Q: I have an iMac PC G5 with isight. I have a 10.5.8 OS have been told by sights that I need to upgrade safari which is 5.0.6. Is possible?

Normally ~ if you use the Apple softwear update panel it will upgrade the browser automatically.

I don't think they have dropped this service for the oder computers.

I stil have an isight G5 imac and it runs ok apart from flash issues which does not allow me to watch some stuff on line.

I hope that helps.

Sorry, no. Leopard 10.5.8 with Safari 5.0.6 is as high as your PPC G5 iMac can go.

You have misread the question. Sarah already has Safari 5.0.6.

Also, please check your posts for typos and spelling errors before posting.

Second question first: opinions are divided! It does your Mac no harm at all to sleep at night - in which case you should sleep the screen only, not the hard drive, as it is spinning up and down again that puts wear on a hard drive. personally, I only allow the screen to sleep, but I shut down my Mac at night to save on electricity!

As for Flash, there are various workarounds. Please read the folowing carefully.

Certain 'warnings' from some websites that your Flash needs updating can be phoney and point you to download sites not related to Adobe. Flash should only ever be downloaded from Adobe.

You can check here:  http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/  to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS. Note that version 10,1,102,64 is the last version available to PPC Mac users*. The latest version,10.3.183.23 or later, is for Intel Macs only running Tiger or Leopard, as Adobe no longer support the PPC platform. Version 11.4.402.265 or later is for Snow Leopard onwards.

* Unhelpfully, if you want the last version for PPC (G4 or G5) Macs, you need to go here:  http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/142/tn_14266.html  and scroll down to 'Archived Versions/Older Archives'. Flash Player 10.1.102.64 is the one you download. More information here:  http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/838/cpsid_83808.html

You should first uninstall any previous version of Flash Player, using the uninstaller from here (make sure you use the correct one!):

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/909/cpsid_90906.html

and also that you follow the instructions closely, such as closing ALL applications first before installing. You must also carry out a permission repair after installing anything from Adobe.

(If you are running a PPC Mac with Flash Player 10.1.102.64 and are having problems with watching videos on FaceBook or other sites, try the following solution which fools the site into thinking that you are running the version 11.5.502.55:)

Download this http://scriptogr.am/nordkril/post/adobe-flash-11.5-for-powerpc to your desktop, unzip it, and replace the current Flash Player plug-in which is in your main/Library/Internet Plug-Ins folder, (not the user Library). Save the old one just in case this one doesn't work.

I am in the same boat. I run a G5 PPC iMac and I cannot watch flash videos on the BBC website or on BBC iPlayer, and it struggles on YouTube.

For reasons that passeth all understanding, they all work with the PPC version of Firefox, called TenFourFoxG5.app, once you have enabled plug-ins, as it does not natively support Flash.

You can download TenFourFoxG5 from here:

http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/

Now for the interesting bit: TenFourFox, like Firefox, does not support most plug-ins. Unless you are prone to headaches (in which case don't) you can read about that here:

http://code.google.com/p/tenfourfox/wiki/PluginsNoLongerSupported

But there is a workaround!

Open TenFourFox and type in the address bar: about:config (no spaces) and click return. This gives you a warning that it might harm the application. Ignore that and click on 'I'll be careful, I promise' and you get the config file that you can edit - with great care.

Look/search (scroll down) for: tenfourfox.plugins.enabled

Set it to true. (Double click it to toggle it)

Now close TenFourFox, open it again, and Flash will now work, as it now uses the plug-ins that Safari has stored.

I am using Flash 11.5.502.55 in TenFourFox and it works just fine.

I second the recommendation for TenFourFox.

TenFourFox -- It's a port of the latest FireFox to run on older hardware and software.

  "World's most advanced web browser. Finely tuned for the Power PC."

     --  works for me on 10.4.  Supports 10.5

  http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/

  alternative download site:

  http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/37761/tenfourfox

OmniWeb uses the lastest Safari framework.  The open source WebKit. Other browsers like Safari and iCab use the OS version of WebKit.  The OmniWeb downloaded dmg includes it's own copy of the latest WebKit.

http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omniweb/

Safari 5.0.6 Leopard.

http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1422

iCab - The Taxi for the Internet

http://www.icab.de/