Speed up Safari

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

This is a quick Terminal command that makes Safari appear faster by reducing the built-in rendering lag.

To try this (after backing-up, etc.) go to the terminal after Safari has quit and type:

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitInitialTimedLayoutDelay 0.25

The default time in the Safari preference time is 1.0. Now go ahead and launch Safari.

I just did this on the G5, and it seems to be making a big difference. Of course, it could also be all in my head.

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