Leopard Vs. Safari and uninstall of Old OS

I did an archive and install. everything is ok, so now how do I delete Tiger, or is it already deleted? Also I'm working with version 10.5.5 and every time I try to run safari it says it doesnt work with this OS. so I tried downloading the newest version from Apple.com and that says that it "only works with version 10.2.something or later" why cant I install it? what is wrong?

kmloughran wrote:
I did an archive and install. everything is ok, so now how do I delete Tiger, or is it already deleted?
there is Previous systems folder at the top level of your hard drive. the old system is in there. you can delete that folder.
Also I'm working with version 10.5.5 and every time I try to run safari it says it doesnt work with this OS.
You could be trying to run tiger's version of safari. try opening the one that's sitting in your applications folder. if that doesn't work, reinstall safari from the leopard install DVD and rerun 10.5.5 combo update to bring it up to the current version.
to reinstall it from the DVD, insert the DVD, open it in finder and open Optional installs folder. double-click on optional installs.mpkg and follow the instructions. on the screen where you choose applications to install choose safari.

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Message was edited by: NYeBeing

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