HOW DO I REINSTALL THE OLD SAFARI?

Since this is a mass issue, this is a canned paste.

5.1.7 is available at Softpedia, however Safari 6 resolves a ton of security issues.

http://mac.softpedia.com/progDownload/Safari-Download-25616.html

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400

Also it's been reported that Safari 6 URL is combined with search, so Google or whomever can use that to record your sites visited.

You might want to use Firefox (or spyChrome) in the meanwhile while the bugs and complaints are being worked out of Safari 6.

You can use this site to register complaints or problems with Safari

https://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

how i got back to my 5.1.7 is, i did a clean erase then recover from time machine with a back up that i know does not have safari 6 in it. then just re did all my updates. then found 5.1.7 and downloaded and now i am back to normal.

I did it.

1) I have not upgraded to the new OS -- nor will I at this time.

2) Had a second compter handy, a Mac Mini, with Safari 5.1.7.

3) Deleted Safari 6 on my iMac. Removed the Safari icon from my Dock, then erased trash. Then rebooted for good measure. Logged back in.

4) Connected to my Mac Mini and copied Safari 5.1.7 over. Placed it in my Applications folder, put an icon on the desktop and started Safari 5.1.7.

RSS feeds are back!

The above was that simple for me. If you've upgraded to the new OS, then please give some RSS reader advice. I have a few thousand RSS feeds for work and fun, and ****** if I'll read them in Mail ferchrissakes. Mobility be ******, if that's what Apple is thinking.

I was able to go back using "safari_6_developer_preview_2_for_lion_uninstaller.dmg" found on a German site as previously posted. This deleted 6 and reinstalled 5.1.7, requires a restart. I'm running Lion on a Mac Pro.

As an aside, Time Machine will not let you go back to previous versions. Question: What is Time Machine for if it's not for going back in time and restoring items from its backups? And further, why should anyone trust Apple in the future and presume that Time Machine will work as advertised? No reason for trust as far as I can see.

i was able to use Time Machine to recover safari. i did it thru recivery HD and picked a back up that i knew had and old version and closes to 5.1.7

Alexandra, Could you explain that in a little more detail.

ok what i did is...

let me start by saying i have Lion. so what i did is i went into Mac OS X utilities which gives u the options as followed:

restore from Time Machine back up

reinstall Mac OS X

get help online

disk utilities

so i picked the first one and then it gives u a list of all the back ups u have on your external hard drive. i picked the on i knew did not have safari 6 on it (because i had backed up after i installed the update to safari) so then it recovers from that last back up. i had a bunch of updates to do and i had to re install apps i had recently purchased. then i just googled and looked for 5.1.7 and found it. i have to also say that this was with the help of Apple support over the phone. if i didn;t have the external hard drive and the older back up i would have been in big trouble! so Time Machine does work!

Thanks, Alexandra. I've only used TM to back up out of regular misbehaving apps and updates, and I've always done it from the Time Machine toolbar icon which worked well. When I tried this on Safari it wouldn't let me revert.

So, using the Recovery HD is, shall we say, stronger medicine. Good to know.

Another angle on this is the following, obviously cleanly having just v5.1.7 is the best, but that will be tough for alot of folks. If you have Lion the following method is relatively painless (Mountain Lion removed the OS X RSS supporting code so Safari v5.1.7 won't run on Mountain Lion).

Leave v6.0 where it is.

Find another installed Safari v5.1.7 source (time machine, or a Mac that wasn't updated - Snow Leopard Macs did not get the v6 update). For a Mac that wasn't updated go into the Applications folder copy the package (its the Safari Application with the Safari icon in Applications directory) - it should be about 40MB in size if memory serves.

On your Safari v6.0 Mac, go into your Applications folder and create a new folder (I called mine Old Safari), then drop your Safari v5.1.7 copy into it. Copy the Safari v5.1.7 to the dock so you can launch v5.1.7 easily (I deleted my v6 Safari icon in the Dock but its not required).

Run v5.1.7 and enjoy its functionality again (its what I'm typing this in and others have used this method) and any updates that come for v6 should find the installed v6 and update it.

Important, do not run both versions at the same time (they use the same supporting files and corruption is likely) and just to avoid issues if you are running v5.1.7 I'd avoid using v6 till your ready to give up the ghost on v5.1.7 (who knows what kind of issues could raise their heads with them both using the same supporting files).

At some point, with this method, you could do an update from Apple that updates the underlying supporting code Safari uses and breaks Safari v5.1.7 (like disable the Lion OS X RSS functionality) so that's an ongoing danger, but this is an option for folks that want to use v5.1.7 again and can't roll back their machines.