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Quitting Safari - impossible

My iBook G3 has been unused for several months.

I just fired it up, preparatory to taking it traveling, and I discover that Safari 3.2.1 is malfunctioning. I can't get out of it. When I type commandQ nothing but the spinning ball, same for selecting Quit Safari from the menu. I have to force quit - with comand option esc as my only way out.

I have Safari Plus installed, but it hasn't caused trouble before.

I have seen other posts with this issue. The solution offered, Reset Safari, leaves me wondering. Do I leave all the check boxes checked, or do it incrementally? And what are the repercussions of doing this? Can I regain what I've lost - icons say?

Mrs H

MacBook Pro, Dual 450 G4, iBook G3, Powerbook 170, Mac Plus, Mac OS X (10.4.11), iPod Classic 160G

Posted on Apr 24, 2009 12:31 PM

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Mrs H Author

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Jun 12, 2009 1:43 PM in response to Mrs H

3.2.3 now.

When I first came here - and this was the first thing I did, it was 7.9% CPU. Quickly went to 10.9 and now it's at 102.4%.

So 3.2.3 was no fix - we'll see, but I am certain I won't be able to quit this version any easier than before which almost always recently required force quitting.

Just call me Camino girl from now on, I guess.

Mrs H

Klaus1

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Jun 12, 2009 3:26 PM in response to Mrs H

Hi Camino Girl!

Having something use more than 100% of anything is illogical and impossible! You can't have more than 100% of anything!

I just checked: my Safari is using around 7% of CPU, and the Activity Monitor I am checking it with is using 12% !

I am still investigating this anomaly.

Klaus1

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Jun 13, 2009 5:58 AM in response to Mrs H

OK, time to get this CPU usage thingy sorted. I am getting help from other L4/5s who know much than me (so that includes all of them!), and I would ask you to kindly do the following:

Start a new thread, this one has run its course and was on a different subject.

In your first post, please provide the results of what I am about to ask you to do:

You should have Safari running, as well as any other applications you would normally have open.

Open Activity Monitor (in your Utilities Folder) and run it. That shows you the CPU usage of anything running.

Click on Safari to highlight it (catch it if you can!) and click on Inspect.

Copy and paste what it says in your first post.

Also, click on Sample Process and write down (you can't copy/paste this) what it says and post that as well.

Somewhere is all that data may be the answer to the problem, which I shall ask others to diagnose.

I await your new thread (here in the Safari forum) with baited breath! 🙂

Mrs H Author

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Jun 13, 2009 1:52 PM in response to Klaus1

Klaus1 wrote:
OK, time to get this CPU usage thingy sorted. I am getting help from other L4/5s who know much than me (so that includes all of them!), and I would ask you to kindly do the following:

Start a new thread, this one has run its course and was on a different subject.

By request, new thread - The Sequel, see:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2037950&stqc=true

I await your new thread (here in the Safari forum) with baited breath! 🙂

This thread may be finished, but never forgotten,
Mrs H

Klaus1

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Jun 13, 2009 3:26 PM in response to Mrs H

This thread may be finished, but never forgotten

This much is true!

We shall leave it for posterity. 🙂

Mrs H Author

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Jun 16, 2009 2:06 PM in response to Mrs H

!http://www.indiamike.com/india/images/smilies/offtopic.gif! ... the last word here -

Lest anyone think I lost my marbles completely, I was referring above, of course, to the oft quoted "Visualise whirled peas"

Mrs H

Klaus1

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Jun 16, 2009 4:30 PM in response to Mrs H

"Visualise whirled peas"

No idea what that means, but as it is a new subject I suggest you start a new thread:

'My peas whirl and it is all the fault of Safari'! 😉

Mrs H Author

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Jun 17, 2009 2:07 PM in response to Klaus1

Klaus1 wrote:
"Visualise whirled peas"

No idea what that means, but as it is a new subject I suggest you start a new thread:

'My peas whirl and it is all the fault of Safari'! 😉

Sorry, I thought the oft repeated (and by now passé) was well known.
I was referring to our interchange above:

Klaus: "So for the sake of peace in our time, stick with Safari 3.2.3 for the moment. We can always explore Safari 4 later!"
Mrs H: "Peace in our time, hmmmm, lovely thought. (I like peas. 😉 )"

Now, it's not Safari's fault if peas are whirled; and it would be nice is we could have - in our time - whirled peas. Just, say the phrase aloud and you'll see why I wrote it (well, maybe...)

Mrs H

Jun 17, 2009 2:22 PM in response to Mrs H

I've been a Mac user for 22 years, and I hope Steve or an associate actually reads these threads. Safari 4 is EPIC FAIL! Bring back the progress bar, put the refresh button back where it was in Safari 3, and stop trying to make it look like freaking Windows.

Mrs H Author

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Jun 18, 2009 8:50 AM in response to Jim Ireland

Jim-

I think no one is reading this particular post any longer - it is marked solved and is old, and really is about Safari 3.2.1 not 4.

My suggestion would be for you to start a new thread of your own in the Safari for Mac forum and indicate your issues.

Mrs H

PS I am still having problems with Safari 3.2.3 as described above (did you really read the whole thing?) and in the sequel thread to this. I have switched to Firefox I'm afraid.

I hope Steve or an associate actually reads these threads.

PPS Steve? Jobs? You are kidding right? 🙂

Quitting Safari - impossible