What is http://s3.amazonaws.com?

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What is http://s3.amazonaws.com?

Since I upgraded to Safari 4.03 many of my downloads are coming up with an error that it can not connect to server http://s3.amazonaws.com…

Anybody else experiencing this and how do I get rid of it?

Peter

Aluminium iMac 24" 2.8Ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.8), The closest you'll ever get to there, is here.

Posted on Sep 17, 2009 7:14 PM

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Answer 1

PeterBreis0807 Author

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Sep 17, 2009 7:26 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

I did some further research on this "s3.amazonaws.com" seems to be +Amazon Web Storage Service+, some sort of cloud storage system offered by Amazon.

If so it appears to be seriously on the fritz.

Peter

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Answer 2

Sep 17, 2009 7:29 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Greetings,

No, it's not on the "fritz" as you say. The URL link you posted is incorrect; it should be http://aws.amazon.com/s3/.

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PeterBreis0807 Author

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Sep 29, 2009 7:27 PM in response to Golden Shoes

I did locate that site, but that is not where the graphics I am trying to use are located.

I can't go editing all the links on a page to correctly show the graphic, so how do I get around fixing this?

btw It does correctly render on at least one computer (at a different location) I have tried, but incorrectly on at least 7 others, including my ISP's test unit. All at different physical locations and using different ISPs.

P.

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Answer 4

Sep 29, 2009 7:31 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Try creating a new user account and testing Safari to see if the problem happens there, too. If so, it's a systemwide issue; otherwise it's something specific to your regular user account.

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PeterBreis0807 Author

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Sep 29, 2009 7:38 PM in response to Golden Shoes

Sorry but did you read my post?

I have tested this on 7 physically different locations. My ISP has tested it on their PC test unit and got the same result.

Using 4 different browsers and 4 different OSes including Safari, IE, FireFox, Opera, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Vista and XP.

I have even tested it in other cities.

P.

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Answer 6

Sep 29, 2009 7:50 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Yes, I read your post. Since I cannot see what you're doing or what's on your system(s), we need to try to isolate the issue, which is why I suggested that course of action. If it works on one, it should work on the others, but they aren't all identical systems and configurations, so something must be different on them to cause the problem.

If you haven't already done it, you could also try re-setting Safari, and deleting the com.apple.Safari.plist file and then restarting Safari and re-establish the preferences as you like them.

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Answer 7

Sep 29, 2009 8:44 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

HI Peter,

Try Safari Maintenance

Try repairing permissions also.

Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.

Carolyn 🙂

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PeterBreis0807 Author

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Sep 29, 2009 9:40 PM in response to Golden Shoes

Hey everyone.

Let me repeat.

The problem exists on 8 different computers.

3 of them PCs.

All of them in different locations, different networks and different ISPs.

The problem appears in Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Oasis.

The computers are alternatively running Leopard, Snow Leopard, Windows XP and Windows Vista.

3 of the Macs are in Apple Stores and have their system wiped everyday.

1 of the PCs is a test unit at my ISP and also has its system wiped regularly.

I have already wiped my Safari settings and dumped my cookies and cache days ago, all this did was wipe a lot of useful settings and links.

If you like you can try the addresses and see if they are effected at your locations as well, this will add to the statistics.

http://vectortuts.s3.amazonaws.com/tuts/207iPhone_App/finalfull.png

http://support.realmacsoftware.com/faqs/rapidweaver-video-tutorials/creating-lin ks-between-pages-with-rapidweaver

The last has a QT movie in the middle of the page which is greyed out with a ? over it.

Peter

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Answer 9

Sep 29, 2009 11:21 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

FYI, the first link brings up a "Light up your iPhone" png, and the second one has a QT movie which begins with a photo of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge in the fog. No problem with either link.

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PeterBreis0807 Author

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Sep 29, 2009 11:31 PM in response to It_just_works

Thanks,

Which raises the question why the problem here and on so many computers!

Trouble is I can't make contact with the amazonaws people.

P.

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Answer 11

Sep 29, 2009 11:57 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

I just tried the links in a PC running Windows XP:

The link to the iPhone works fine in the PC as well.

However, in the PC, the second link opens the page with the text and the screen, but the screen is blank (white) with no QT logo and no question mark, and there is what looks like a generic picture icon in the top left of the screen. No movie. Clicking on the picture icon has no effect.

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Answer 12

Sep 30, 2009 12:23 AM in response to It_just_works

Oops! I had recently reinstalled Windows XP, but I had apparently not reinstalled QT. That is why I was seeing the generic Windows picture icon. I just reinstalled QT.

Now the second link (as well as the first link) works fine in the PC as well.

So, no problem here with either link in both Apple and PC.

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Answer 13

Sep 30, 2009 5:22 AM in response to PeterBreis0807

I have no problem seeing the image, or the QuickTime movie on my system.

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PeterBreis0807 Author

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Oct 1, 2009 3:09 PM in response to Golden Shoes

I resolved it by upgrading my Airport Extreme software and switching to OpenDNS and thus bypassing my usual DNS settings.

However I now notice the problem has shifted. I now have another address which Safari is having trouble finding.

Such is life!

P.

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