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zipperzap · Dec 29, 2005, 04:30 PM

Safari has been VERY stable on my iMac Flatscreen until about a week ago. Now when I use it ... it will sometimes take me to my URL and let me navigate a little OR it will 'poof' at my arrival at the URL. It does this with ALL URLs - not URL specific.

I used the search to find all Safari folders, etc. and trashed them - then reloaded Safari and it does the same thing. All other browsers I have continue to work flawlessly.

What's up? What do I do? Is the a better way to uninstall Safari and start over again?

I am using a Powerbook via Airport on the same router and it's Safari remains stable and fine, as are the browsers.

I'm stumped!

Thanks for any help in advance.

Fonzie · Dec 29, 2005, 04:56 PM

poof is not a term i'm familiar with. Explain what Safari does. Does it quit ?

Chuckit · Dec 29, 2005, 05:07 PM

Sounds like that Houdini again.

Tomchu · Dec 29, 2005, 05:48 PM

It's been doing that to me too, lately. I didn't install any updates or modify configurations. Sometimes I'll be happily browsing along, when suddenly *POOF* it goes away.

Love Calm Quiet · Dec 29, 2005, 07:11 PM

I used to encounter that occasionally, but it was certain bizarre sites.
I've not (knock wood) had it happen since moving to Tiger 10.4.3 (and Safari 2.02).

Please look at "About Safari" under the Safari menu and tell us what version you have.

Tyre MacAdmin · Dec 29, 2005, 07:31 PM

Mine is doing that also.

Tomchu · Dec 29, 2005, 08:40 PM

OS X 10.4.3, Safari 2.0.2

It happens on both my iBook and Mac Mini as of late.

Chuckit · Dec 29, 2005, 09:10 PM

You people are doing this on purpose, aren't you?

zipperzap · Dec 29, 2005, 10:08 PM

Chuck! You stand there ... I'm gettin tha ROPE! let's hang Chuck!

Seriously, I thought I'd go away for a few hours ... and BINGO BANGO it'd be all solved!

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE! COME ON, TROUBLE SHOOTERS! STOP PLAYIN 'ROUND AND HELP US!

I think I added everything. I'm using latest Tiger 10.4.3 (and Safari 2.02), too. Oh, 'poofed' means it disapears rapidly ... in the twinkling of an eye! ... and THAT'S fast!

Now what!?? Firefox??? ... NO, tell me it's not true!

jay3ld · Dec 29, 2005, 10:27 PM

im using firefox now because safari would do this "Poof" thing on me. i just gave up. Firefox doesn't do this "Poof" thing and i seem to like it better. the only thing i hate really is the way it does its view source. it seems like my computer lags when i do that...

fisherKing · Dec 29, 2005, 11:10 PM

just checking...

did u go into your user library/preferences and delete

com.apple.Safari.plist

try that.

also....try creating a test user account & see if safari works (or crashes) there...

zipperzap · Dec 29, 2005, 11:21 PM

fisherKing: I'm at a loss to get to my user library. I'm drawing a blank - search didn't find it - I give - how?

Chuckit · Dec 30, 2005, 02:54 AM

I'm still not entirely clear, but I'll assume "poof" means "unexpectedly quit."

Deleting the prefs is not a bad idea. Your user library folder is in your home folder, called "Library". Inside is a folder called "Preferences" and the file in there called "com.apple.safari.plist" is Safari's preferences.

CharlesS · Dec 30, 2005, 03:57 AM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

I'm still not entirely clear, but I'll assume "poof" means "unexpectedly quit."

No, it means he got this error message:

Love Calm Quiet · Dec 30, 2005, 08:16 AM

Awesome, Charles!

YOU should be designing the error screens!

seanc · Dec 30, 2005, 09:38 AM

I'm also having Safari unexpectedly quit on me a lot.
Seem to do it with some sites that I can visit and it will always do it.
Microsoft Office clip art was one but I don't know why.

Love Calm Quiet · Dec 30, 2005, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by seanc

I'm also having Safari unexpectedly quit on me a lot.
Seem to do it with some sites that I can visit and it will always do it.
Microsoft Office clip art was one but I don't know why.

Why? Couldn't it be the poison-pill MS puts in sites to mess w/Safari?

seanc · Dec 30, 2005, 10:01 AM

Could be, but I think it's just M$'s poor programming confusing Safari.

cybergoober · Dec 30, 2005, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by zipperzap

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE! COME ON, TROUBLE SHOOTERS! STOP PLAYIN 'ROUND AND HELP US!

I think I added everything. I'm using latest Tiger 10.4.3 (and Safari 2.02), too. Oh, 'poofed' means it disapears rapidly ... in the twinkling of an eye! ... and THAT'S fast!

Now what!?? Firefox??? ... NO, tell me it's not true!

