Safari 3.0.4 misbehaving

Hi,
I use a content management system, for the website I run, that is accessed over the internet. As the system was set up to run on Internet explorer there have always been little problems using the system on a mac but most of these were ironed out by using 'Safari Enhancer' to make Safari mimic internet explorer.
Just recently we've started having problems that we never had before, in particular an error message like this when we try to upload photos into our management system
Persits.Upload.1 error '800a000e'
Invalid data format. You must include ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" in your FORM.
/SharedScripts/UploadFiles.asp, line 13
I now see that Safari Enhancer does not support Safari 3 and I wonder if the new problems have arisen because of the update from safari 2 to 3
I tried using Tinkertool to see if that helps but I think that's only changing how the page is displayed rather than changing the way Safari performs.
Any suggestions? Is it easy or advisable to try an revert back to Safari 2?
Thanks in advance,
Jamie.

Hi
Can't help you with the web coding - out of my range.
Is it easy or advisable to try an revert back to Safari 2?
You would need to Archive and Install the OS, then upgrade to 10.4.10 to use Safari 2.0.4.
Safari Enhancer simply alters the User Agent. Go to your Debug Menu>User Agent and select a browser from there prior to attempting an upload.
If the DeBug Menu is not activated, here's how you do it:
If the Debug menu is not activated, follow these instructions:
Quit Safari
Open Terminal.app in your Utilities folder,
When the Terminal window opens, copy & paste the following command into the window:
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1
Click on the return key, you may be prompted for an admin password. If so, enter it.
Press "return".
When you see your Mac's name, it's done,
Quit Terminal
Restart Safari and go to the Debug Menu, following the suggestion above.

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Thanks for your comments:
Barry Hemphill wrote:
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Hi,
A common troubleshooting tip we suggest is to login to anohter user account, launch Safari there. If you see the same problems, that can be indicative of a problem with the startup disk. Launch Disk Utility from the admin account. Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left then select the FirstAid tab. Click: Verify Disk.
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If it's not Extensions, follow the instrucitons here for troubleshooting Safari third party plugins.
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Hi there Apple-Support-Team,
a few days ago I did an update of Safari, suggested automatically by Apple, but wasn't sure if the update was successfull (I had to leave the house).
Now all applications with internet connection (Safari, Mail, iTunes, Skype) won't open anymore. Not from the dock or the application folder. I checked my internet connection which seems to be working.
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Many thanks
Mexximexx

Welcome to the forums!
Did you restart your Mac after the install?
If your Safari keeps crashing, or if you are updating Safari (or just have) and it is misbehaving:
N.B. Never delete Safari, never run it under Rosetta, don't use proxy settings, and don't change the application's name or move it from the top level of the Applications Folder to a sub-folder.
(If you prefer to download updates via Software Update in the Apple menu (which would ensure that the correct version for your Mac was being downloaded), it is not recommended to allow SU to install major (or even minor) updates automatically. Set Software Update to just download the updater without immediately installing it. There is always the possibility that the combined download and install (which can be a lengthy process) might be interrupted by a power outage or your cat walking across the keyboard, and an interrupted install will almost certainly cause havoc. Once it is downloaded, you can install at a time that suits you. You should make a backup copy of the updater on a CD in case you ever need a reinstall. Alternatively you can download Safari directly:
Safari 4.1.1 for Tiger can be downloaded here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1069
Safari 5.0.1 for Leopard (and Snow Leopard) can be downloaded from here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1070
Make sure you download the correct version for your system.
Also, observe the recommended procedure for installing software: repair permissions and close all applications, install, then repair permissions again.)
Input Managers and other plug-ins from third parties can do as much harm as good. They use a security loophole to reach right into your applications' code and change that code as the application starts up. If Safari is crashing, the very first thing to do is clear out your InputManagers folders (both in your own Library and in the top-level Library), log out and log back in, and try again.
So, disable all third party add-ons before updating Safari, as they may not have been updated yet for the new version. Add them back one by one. If something goes awry, remove it again and check on the software manufacturer's website for news of an update to match your version of Safari. Remember: Tiger up to 10.4.10 used Safari 2.0.4 or, if you downloaded it, Safari 3.0.3 beta. Safari 10.4.11 used Safari 3.0.4 which was not a beta and which was updated to v.3.1.2, and now Tiger uses Safari 4.1.1 and Leopard uses Safari 5.0.1, as does Snow Leopard albeit a different version. If these latest versions of Safari are not the fastest browser you have ever used, then something is wrong!
(Trying to revert to a previous version of Safari can have repercussions, as previous versions of Safari used a completely different webkit on which other applications like iChat, Mail, Dashboard Widgets etc also rely, but if you really want to do this post back for instructions on the safe way to do so.)
Most errors reported here after an update are due to an unrepaired or undetected inherent fault in the system, and/or a third party ad-on. Add-ons that have been frequently mentioned here, among others, for causing such problems are Piclens, Saft, AcidSearch and Pithhelmet, and the dreaded CT Toolbar. If you have them, trash them and go the developer's sites to see if new versions are available for the latest version of Safari on your current operating system.
You must also ensure that you have downloaded and installed all the correct version for your Mac of Security Updates. These require a restart and a permission repair.
To reiterate, Input Managers reach right into an application and alter its code. This puts the behavior of the affected application outside the control and responsibility of its developers: a recipe for problems. That's not to say that issues absolutely will ensue as a result of Input Managers, but you, as a user, must decide. If the functionality of a specific Input Manager or set thereof is really important to you, you may well choose to assume the associated risk.
Again, the advice is to remove all Input Managers from the following directories:
• Hard Disk/Library/InputManagers
• Home/Library/InputManagers
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"The application Safari has unexpectedly quit." / "Archive and Install"

