Safari 5.0 Upgrade is a Catastrophe

HI,

You didn't mention trying any troubleshooting that you have tried.

Sorry to hear that Safari 5 isn't working for you. Is it possible you have any third party Safari add-ons that aren't compatible with the update that were compatible with the prior version of Safari.

Check here just in case.

Safari: Add-ons may cause Safari to unexpectedly quit or have performance issues

Try troubleshooting the Safari .plist file. Go to the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari/Preferences. Make note of all the preferences under each tab. Quit Safari. Now go to ~/Library/Preferences and move this file com.apple.safari.plist to the Desktop.

Relaunch Safari and see if that makes a difference. If not, move the .plist file back to the Preferences folder. If Safari functions as it should, move that .plist file to the Trash.

If you didn't repair disk permissions after updating to Safari 5, it would be beneficial to do that.


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 🙂

There are two library folders.

Open a Finder window. In the Sidebar on the left select your Home Folder. Then open the Library folder then the Preferences folder.

This is the path to your system library. /Library/Preferences

This is the path to your Home Folder LIbary. ~/Library/Preferences.

~ (Tilde) represents your Home Folder.







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Restore the bootable backup/clone or Time Machine backup you made before installing the Safari update and resume normal operations. You have a Mac Pro, so there should be ample HDs to have provided those. BTW, wrong folder. It's your /Library/Preferences/ one.

It's your /Library/Preferences/ one.

No.

It's ~/Library/Preferences.





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HI,

Not in your Applications folder.

Watch this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYZxgYaKeh0







Carolyn 🙂

Your /Library/ is the same as the current user's /Library/ which is the same as /Users/<username>=HOME/Library/ = ~/Library/, which is distinct from the root-level /Library/ and the root-level System's /Library/. Sorry that wasn't clear enough.

For the OP, the above should allow you to figure out where things are located. Alternatively, click on the Desktop->Finder->Help->Mac Help->search for *library folder* and read *+How your computer is organized+*.

The path to this file in the hard drive is Users - Personal folder (house icon) - Library - Preferences.

That's what I said. ~/Library/Preferences/ The ~ Tilde character represents your Home Folder.

If you didn't relaunch Safari after you moved the .plist file to the Desktop you have no way of knowing whether or not it helped.

You can try the process of elimination, trying one troubleshooting idea at a time. There's no sure fire fix for a browser.

If my suggestions don't help, perhaps someone else can help you.









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Hi,

Your profile indicates you are running 10.4.10 or 10.4.11 ?? Your profile is changing.

all of my passwords and usernames are saved on Safari.

No they aren't. Open your Applications folder then open the Utilities folder then open the Keychain Access folder.

Your usernames and passwords are stored there.

From the Safari Menu Bar click Safari/Preferences then select the Autofill tab. The User names and passwords box must be selected in order for Safari to save that data to your Keychain Access application.



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