I need Safari 10.1.2 download. Where can I find it? And possible help with Safari.

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I need Safari 10.1.2 download. Where can I find it? And possible help with Safari.

I am running El Capitan 10.11.6 and have recently updated Safari to 11.0. Now Safari is not only slow, but eating nearly all available RAM while searching (intermittantly) with interminable spinning ball. Have talked to Apple Tech. They suggest to downgrade to previous Safari, since the most current version is taxing El Capitan. My Mac Air is 13" Mid-2011 with 4GB memory, so I have stayed with El Capitan due to questions if this Air can manage further OS successfully. I have already followed all the other recommendations such as clearing space on the hard drive, adjusting preferences on Safari, resting the PRAM, etc., etc. Where can I find a secure version of Safari 10.1.2? And if anyone has any other suggestions for my configuration, I would appreciate hearing about it. Thank you.

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011), OSX 10.11.6

Posted on Sep 23, 2017 2:01 PM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

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Sep 23, 2017 3:03 PM in response to globalqi

Clear all of your history from the Safari 11 application menu. From Safari Preferences : Advanced : Show developer menu. Quit Safari. Press and hold the shift key while launching Safari 11 again. Press option+command+E to clear your browser cache. Turn off your extensions, and under Safari Help menu, list your plug-ins, and ensure they are current versions with Safari 11 compatibility.

Evaluate if Safari 11 has improved performance. Try and live with it.

Apple does not provide separate downloads of Safari browsers. NOTE: If you have stayed current with the Security Updates below, you might skip everything listed, and just install the Security Update 2017-003 to see if it will overwrite Safari 11 with Safari 10.1.2. Otherwise, you are looking at an ordeal.

Download and install any that have not been applied already, but particularly 2017-003 because it contains Safari 10.1.2:

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leroydouglas

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Sep 23, 2017 8:03 PM in response to globalqi

Do you have a Time Machine back-up, Local snapshots ?

As long as you have TM turned on, you can try and Restore your older Safari.

About Time Machine local snapshots - Apple Support

Worst case scenario you can restore your entire HD from TM or a bootclone backup, your most recent before you upgraded to that latest Safari.

How to create a boot clone

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globalqi Author

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Sep 23, 2017 10:51 PM in response to VikingOSX

I am reluctant to clear my entire history as there are sites I may need to refer back to... However, as you have suggested, I have: "From Safari Preferences : Advanced : Show developer menu. Quit Safari. Press and hold the shift key while launching Safari 11 again. Press option+command+E to clear your browser cache. Turn off your extensions, and under Safari Help menu, list your plug-ins, and ensure they are current versions with Safari 11 compatibility."

These steps seemed to have made some improvement, although Safari will still devour a GB or more of memory momentarily, before settling into the website and giving back the memory. Additionally, I installed Security Update 2017-003 (El Capitan) As a side note, I could not find a way to verify if all the Security Updates you mentioned were actually installed, though I do make it point to install Security Updates when they are sent. As an experiment, I downloaded and attempted to install the first Security Update on your list to see if it would go, but got a message that it couldn't. So I then proceeded to install the 2017-003 update. It did not put me back to Safari 10.1.2. So I am still with Safari 11.0, with a modicum of improvement. I am guessing that since I am still using El Capitan, it was a bit hasty of me to update Safari just because it was available... (Not a fun lesson)

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globalqi Author

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Sep 23, 2017 10:57 PM in response to leroydouglas

I do have Time Machine running and I do regular back-ups. I am not familiar with "Local snapshots"... And although I have been using Time Machine for years, I have never actually used it to Restore an earlier backup. It has only been 2 days since the Safari update installation, but I have done some important work (particularly documents) since then. What will happen to the work I did in the interim, if I Restore an earlier backup. Thanking you in advance for your guidance.

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globalqi Author

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Sep 23, 2017 4:54 PM in response to globalqi

Thanks very much for your prompt, concise reply. I will work with your suggestions and let you know how it goes.

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