Safari 6 Lion Reinstall = Problems

Try to download and Install Safari 6 for Lion from here: http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/37/23/041-5058/lr5tynbldi18zcrqo8a8uq88 rnjushqliu/Safari6Lion.pkg

Had the same issue and this worked. Thanks.

Hello Edward,

I am trying to get your download but neither my iPad nor my iPhone will allow me to download it. It tells me safari cannot download the file. Of course, I need it for my desktop and that can't run the version of safari it has (keeps crashing) so I am stuck in a catch 22. Can you kindly email this file to me or tell me a work around for my current situation? Thanks for your help.

Cheers,

Fritz

Without a working browser, you may be able to download the file using 'curl'.

1.) Open "Terminal" from /Applications/Utilities

2.) Paste the following command into the Terminal windows, and push the "Return" key on your keyboard:

curl -O http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/37/23/041-5058/lr5tynbldi18zcrqo8a8uq88 rnjushqliu/Safari6Lion.pkg

The file should download into your home directory.

Hope this helps...

Hi Edward

Thank you so much! This was perfect. Safari is up and running. I sincerely appreciate your help.

Fritz

Thank you thank you for this link! Had the same problem and this worked.

Have the same problem here. Trying this solution. Will report back as soon as resolved.

Thanks for the advice.

The installation had reinstalled the older version of Safari

If the reinstall overwrite Safari with an older version, I would think that any other updates to the OS may have been lost as well. Maybe you haven't seen any symptoms yet, but it doesn't sound like your in a good state.

Do you use time machine? If so, you could do a delta of your current system state to the one before reinstalling the OS to see what's changed.

Thank you! It works perfectly! 🙂

Edward Kelley wrote:

Try to download and Install Safari 6 for Lion from here: http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/37/23/041-5058/lr5tynbldi18zcrqo8a8uq88 rnjushqliu/Safari6Lion.pkg

I think I had this exact issue... but I think it came from a mismatch in recovery partitions. Essentially what happened was that Safari 6 had been installed at one point, but the recovery installed the Safari 5.1.6 Application package but didn't downgrade some other element, somwhere else on the drive. The result is that every time I launched Safari I got an exception crash.

So make sure that a Get Info of your Safari Application package comes back as Safari 6+ before you go needlessly deleting preference or cache files,deleting SIMBL folders, or searching for 1Password updates.

If that Get Info comes back as Safari 5, follow the suggestions below to download and run the Safari 6 installer from Apple and see if that helps.

Edward. BIG THANKS! I had the same issue. Installed clean 10.7 and then restored apps/user data from TimeMachine. Safari crashed. Reinstalled Safari with the link you provided and am up in running in 5 minutes!

THANKS!!

Patrick

With the curl suggestion, I receive a "malformed url" error

The discussions page may have put a space in between some characters in the URL. I'll try to paste it here again (but you may not be able to copy and paste without modifying the link):

curl -O http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/37/23/041-5058/lr5tynbldi18zcrqo8a8uq88 rnjushqliu/Safari6Lion.pkg

If the posted link 'breaks' again, it may be worth trying to remove the space that is being put into the link (between 88 and rn)

Had identical problem with repeated Safari crashes following re-install of Lion. Safari simply would not open.

Researched Apple Support extensively, but could not find any useful information on re-installing Safari in Lion.

Googled issue. Found this discussion in the forum. The link supplied by Edward Kelly worked fine. Back in business with Safari 6.

Link is repeated here: http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/37/23/041-5058/lr5tynbldi18zcrqo8a8uq88 rnjushqliu/Safari6Lion.pkg

Profuse thanks to all, but especially Edward Kelly. You folks are gems.