After upgrading to Panther (the code name for Mac OS X 10.3), I noticed that Safari, the Mac's excellent web browser, seemed to have slowed down. Frequently, and for no apparent reason, Safari became non-responsive and the mouse pointer changed to the dreaded beach ball.
A visit to Apple's Safari discussion forum cleared up the problem.
Go into Safari's Preferences and select the AutoFill tab. Click on the Edit button for Other Forms and then click on Remove All. (Alternatively, you could go through the list of web sites and manually delete particular ones, or you could just uncheck the box next to Other forms.)
Whatever you do, don't select Reset Safari from the Safari menu. That will erase all your cookies as well as saved passwords and other things you might not want to lose.
Posted by jt at February 1, 2004 11:38 AM