...The system and other applications have not been affected.
Would you like to submit a bug report to Apple?
I was working on my eMac last night when all of a sudden Safari shut down. I tried to open it again and I kept getting the above error message.
At first, I thought this was no big deal, as I just downloaded Mozilla Firefox. However, it seems that whatever error caused this corruption in Safari has also affected my MSN Messenger, and a few other internet related Apps.
I don't know if any of you have come across this problem before, but it would be greatly appreciated if you could email me your suggestions to fixing this problem.
I called Apple support, and the lady suggest looking for a way to "archive and install preserving" so that I don't lose any of my important files. I'm sure that this might fix my problem as well.
Please let me know if you have a solution for me!!
Eric.

Eric Jackson Wood,
Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Doing an Archive and Install because Safari unexpectedly quit is roughly akin to using several sticks of dynamite to take out a housefly in the kitchen. How much RAM does your Mac have, and how long had Safari been running continuously before the quit? Safari does have a known memory leak problem (the Safari 3 beta may have fixed that; too soon to tell for sure); if you have a minimal amount of RAM (256 MB or less), run multiple applications simultaneously, and leave Safari running for several hours, you can expect Safari to bog down. If you then try to load some types of web page constructs, the unexpectedly quit message isn't quite so unexpected. (Quitting and relaunching Safari every few hours is a viable workaround; in sever cases you may need to restart the computer as well.)
How were other Internet apps affected? Slowdowns, unable to connect, unable to find sites, or what? What version of MSN Messenger are you using? (MSN Messenger isn't known for being overly robust in the first place.) If a number of online utilities all begin to act strange at the same time, my first suspect would be the local network and the ISP. Is the problem still persistent after restarting the computer and after several hours (to allow the ISP to fix any glitches on their end)?
If Safari continues to misbehave, launch Safari and before going to any website, try going to the Safari menu and select the commands to reset Safari and clear cache, then restart Safari and see it that helps. If you have Safari set to open going to a homepage rather than opening a blank page, first move /Users/ [your_username]/ Library/ Preferences/ com.apple.Safari.plist to the Desktop before launching Safari to reset it and clear its caches. If Safari then works, you can quit it and try moving you previous preferences back; if Safari begins acting up again, trash the old preferences and re-enter your desired settings in a newly-created preferences file.

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Hi and welcome to Apple Discussions...
manifested itself after my daughter ripped images from Tumblr and posted them on Facebook.
Open a Finder window. Select your Home folder in the Sidebar on the left. It has a small house icon. Now open the Library folder, then the Internet Plug-Ins folder.
If you see this file in the Internet Plug-ins folder fbplugin1_01.plugin move it to the Trash.
It's a Facebook plugin that is not compatible with Safari 5.0.1
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Relaunch Safari.
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Several months ago, after installing 10.7, Safari stopped connecting 95% of the time regardless of user account, so I used Firefox until a few weeks ago when I was able to get Safari to work by removing ADOBE FLASH plugins. I also installed CLICK TO PLUGIN. The other day I needed to watch a video and was bummed to be told I needed FLASH. So I downloaded it, hoping that somehow all would be fine, or at least that I could use CTP to turn the flash plugin off. Sure enough, after downloading FLASH from Adobe's site, Safari quit working, but for some reason, only for my main user account.
Any ideas?
BTW: I should mention that the onset of this problem coincided with other ongoing problems:
(1) ridiculous fan noise
(2) system will not automatically join home wifi network
(3) system will not sleep when scheduled, only when ordered to or when top is closed
Thanks!

