"Safari can't find the server Safari can't open the page _________ because it can't find the server __________"
When this happens, I find if I hit "return" twice, the page will load.
At other times it just doesn't load period, so I go on to another page.
I have been hesitant to upgrade to 10.3.7 because of all the trouble I read about.
Any new tips? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I have the 20" iMac G5, 1.8 GHz, 160 GB drive, with 1 gig of RAM, OS X 10.3.7. We also have 3 PCs and 1 elderly Power Computing PowerBase all on an in-house wired network, and Comcast cable internet. I don't know if any of that matters, but what the heck.
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I searched around, and found the forums on Macworld, specifically the "server not found" issue. I tried putting in a DNS number, per their suggestions, but it slowed my Mail wayyyy down, (maybe 60 seconds or more to decide it couldn't find mail.comcast.net or SMTP.comcast.net) and Safari taking that long to not find servers. I then found out that OS X 10.3.7 (the forum said that was going to fix it,) was available, so I updated to that, and didn't see any improvement. I went back to system prefs and removed the DNS server number, which at least did speed it up again, so it was not finding things much faster! :-/
In Safari, hitting the refresh button never worked for me. Sometimes, unplugging and re-plugging my cat5 cable seemed to work. (I tried 2 different cables, by the way.) As it turns out, what does work is leaving my iTunes connected to Radio Margaritaville! (well, I suppose any internet radio station would work, but I've been a parrothead for about 30 years now!) Mail and Safari (and Explorer) all work like a charm, 24-7. If I close out iTunes, it's back to square one.
<snip> -- Robert Dahl 20" iMac G5, 1.8 GHz, 250 GB drive, 1 gig RAM, running OSX 10.3.6.
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