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    • stevenjcee
      stevenjcee last edited by

      I had no freezing or crashing issues with Opera for the last few weeks, but then after the most recent update, 18.0.1284.68, it's now freezing and crashing, sometimes in less than half an hour after opening. I was going days at a time, with it open, with many windows & tabs open, and it was fine, now, it's not as bad as FF or Chrome, or Safari, but it's barely ahead of the pack. Wonder why that's happening? I've not added any software or extensions since upgrading, <scratching my head>.... I'm on a Mac, with 12 gigs of RAM...

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      • Deleted User
        Deleted User last edited by

        There has to be something amiss with your system, Steven, if you're experiencing crashing/freezing from all of these browsers and when you say that "it's not as bad as FF or Chrome, or Safari, but it's barely ahead of the pack" that indicates that all of these browsers are having issues. I have no issues with the latest versions of FF, Chrome, IE and Opera (I'm on Windows 8.1 and a rather old Dell desktop). Are you certain that your computer is clean? Have you run Malwarebytes and Hitman Pro to make certain there is no malware infestation? I know you have a Macbook but that doesn't mean you're invincible from malware. Obviously something is wrong and it doesn't appear to be the browser since they're all experiencing problems.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          Originally posted by Camphill:

          Opera ver 19.0.1326.21

          Thanks. That's enough. It's a beta version. Issues with beta versions should be reported in the right place — either in The Relevant Desktop Team Blog or the Beta Forum

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          • camphill
            camphill last edited by

            It's not a beta issue because Opera does it as well. As noted in my first post it's all Chromium based browsers. When you asked for the version number I could have given you the Opera version as well because both versions freeze the entire system.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              I just spend a few minutes browsing Gizmodo in Opera 18, opening several articles, watching a video, then mouse gesture to go back, etc. I saw no problems at all, so we need a clear step by step recipe.

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              • stevenjcee
                stevenjcee last edited by

                Originally posted by leushino:

                Are you certain that your computer is clean? Have you run Malwarebytes and Hitman Pro to make certain there is no malware infestation? I know you have a Macbook but that doesn't mean you're invincible from malware. Obviously something is wrong and it doesn't appear to be the browser since they're all experiencing problems.

                Leushino, why ask me if I've run programs that are only for PCs, when you know I have a Mac? I do have anti-virus software, and I'm free of it, but I've had issues with browsers nonetheless. I've reset them, did reinstalls of my operating system, even bought a new computer, and so far, no browser seems to work for a long time without getting RAM heavy, & slowing down... I do usually have a lot of windows/tabs open (30-60), but use a flash-blocking extension, so they only open when I click on them... And I don't have a ton of extensions loaded on any of my browsers... So, I don't know why I have this experience, and thus far, no Apple tech, even the higher up ones, have been able to figure out why, either....

                It's probably some conflict of some sort, that I'm just not savvy enough to figure out, deal with, or prevent...

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                • camphill
                  camphill last edited by

                  Pesala, do work with Opera or are you simply an end user like me?

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                  • Deleted User
                    Deleted User last edited by

                    Originally posted by StevenCee:

                    Originally posted by leushino:

                    Are you certain that your computer is clean? Have you run Malwarebytes and Hitman Pro to make certain there is no malware infestation? I know you have a Macbook but that doesn't mean you're invincible from malware. Obviously something is wrong and it doesn't appear to be the browser since they're all experiencing problems.

                    Leushino, why ask me if I've run programs that are only for PCs, when you know I have a Mac? I do have anti-virus software, and I'm free of it, but I've had issues with browsers nonetheless. I've reset them, did reinstalls of my operating system, even bought a new computer, and so far, no browser seems to work for a long time without getting RAM heavy, & slowing down... I do usually have a lot of windows/tabs open (30-60), but use a flash-blocking extension, so they only open when I click on them... And I don't have a ton of extensions loaded on any of my browsers... So, I don't know why I have this experience, and thus far, no Apple tech, even the higher up ones, have been able to figure out why, either....

                    It's probably some conflict of some sort, that I'm just not savvy enough to figure out, deal with, or prevent...

                    You're right of course. I don't know what I was thinking when I made that suggestion. Good luck.

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                    • blackbird71
                      blackbird71 last edited by

                      Originally posted by StevenCee:

                      I had no freezing or crashing issues with Opera for the last few weeks, but then after the most recent update, 18.0.1284.68, it's now freezing and crashing, sometimes in less than half an hour after opening. I was going days at a time, with it open, with many windows & tabs open, and it was fine, now, it's not as bad as FF or Chrome, or Safari, but it's barely ahead of the pack. Wonder why that's happening? I've not added any software or extensions since upgrading, <scratching my head>.... I'm on a Mac, with 12 gigs of RAM...

                      A key question is whether the freezing and crashing with the various browsers are truly similar or are different in nature. Usually, if multiple apps show the same kinds of failure symptoms (regardless of differing frequency), there is a common contributor on the system - either hardware or software. Most often the candidates for cause are malware/adware infections, anti-malware program interference, blocking tools (hosts blocking, anti-Flash, anti-ads, etc), system files/settings conflicts, apps/system conflicts (IM, VPN, proxies, DNS, etc), or hardware issues (erratic RAM, etc). Some of these potential causes may not show up as problems in a particular software, but do in others or after an update to the formerly-"working" software.

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                        Originally posted by camphill:

                        Pesala, do work with Opera or are you simply an end user like me?

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