Update - - - (and closure). The problem seems to have disappeared. The other issues noted soon after installing El Capitan have also disappeared. I can only speculate about the cause.
My normal procedure after installing an OS X upgrade is to leave the machine to sort itself out for a while (if it is mostly workable!) before testing apps and chasing up any problems. I leave Time Machine turned off for a few days. But the inability to access Apple web sites 20 - 30 hours after download and installation seemed serious. My “new” activity for this upgrade was to activate iCloud, which is holding old data (and the consequent automatic merging messed up my current Contacts and Safari data!). I spent a lot of time manually editing Contacts and Safari and reading about iCloud syncing. I think somehow my computer and the Apple web sites (routed to iCloud) were locked up with updating the data I was creating. At least I hope the iCloud data now reflects my new iMac data only. Regards Alan > On 24 Oct 2015, at 5:33 PM, Alan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have not been able to access Apple websites (main sites US and AU, and > Support Communities) from my iMac with both Safari and Firefox. No problem > with other sites including a number from Google browser search results. > > Yesterday upgraded to El Capitan OS X 10.11.1 (from Yosemite). Tried to > access Apple from 8:00 am this morning. I do have several little problems to > fix (Bluetooth, Mail, iCloud …) but need the formal Apple descriptions. > > Cleared Safari Develop cache; removed all website and cookies from Safari > Preferences/ Privacy; and cleared total History. Using Safari vers 9.1. > > I signed in to iCloud during El Cap setup (I’ve conceded to the pressure from > Apple) with Contacts and Safari ticked. No difference to Safari when signed > out of iCloud. > > I can access Apple sites from my iPad 2 (iOS 8.4.1). > > Regards, > Alan > > Alan Smith > Late 2012 iMac 27" Intel Quad Core i5 Fusion 3.2GHz 8G RAM - OSX 10.11.1 El > Capitan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