First, uninstall Flash: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html
Follow the instructions carefully.
Then, install Flash: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
... Safari quit working, but for some reason, only for my main user account.
If Safari is misbehaving only for your account, you can try several remedies in the following order:
Reset Safari: Safari menu. Check all the boxes that appear relevant.
Clear Safari's cache: Depending on your version of Safari, that may be in the Safari menu. If it is not there, then go to Safari's Preferences > Advanced, and enable the Develop menu. "Empty Caches" will appear in the Develop menu.
IF that does not fix things, then there is some other problem with your user account. Check your login items and whatever third party programs you may have installed. In particular, uninstall any and all third party "anti-virus" or similar snake oil utilities.
Next problem: Problems related to fans, power, or sleep all justify an SMC reset:
Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
Resetting the SMC on Mac portables with a battery you can remove
Shut down the computer.
Disconnect the MagSafe power adapter from the computer, if it's connected.
Remove the battery (to remove the battery - click here: MacBook or MacBook Pro).
Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
Release the power button.
Reconnect the battery and MagSafe power adapter.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Resetting the SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Next problem: if your Mac is not automatically joining your home Wi-Fi, try this: Turn off AirPort from the AirPort icon. Then go to System Preferences > Network > Wi-Fi > Advanced button. Remove any networks that are "remembered" but leave the box "Remember networks this computer has joined" checked. Click OK, then Apply. Turn on AirPort in the AirPort icon, then join your home network.

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Hi everyone,
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Sometimes cookies can get corrupted. You'll have to recover your password for those sites before proceeding so that you can re-enter them after taking the steps below.
Safari menu -> Preferences -> Security -> edit the cookies and delete the cookies for the sites that are misbehaving. I'm seeing a similar issue in Safari 3.0.4, and just did that solution. We'll see if it solves it or not.
Message was edited by: a brody

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Firefox is misbehaving when I try to edit content locally so I've turned to Safari. The problem is the Error Console only displays errors for the current page. The problem with this is I have a link that's not behaving properly and when I call it it logs an error. The error is only there long enough for the next page to load. That's not long enough for me to look, obviously.
So is there a way to make Safari's error console show every error it receives until I clear it or otherwise view it in the Console app or Text Edit? Something?
Latest versions of OS X and Safari.

The one option I tried in that area was to disable all links via javascript but then things never seemed to work.
Ironically, it was something to do with local development as once the site hit the net it worked flawlessly.
Either way, I'd prefer a way to view errors and not have them clear from the log the second I move to a new page.

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I'm not sure where to go with this one.
My mac has suddenly forgotten to wrap text properly in chat windows (msn) and some other programs. It lets the text run right out of the window so I have to expand the box as long as it takes just in order to see all the text. It is also overlapping text in random places too making it illegible.
Any idea how to fix this? I havent knowingly changed any settings, and my computer is fully up to date, although it was doing this before and after updating to 10.4.8
Philippa

By chat I was referring to Adium.
The text runs outside the window without wrapping in adium, meebo (online chat site), software update programe, and safari. Safari is by far the worst, although it only misbehaves in certain websites. I mainly use firefox (which is fine) though so it doesn't bother me so much.
The text only seems to overlap when there is a link, or an emotion in a chat programe - it seems to confuse it somehow.
Follow the links for a screenshot
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22457525@N00/265164410/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22457525@N00/265164411/

Safari 5.0.2

The latest Safari 5.0.2 will not load any pages and crashes when I press command/shift/h
I am running System 10.5.8
Anyone have any ideas?

