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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by A Former User

      Hi.
      By using a Mac I barely shutdown my computer, I usually do that once or twice a week (which is still much, but I use crap software and sometimes I need it).

      Even if I don't rank it as crap Opera is one of the software which requires a more frequent than I'd expect restart: after 24 or 48h at most I need to do that. I even upgraded yesterday to version 49 but nothing changed.

      After some time running (I always have ~15 open tabs at least) the UI becomes sluggish and slow, like taking 3 seconds to open a new tab! Or when I click on a tab with the mouse it considers it as a drag and takes the tab out of the window (this happens quite often!).

      Anyone else? Any advice on how to speed up? I should stop having so many open tabs?

      thanks

      P.S. forgot to say that when I reboot the computer Opera is quite fast, even with all the 15 tabs open

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      • zalex108
        zalex108 last edited by

        | - As a workaround -

        Maybe this help.


        Windows 10 (x64) | Anniversary Update
        Opera Stable 路 Beta 路 Developer

        Test profile | Back up Linux 路 Mac 路 Win

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        • stevenjcee
          stevenjcee @zalex108 last edited by

          @zalex108 I use one of two memory cleaning apps (four counting two other apps which will do it, too), and have to keep doing it, sometimes within 20/30 minutes, as Opera just gobbles up more & more RAM by the second. It may start at 3 or 4GB (with re-opened windows), but then will end up as high as 9.5 GIGS of RAM being used!
          I don't know if there's a memory leak somewhere or what, but while other browsers can get RAM-hungry, too, none do it quite as quickly as Opera.

          Plus, most of the time it won't open, and I have to force-quit, then try it again. and the same with trying to quit Opera, it'll just sit there, until I force-quit it....

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          • zalex108
            zalex108 @stevenjcee last edited by

            @stevencee

            Well, as asked in your Topic:

            Do you use the VPN?

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              unfortunately memory clean doesn't seem to resolve the problem, it keeps being dead slow.
              Sadly it's starting to be a game stopper for me 馃槥

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              • zalex108
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                • zalex108
                  zalex108 last edited by

                  Some workarounds.

                  https://forums.opera.com/topic/23610/tabs-can-no-longer-be-changed-nor-closed

                  And the steps for a clean profile.

                  https://forums.opera.com/topic/19497/every-time-i-open-a-new-tab-its-just-a-blank-white-or-black-screen/3

                  If you do it, use the V7 extensions manager an export the list of all your extensions.

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