using Internet Exploer / Cannot download Safari

pstep:

Welcome to Apple Discussions.

May I suggest that you consider upgrading to a later version of OS X? OS X 10.0x and 10.1x were essentially Beta versions, and not very stable or powerful. Even the very first iMac (Bondi Blue) will run Panther (OS X 10.3.9), and you will have a choice of browsers. If your iMac is the DV SE (Slot loading) or later, you will be able to run Tiger, which is even more powerful.

😉 cornelius

Hello pstep,

You might want to have a read of Software Update Upgrade: What's the Difference? which will help you understand the difference.

Yes, you will need to purchase an upgrade. Cornelius is correct in suggesting that 10.1 is barely a beta version of the OS and you really should upgrade (I also would suggest finding a copy of Panther 10.3). You can find copies on ebay or from resellers such as fastMac.com etc.

Sorry, I don't know of another browser that you can use instead that will work with 10.1 but you might want to do a search on the web for "OSX browsers 10.1" and see if any turn up. Make sure to download only the version for your version of OSX. If you were trying to download Safari 3 it wouldn't work for 10.1 anyways as it takes 10.4 at least I think. The last version of Safari that works for 10.3 is Safari 1.3.2. Personally, if you do upgrade to Panther you should download Camino 1.6.6 as it is still being updated for Panther.

hope that helps some,

LS 🙂

edit: Here is some good advice in this thread.

Message was edited by: littleshoulders

To use a more modern browser you will need to upgrade to Panther 10.3 or Tiger 10.4. What model iMac do you have? How much RAM & what size hard drive?

You might look over this list of browsers for 10.1. May be one that works better. Mac Web Browsers, Present and Past http://darrel.knutson.com/mac/www/browsers.html
However, most web page designers "assume" that viewers have modern browsers & use current versions of Flash and other plug-ins.

 Cheers, Tom 😉