this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2025
1 points (100.0% liked)

Apple

20449 readers
3 users here now

Welcome

to the largest Apple community on Lemmy. This is the place where we talk about everything Apple, from iOS to the exciting upcoming Apple Vision Pro. Feel free to join the discussion!

Rules:
  1. No NSFW Content
  2. No Hate Speech or Personal Attacks
  3. No Ads / Spamming
    Self promotion is only allowed in the pinned monthly thread

Lemmy Code of Conduct

Communities of Interest:

Apple Hardware
Apple TV
Apple Watch
iPad
iPhone
Mac
Vintage Apple

Apple Software
iOS
iPadOS
macOS
tvOS
watchOS
Shortcuts
Xcode

Community banner courtesy of u/Antsomnia.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
MichelleG@lemmy.world
RoyalEngineering@lemmy.world
thisisdee@lemmy.world
1
Has anyone else's safari on iOS, I think specifically on iPadOS, been locking up and dragging lately? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Reverendender@sh.itjust.works to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

EDIT: Coincidentally, I turned off prevent cross-site tracking, because I got sick of raindrop.io signing me out constantly. However, that seemed, I think, to have solved this issue. The only other thing I changed was to turn on the compact tabs view, but I don’t see how that possibly could have had any effect on this whatsoever. So I think maybe the cross-site tracking prevention thing is broken, or something along those lines

all 15 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] cdf12345@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yep a lot, I assumed it was because I grabbed the iOS26 beta. Many times I have to force close it and reopen safari

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

I am not even on the beta. I’ve done them in the past, and they have often been buggy as all get out, plus the liquid glass apparently drains battery even worse in the beta, so that’s two strikes against being a guinea pig this time.

That said, WTF, Safari?

[–] Teal@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No iPad experience, but Safari on iPhone is working without any noticeable issues.

Have you tried clearing history and website data in Settings>Apps>Safari along with closing all tabs? It’s a button down near the bottom.

Another thing that causes slow down is lack of storage space. Is the iPad close to full?

I realize these are basic suggestions but sometimes it’s the simplest things that can be the issue.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, it’s definitely just on my iPad Pro. iPhone 16 pro safari has been fine. And yes, I have done all the things you suggested, to no avail ☹️.

EDIT: just double-checked to be certain. I have 342GB available.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you have iCloud private relay turned on?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For me also, only iPad, not iPhone 15 pro.

  • Relative new M1 iPad Air
  • Some screen damage but no visible impact on video
  • only 1/3 storage used
  • solid networking
  • private relay
  • <12 tabs

Admittedly it’s been a while since I rebooted, or restarted Safari

Symptoms

  • Lemmy UI glitchy, occasionally an empty template with no content. Sometimes links to a previous story instead of the expected ones
  • occasional Lemmy screen freezes
  • YouTube crashes, sometimes video cuts out and continues with audio only.

These are my most frequently used sites on this iPad, so I don’t know if they’re really connected or just the odds make them look that way

[–] selzam@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes. It is happening on iOS for me. I can‘t recall when it started, but I regularly have to force quit and reopen because it just refuses to accept input or load pages.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

Well, I’m glad it’s not just me. Although I’m also not that glad that this sounding like it’s widespread, and apparently Apple is either not aware of this or has not acknowledged it in any way, and does not seem to be working on offering any solutions at this point in time.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Safari is just terrible in general. Try Orion

[–] parody@lemmings.world 0 points 10 months ago

Safari with extra steps :p

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

I gotta say, I assumed it was either Lemmy or YouTube, the two places I noticed it.

[–] parody@lemmings.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Safari on iPadOS latest has been just fine! No change since upgrading from iPadOS 17.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

Try turning on Prevent Cross-Site Tracking, and let me know if anything changes.