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frohbego · Aug 24, 2006, 12:22 PM

I'm on an imac and since yesterday Safari keeps locking up after visiting a few webpapges.. (spinning curser)... I have Safari Version 2.0.4 on osx 10.4.7....

Even when i try to go to Safari - Reset Safari.. it locks up....

Any sudgestions???

Thanks!!

Thinine · Aug 24, 2006, 12:33 PM

Delete your ~/Library/Caches/Safari folder and the History and Download files, and the Icons folder from the ~/Library/Safari folder.

frohbego · Aug 24, 2006, 02:06 PM

That did not help?

thanks!

Thinine · Aug 24, 2006, 02:41 PM

Well that's everything Safari generates except its preference file. So you could delete that too.

frohbego · Aug 24, 2006, 03:14 PM

How do i delete that?

thanks!!

angelmb · Aug 24, 2006, 03:22 PM

go to your 'Home' folder -> 'Library' -> 'Preferences' and delete this item:

com.apple.Safari.plist

frohbego · Aug 24, 2006, 03:31 PM

still locks up... any way to re-install safari?

Thinine · Aug 24, 2006, 03:51 PM

Remove any plugins or other Safari hacks you have installed.

frohbego · Aug 24, 2006, 07:09 PM

I have no plug ins.... where do i find any safari hacks?

Could i just re-install tiger 10.4?

frohbego · Aug 24, 2006, 11:12 PM

any other options to get safari running normal again?

angelmb · Aug 25, 2006, 02:00 AM

Originally Posted by frohbego

where do i find any safari hacks?

Some use to be installed here:

your Home folder --> Library --> InputManagers folder

What kind of stuff you have there?

frohbego · Aug 25, 2006, 07:54 AM

I do not have a folder named InputManagers folder in Library

frohbego · Aug 25, 2006, 11:31 AM

So heres whats still happening.. I open safari and once i visit a few pages it locks up...

Also everytime i go to Safari reset Safari it locks up. There must be a simple way to fix this??
Can i reinstall safari?? Is there a way to delete it.

What other options do i have. Its no longer under warranty. Would it be woth paying for Apple Care to get phone suport?

Thanks. I really appriate everyones help
-JON

angelmb · Aug 25, 2006, 03:09 PM

I don't think it would be worth to pay for Apple Care to solve this, maybe someone with a better knowledge about Safari can post here sooner than later.

You can always install Safari again from the Mac OS X install discs.

You can also try to purgue all Safari info, basically a Reset as you was trying to do… but since it locks up, download this app 'AfterSurf'

afterSurf 1.7 - MacUpdate

do a clic on Safari (as browser) and then 'Purge all' as option, as follows:

clic on 'Clean' and check out if that helps. It is basically a way to Reset Safari without opening Safari, in fact you have to have it closed.

If nothing helps and until you can get a working Safari again, you could download an alternative browser based on WebKit, like Shiira, look for the 1.2.2. version here

Shiira Project

Or you could give Camino a try, it is also a nice browser,

Camino - Mozilla power, Mac style.

Good luck!.

Thinine · Aug 25, 2006, 03:23 PM

You could also try one of the WebKit nightlies (nightly.webkit.org) which not only gives you greater speed and compatibility, but uses all of your existing Safari files. It will also tell you if you have any Safari hacks installed.

frohbego · Aug 26, 2006, 10:58 AM

Tried aftersurf. No luck

toasty · Sep 3, 2006, 08:22 AM

Sounds like a similar problem that's been discussed before a couple of months ago. I had the same problem. I ended up simply downloading another browser (opera in my case) and using that instead while I tried to figure out what was happening with Safari.

There are lots of alternative browsers - you don't have to use Safari.

hth