clean reinstall and that will require Mac Data Recovery if there is no backup.

So, a user can resolve the issue by removing the RSS database. This is needed to remove Database3 file (a file used for RSS feeds), located in /username/Library/Syndication/ directory. We can also try removing cache file of Safari which is located in /username/Library/Caches/ directory as com.apple.Safari folder.

The problem can be specific to few accounts, which may contain some corrupt files. So we can migrate to a new account and hence resolve the issue. As the last resort, a user can carry out clean reinstallation f operating system and have a fresh copy of Safari. Data should be backed up prior or else Data Recovery Mac software will be required to extract lost data. Mac Data Recovery software can also be used if backup gets failed. Data Recovery Mac utilities are precise recovery applications. Mac Recovery software are the applications which use powerful scanning algorithms and hence examine the hard drive for locating and recovering lost data.

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Jonny Defh

Jonny a research student of computer and hard disk doing research on Mac recovery software. He is also a freelancer for http://www.macintosh-data-recovery.com/detail-features.php