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I have OSX 10.8.5 with Safari 6.2.8 which has worked fine. Safari suddenly stopped loading any and all webpages. Should I upgrade to Yosemite or will that cause more problems? I need Safari to work.
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
You can't upgrade to Yosemite, it's not available anymore. Your only upgrade option is to El Capitan. Running Safari 6.2.8 alone shouldn't cause a complete inability to access any website, so something else might be going on. Please post the results of your EtreCheck report. It's a diagnostics tool developed by a trusted and respected contributor here, and it will allow us to see what is installed on your hard drive in the way of applications, drivers, plugins, extensions, etc. No sensitive issue is included in the report.
You can't upgrade to Yosemite, it's not available anymore. Your only upgrade option is to El Capitan. Running Safari 6.2.8 alone shouldn't cause a complete inability to access any website, so something else might be going on. Please post the results of your EtreCheck report. It's a diagnostics tool developed by a trusted and respected contributor here, and it will allow us to see what is installed on your hard drive in the way of applications, drivers, plugins, extensions, etc. No sensitive issue is included in the report.
Download and run MalwareBytes. Malwarebytes was developed by one of our own colleagues here in ASC. It gets rave reviews and is about the most proven anti-malware software for Mac. Very recently it has been recommended by Apple for removal of adware.
Thank you. I finally just went to Safari> Reset Safari > checked off "Clear History" and "Reset Top Sites". When Safarireloaded, I could access not only all "favorite" sites, but also any other sites. So, I guess it was a simple fix. Not sure what caused it, but someone in my family used my computer yesterday and this person likes to open all kinds of strange sites from Facebook. I am wondering if some malware was somehow installed or something related to visiting a site I would not go to normally. Any thoughts on this reason? Anyhow, thank you, it's working.
When someone uses your Mac, they should use the Guest account. That way, it's less likely to happen as nothing can be downloaded without authentication and nothing is saved at the end of a session. But if you have malware bytes and you do notice anything funny, you can always run that.
problems loading websites with Safari 6.2.8
