On Jan 11, 2011, at 3:38 AM, Tom wrote:
Thanks, but I don't think you can download Safari 4 from Apple anymore, can you? The new version is 5.
I suppose I should also explain the cause of Safari screw-up. Since Safari is the native browser for OS X, it's slightly like Internet Explorer in that it's not a "self contained" application, but rather some components of Safari are installed into the System>Library or the root level Library rather than being self-contained in the application "bundle" like most applications.
This means that you can't have two different versions of Safari installed simultaneously because the System files are different and when you run the installer package it will overwrite whatever previous files were installed. The only case where this isn't true is for the nightly builds of "Webkit Safari" which are completely self-contained bundles that can run independently of what I'd call "System Safari" because it's somewhat integrated into the System files.
If you're running Safari 4 in Leopard 10.5.8 you've screwed up some of your System files and reinstalling the latest Safari 5 "should" correct this problem. If it doesn't, you'd need to reinstall the 10.5.8 Combo Update.
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