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Some websites make safari go crazy, and use 70% CPU! This causes everything else on this desktop to grind to a halt.

Is there a way to restrict safari to never go beyond a certain amount of CPU?

(btw - It's not just flash)

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70% of CPU usage shouldn't cause problems. There is not a single Apple computer sold nowadays with only one core, and that's been the case for almost a decade. 100% is not necessarily maxed out, 100% * the number of cores, is. I have a feeling something else is happening here than merely Safari overburdening your system. [joke] I bet your problem is Adobve Flash. [/joke] – Jason Salaz♦ Oct 22 '12 at 21:00
You can restrain yourself from visiting heavy duty websites :) – Gerry Oct 22 '12 at 21:19

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Enable the Debug Menu in Safari. One of the commands is Pause Web Process, another is Crash Web Process. Or the web process can be quit (or Force Quit) in Activity Monitor or any similar app.

And be sure to keep your Flash plugin current. Keep everything current/updated!

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