Kinda hard to troubleshoot something if I can't replicate it…

TETENAL · Dec 30, 2005, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by zipperzap

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE! COME ON, TROUBLE SHOOTERS! STOP PLAYIN 'ROUND AND HELP US!

You need to post the crash log.

Tyre MacAdmin · Dec 30, 2005, 11:58 AM

My personal answer is omniweb... best browser out there IMO

fisherKing · Dec 30, 2005, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by zipperzap

fisherKing: I'm at a loss to get to my user library. I'm drawing a blank - search didn't find it - I give - how?

in your home folder:library.

(it's where all your prefs, settings, mail, bookmarks, etc are stored)

zipperzap · Dec 30, 2005, 01:36 PM

Sorry fisherking - found that and dealt with it - still no-go!

Now the computer will not allow a download to be installed. That because I had updated the Safari version I had on there (and thrown away)?

I'm wondering, if I reinstall the OS - not a clean install - just a reinstall ... I wonder if that might fix a glitch somewhere that is causing this? Hmmm.

???

fisherKing · Dec 30, 2005, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by zipperzap

Sorry fisherking - found that and dealt with it - still no-go!

Now the computer will not allow a download to be installed. That because I had updated the Safari version I had on there (and thrown away)?

I'm wondering, if I reinstall the OS - not a clean install - just a reinstall ... I wonder if that might fix a glitch somewhere that is causing this? Hmmm.

???

have u tried creating a 'test' user account, and trying safari there?
will at least let u know if the problem is related to your account, or is system-wide...

zipperzap · Dec 30, 2005, 04:23 PM

fisherKing: I'm all ears! What is/how do I make a 'test user's account?'

I've got all the hardware ... so how does one do it?

Scott

Fonzie · Dec 30, 2005, 04:36 PM

^you simply create a new user account in the Accounts preferencepane. Allow the user to have access to apps. Logout from your current user and login with the newly created user account.

fisherKing · Dec 30, 2005, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Fonzie

^you simply create a new user account in the Accounts preferencepane. Allow the user to have access to apps. Logout from your current user and login with the newly created user account.

what he said.
(and let us know what u find...)

zipperzap · Dec 30, 2005, 04:46 PM

Thanks, Fonzie! Will try later - thanks again! Scott

TheSpaz · Dec 30, 2005, 06:12 PM

I've never had my Safari "Poof" on me and I don't think I want to either... sounds dangerous... although, I have had my Dock poof before... is it supposed to do that?

zipperzap · Dec 31, 2005, 02:38 AM

You know, 'poofing' IS a very dangerous thing whether it's Safari, docks, e-mails, or especially applications!

I'm 60 1/2 ... been into Macs shortly after Al Gore invented the net (

) and it's gotten to be an EGO thing with me when things go POOF and I can't figure out WHY!!!

... isn't there some kind of RULE or LAW that says at SOME POINT the ELECTROMAGNETIC GODS will stop messin with greyheads and SHOW US THE LIGHT!??

... all the light I ever see is this passive light on my Powerbook ... when it's awake, anyway!

AAARRRGGGHHH!

cowicide · Jan 4, 2006, 03:28 PM

After upgrading to 10.3.9 (and Safari in the process) I had trouble with Safari "poofing" away (crashing) after reaching various websites.

I repaired permissions and noticed that some of the repairs involved Safari. Safari has been MUCH more stable since I did that. YMMV, of course.

imitchellg5 · Jan 8, 2006, 07:59 PM

Who uses Safari? Get Firefox or Camino.

TETENAL · Jan 8, 2006, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by cowicide

After upgrading to 10.3.9 (and Safari in the process) I had trouble with Safari "poofing" away (crashing) after reaching various websites.

Post the crash log.

Tomchu · Jan 8, 2006, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

Who uses Safari? Get Firefox or Camino.

Safari > *

Firefox is a slow, bloated b*tch.

toobiloo · Jan 24, 2006, 07:03 PM

My safari poofed all the time. The culprit for me was speed download (v. 3.0) I deleted ~/Library/InputManagers/SpeedDownload Enhancer

and all seems to be better.

XMENVZL · Apr 9, 2006, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by toobiloo

My safari poofed all the time.

So did mine ! In the end I couldn't figure out what else to delete so I trashed the contents of /Users/myaccount/Library/Safari and lo and behold, it works again !

FYI: I deleted the two plist files shown below..

Code:
peter-garners-ibook-g4:~/Library/Safari peterg$ ls -l 
total 56
-rw-r--r--   1 peterg  peterg  22048 Apr  9 19:25 Bookmarks.plist
-rw-r--r--   1 peterg  peterg    247 Apr  9 19:26 History.plist

jasong · Apr 9, 2006, 03:20 PM

I also had this problem with SafariStand, although the latest version seems to be doing fine.