Can't find a definite answer online. Does Safari put the idle tabs to sleep or not? I know most Chromium based browsers do.
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Does safari put inactive tabs to sleep?
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The default configuration is Background Tab Suspension disabled.
returns "does not exist"
![WebKitTabSuspension.jpg]( "WebKitTabSuspension.jpg")
Code:
defaults read ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist WebKitTabSuspensionreturns "does not exist"
I am not very technical, but I assume that was a no, thank you!
Im trying to see if it's worth moving to Edge for example?
Installed Firefox, noticed a massive memory consumption, won't open it again!
I found this thing a funny example of how Safari is handling active vs inactive tabs.
To enable Background Tab Suspension
- close Safari
- enable the Debug menu with
- start Safari and uncheck the Disable Background Tab Suspension seen in the image above
Some info about the Debug menu https://osxdaily.com/2011/11/07/safari-debug-menu/
- close Safari
- enable the Debug menu with
Code:
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool YES- start Safari and uncheck the Disable Background Tab Suspension seen in the image above
Some info about the Debug menu https://osxdaily.com/2011/11/07/safari-debug-menu/
Thank you! Maybe you also know a way for Mac Mail not to show inline attachments? As in preview the 1 page documents in body?
There is a command online, but it don't work any more Big Sure and Monterey seem to have changed.
This does sadly not exist anymore!
I cannot find it in the Debug menu, and also not within the defaults file:
Code:
$ defaults read ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist | grep -Ei '(background|suspend)' | grep -i tab
$No result for anything related to background or suspend for Tabs ...
Might be fixed in the future.
"Bug 255876 - [macOS] PLT ~0.5% regression with background tab suspension"
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255876
"Bug 255876 - [macOS] PLT ~0.5% regression with background tab suspension"
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255876
If you are referring to the Debug menu, it is not intended for regular users.
You can turn it on as explained in post #5 or with Onyx https://titanium-software.fr/en/applications.html