Based on the very limited information you have supplied, I would suggest that you go through the following to see to what extent it applies to your problem:
If your Safari keeps crashing, or if you are updating Safari (or just have) and it is misbehaving:
N.B. Never delete Safari, never run it under Rosetta, don't use proxy settings, and don't change the application's name or move it from the top level of the Applications Folder to a sub-folder.
(If you prefer to download updates via Software Update in the Apple menu (which would ensure that the correct version for your Mac was being downloaded), it is not recommended to allow SU to install major (or even minor) updates automatically. Set Software Update to just download the updater without immediately installing it. There is always the possibility that the combined download and install (which can be a lengthy process) might be interrupted by a power outage or your cat walking across the keyboard, and an interrupted install will almost certainly cause havoc. Once it is downloaded, you can install at a time that suits you. You should make a backup copy of the updater on a CD in case you ever need a reinstall. Alternatively you can download Safari directly:
Safari 4.1.2 for Tiger can be downloaded here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1069
Safari 5.0.2 for Leopard (and Snow Leopard) can be downloaded from here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1070
Make sure you download the correct version for your system.
Also, observe the recommended procedure for installing software: repair permissions and close all applications, install, then repair permissions again.)
Input Managers and other plug-ins from third parties can do as much harm as good. They use a security loophole to reach right into your applications' code and change that code as the application starts up. If Safari is crashing, the very first thing to do is clear out your InputManagers folders (both in your own Library and in the top-level Library), log out and log back in, and try again.
So, disable all third party add-ons before updating Safari, as they may not have been updated yet for the new version. Add them back one by one. If something goes awry, remove it again and check on the software manufacturer's website for news of an update to match your version of Safari. Remember: Tiger up to 10.4.10 used Safari 2.0.4 or, if you downloaded it, Safari 3.0.3 beta. Safari 10.4.11 used Safari 3.0.4 which was not a beta and which was updated to v.3.1.2, and now Tiger uses Safari 4.1.2 and Leopard uses Safari 5.0.2, as does Snow Leopard albeit a different version. If these latest versions of Safari are not the fastest browser you have ever used, then something is wrong!
(Trying to revert to a previous version of Safari can have repercussions, as previous versions of Safari used a completely different webkit on which other applications like iChat, Mail, Dashboard Widgets etc also rely, but if you really want to do this post back for instructions on the safe way to do so.)
Most errors reported here after an update are due to an unrepaired or undetected inherent fault in the system, and/or a third party ad-on. Add-ons that have been frequently mentioned here, among others, for causing such problems are Piclens, Saft, AcidSearch and Pithhelmet, and the dreaded CT Toolbar. If you have them, trash them and go the developer's sites to see if new versions are available for the latest version of Safari on your current operating system.
You must also ensure that you have downloaded and installed all the correct version for your Mac of Security Updates. These require a restart and a permission repair.
To reiterate, Input Managers reach right into an application and alter its code. This puts the behavior of the affected application outside the control and responsibility of its developers: a recipe for problems. That's not to say that issues absolutely will ensue as a result of Input Managers, but you, as a user, must decide. If the functionality of a specific Input Manager or set thereof is really important to you, you may well choose to assume the associated risk.
Again, the advice is to remove all Input Managers from the following directories:
• Hard Disk/Library/InputManagers
• Home/Library/InputManagers
especially prior to system updates and updates to Safari (they can always be added back one-by-one later).
Lastly, the Safari updates require a restart of your Mac, and sometimes even a double restart is required.

Spry menu vanishes in Safari

Hi
I have just started developming my first site with s Spry Horizontal Menu.
Although the site's not finished I have put what I have done up on the server on the clients secondary domain. He called me to say the nav had gone a bit strange when he looked at it on his new laptop. I decided that although it looks fine on my m/c with IE and Firefox, I downloaded Safari to check it's OK with that and hey presto the nav has vanished without a trace!!!
Any one any ideas as to why. the url is http://www.fw-lighting.co.uk/home.html
Does Safari not support Spry?
Thanx
Ralph

Cevema wrote:
Does Safari not support Spry?
Fortunately it does, in fact when the original Spry files are used, ALL browsers support Spry.
Unfortunately your page misbehaves in < IE8 as well as Safari
That is why I would like to suggest that you
replace YOUR version of SpryHorizontalMenuBar.css with the original
modify
#navbar {
    background-color: #3a3289;
    height: 30px;
    width: 1000px;
to
#navbar in your stylesheet to {
    margin-left: 560px;
    3. add the following style rules to your page making sure that these are loaded after SpryHorizontalMenuBar.css.
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a {
    background-color: #3A3289;
    color: #FFF;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal li {
    width: auto;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul {
    width: auto;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li {
    display: block;
    float: none;
    width: auto;
    white-space: nowrap;
    border-bottom: solid 1px #EEE;
ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu {
    padding: 0.5em 2em 0.5em 0.75em;
At a later stage you can create a file called myStyles.css, place the above style rules in there and bind the new stylesheet to your page.
I hope this helps.
Ben

Safari 3.0.4 misbehaving

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