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June 26th, 2009

Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes

Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 4:57 am

Categories: Apple

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Safari, Desktops, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

A robust beta doesn’t necessarily result in a robust final release. It seems that while the beta version of Safari 4 for Mac was robust and reliable, the final release is causing Mac users a lot of headaches.

The titles on the front page of Apple’s Safari support says it all really:

There’s more … a lot more. On top of that, I’m seeing the same problem on my Mac too … thankfully Firefox still works.

The forums offer a number of possible fixes, but these seem random, kludgy and, in most cases, ineffective.

Just works … oh no it doesn’t!

Anyone out there having Safari 4 issues? Anything worked for you?

Adrian Kingsley-HughesAdrian is a technology journalist and author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology. He also runs a popular blog called The PC Doctor. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations

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RE: Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes
Solved. Safari 4 crash problem!

Am I the cleverest guy on the internet, or what! No?
Alright, maybe I'm the slowest and dumbest for taking so long but I finally solved the crash problem I've... (Read the rest)
Posted by: incompatible Posted on: 07/27/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
No Mac issues here  itguy08 | 06/26/09
Part of the Apple sabotage of Windows, like iTunes  Patanjali | 06/26/09
Well.....  daMan25 | 06/26/09
Cross-Platform Garbage  lightning99 | 06/26/09
It's far more one sided.  rtk | 06/26/09
Top Selling = Quality?  lightning99 | 06/26/09
Weak Competition? happy  wolf_z | 06/27/09
Apple's "office" (not) software is much worse  Speednet | 06/26/09
Only 10,000 photos?  BroGnorik | 06/26/09
I'm still using Office 04 on Mac...  nix_hed | 07/01/09
I personally hope  Kaiwai | 06/26/09
Huh?  techconc | 06/26/09
Works great on my Mac  Len Rooney | 06/26/09
Then let's ship your computer to those that DO have problems...  Qbt | 06/26/09
RE: Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes  James Bogard | 06/26/09
What's really hard to understand is...  vulpine@... | 06/30/09
Oh yeah! Well tell that to the millions who are suffering. (ABM fashion)  xuniL_z | 07/01/09
Half-baked and rushed...  nix_hed | 07/01/09
I get those stats the same place Apple enthusiasts get theirs...  xuniL_z | 07/02/09
I expected better of your xuniL_z  rtk | 07/01/09
Well you know why theirs are better, don't you?  xuniL_z | 07/02/09
The hatred is with the Zealots...  vulpine@... | 07/02/09
I don't see it disappearing...  vulpine@... | 07/02/09
Old version of AdBlock was causing crashes  ChiperSoft | 06/26/09
Crashes on Windows not on my MacBook.  jmiller1978 | 06/26/09
Working okay for me  pdq | 06/26/09
It's only anecdotal, but no problems here. [nt]  olePigeon | 06/26/09
Problem is with bad certificates  Tony W. | 06/26/09
RE: Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes  vdubya | 06/26/09
Works great on Windows, Minor GIF related Mac issue  lduhon | 06/26/09
Typical ZD Net  comp_indiana | 06/26/09
Actually  rtk | 06/26/09
It is?  vulpine@... | 06/30/09
RE: Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes  WaltFrench@... | 06/26/09
Dont protect Apple..  custserv@... | 06/26/09
RE: Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes  Gauss1777 | 06/26/09
I believe John Gruber said it best...  techconc | 06/26/09
No Problems Here  gentryfunk | 06/26/09
Safari 4... no problems seen  gkc1 | 06/26/09
No Safari 4 problems here...  gkc1 | 06/26/09
Safari 4: Firefox/Opera parity at last!  otokichi | 06/26/09
RE: Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes  paulinpdx | 06/26/09
RE: Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes  newsradio | 06/27/09
Javascript problems  Chad_z | 06/27/09
No problems on my end.  ashdude | 06/27/09
RE: Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes  Brich | 06/28/09
I'm not seeing any issues  shis-ka-bob | 06/28/09
Still not seeing issues...  shis-ka-bob | 06/28/09
oh, an issue .... with Citibank  shis-ka-bob | 06/28/09
Looking at the first issue...  shis-ka-bob | 06/28/09
Oh look. IE8 has malcontents too...  shis-ka-bob | 06/30/09
RE: Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes  Arnaldo Capo | 06/29/09
Safari has Always Kinda Sucked  jpr75_z | 06/29/09
Working fine for me. Chrome on Windows at work  HollywoodDog | 06/29/09
The second issue...  shis-ka-bob | 06/30/09
Safari 4 fine by me  vulpine@... | 06/30/09
Works fine for me  Fred Fredrickson | 07/01/09
RE: Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes  DJ Bang | 07/01/09
C'mon  Metronome49 | 07/02/09
RE: Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes  incompatible | 07/27/09
RE: Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes  incompatible | 07/27/09

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