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Q: Can I download a newer version of Safari than 6.2.8 without downloading Maverick(higher than 10.8.5)?
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Feb 21, 2016 5:41 PMby jimsanfilippo,I tried downloading Maverick and lost two months trying to make it work. I had to restore from time machine to a version before Maverick to make my MacBook functional again. I don't want to go through this again. Looks like I will be switching to Firefox in the short term. So much for Keychain being useful. Any suggestions on a good PC to buy?
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Feb 21, 2016 6:02 PMby jimsanfilippo,I spent two months dealing with Apple support after loading Maverick on my MacBook. After daily discussions with Apple Supports their only solution was to reinstall the previous OS (10.8.5). 10.8.5 has been working for almost a year since the Maverick disaster. Since Apple ties Safari updates to the OS it makes it impossible to work with many secure website unless your running the latest version of an internet browser. At this time I can not log into many website since I'm not running the most current version of the web browser. The most current versions of the web browser only works with an operating system I can not use on my current machine. This is a very long running theme for Apple. Force hardware upgrades by not making software backward compatible. If i'm going to upgrade my machine I'm going to look at all choices. I would be happy to give you more information if you think you have a way around Apple's forced upgrades.
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Feb 21, 2016 6:20 PMby KiltedTim,Your attitude proves that you're not really interested in resolving the problem. If you did a clean install of 10.8.5, then an update to 10.11 should proceed with no problems. If things blew up after an OS upgrade, either something unique to your machine was corrupted during the install or there was an underlying problem to begin with. Upgrading OS X will not 'fix' a pre-existing problem. It can only be made worse by doing so. A clean install should have removed anything that was causing issues, allowing an upgrade to complete and run normally.
If all you want to do is rant about Apple's "forced upgrades", then by all means, go buy something else.
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Feb 21, 2016 6:51 PMby jimsanfilippo,Your suggestions are 11 months late and have been tried over and over. Apple Support determined after three full reinstall attempts that there was something "unique" with my machine that would only be resolved with a hardware upgrade. Apple Support would not help in anyway with hardware upgrades since my machine was more than 12 months old at the time the Maverick issue occurred. I do not feel it is too much to ask a software / hardware company like Apple to support their products for more than 12 months out. When you have run out of KoolAid maybe you share in my frustration but until your KoolAid runs out best of luck to you and thank you for your service.
