Safari Downgrade

How do you downgrade Safari? I got auto-upgraded to 3.0.4 this week, and several web sites I need don't work any more. Their javascript buttons don't appear and don't work.
No worries, I uninstalled Safari, and ran the SafariSetup program. Now I have Safari 3.0. When I go to Software Update, my only choice is Safari 3.0.4. Since that doesn't work, I'd rather get 3.0.3 that Software Update installed back in August. It's a shame that Software Update knows it installed 3.0.3 in August, but doesn't know how to do it anymore. I've searched in downloads for 3.0.3, but all the pages seem to want to send me the most current = broken version.
Is there a "detailed" mode for Software update, or an ordinary "previous versions" download site?

there were two of them. the "old" interface 3.0.3. which was for download on apple.com like a week ago and the newer one 310A16 i think. it already had the new interface and worked pretty well for me. since upgrading to the new 3.0.4. i have sites that won't work at all. i mean safari just crashes whenever i open them. i can't figure out why. for example appleinsider.com crashes. merrian-webster dictionary crashes. i noticed that on vista. my girlfriend has a xp pro pc and safari 3.0.4. and it works like a charm.

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Hi
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HT5502 how to download safari 6.0.1

How to get safari 6.0.1 please

It might be faster to contact the Apple store or reseller or Apple support in your particular region, and request assistance more directly.
To continue here, please tell us what OS X version you have now, what version of Safari you have installed, and what's happening with Safari when it's not working.
Some general details follow — I'm not clear on what's happening here — and I do not know what if any of the following will apply to your case.
There is no Apple-provided separate Safari upgrade — nor any Safari downgrade — for OS X. It's part of the OS X installation and upgrade kits.
If some version of Safari was directly onto your OS X system through some means other than with an OS X update and if something has gone wrong with the results of that, then reinstalling the most recent combo update or reinstalling the whole operating system are the usual paths to resolution.
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If you have an older OS X release and need to do Mountain Lion development, then you will need to purchase and upgrade to a newer version of OS X. The OS X version upgrade — and subsequent OS X updates — will upgrade Safari.
Here is a previous (and details) discussion of the available OS X upgrade path; of acquiring 10.6 Snow Leopard if you need that, then of acquiring either 10.7 Lion or Mountain Lion 10.8 — depending on whether your Mac is supported by Mountain Lion. If your Mac is not supported by Mountain Lion, then there is no supported way to use it to develop for Mountain Lion.

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Hi
solved? no, hardly. but at least you can listen now & it shows the plugins needed are installed & working ok outside safari.
downgrade? sure - I suggest you firstly try http://michelf.com/projects/multi-safari/ which has complete stand-alone packages of Safari 3.0.4 and the various system files needed to run it. IF that works with Naxos, then you could either just carry on using it, or look to downgrade the system.
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Reinstalling 10.3.9 update - is this a bad?

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JP007,
The fact that you have already removed all Safari packages may be a complicating factor. Do you know which .pkg files were removed. I believe that the system has to have some evidence of which version of Safari is installed for any update to work correctly. If the .pkg evidence is incomplete or contains erroneous information it will cause update problems.
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Since automatic update to safari 5.1 it doesnt open any websites anymore. i'm using win7 64bit as operating system. how could i get safari 5.1 to work correctly or downgrade it to earlier version?

i guess i said all in the topic:
had an automatic update to safari 5.1, since than it doesn't work anymore, can't open any website.
i'm using win7 64bit as OS.
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or how can i downgrade to safari 5.0 again (if i try to download it somewhere, it always switches automatically to safari 5.1)
many thanks for ur help,
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isn't there any apple admin who knows about this problem and knows how to solve it? i found several post in other fori who had the same problem, none was answered sufficiantly.
plz give me a chance to use safari again!

How do I downgrade Safari 4.0.3 to 4.0.2?

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Have you tried basics from the manual?
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Upgrade Safari 1.2 to 1.3.1 after downgrade from Tiger to Panther

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Mark:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
You can try using Pacifist to extract Safari from your install disk and install it. You may then be able to upgrade it more easily, although I can't promise that for sure.
Unless you are absolutely wedded to Safari, I find Camino to be at least as good (I think better) as Safari, and looks almost identical, so that there should not be much of a learning curve. I also use Firefox and especially like it for the measure of security it provides.
Please do not hesitate to post back with further questions or comments.
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I need to get my Mac back to Safari 3.0 from the current 5.0 upgrade that has been installed. Can anyone help me figure out how to do this? I am unable to print coupons off a website because my version of Safari is too advanced. Ugh. Need help.

HI,
Safari 4.0.5 will have to do. Go here for instructions.
http://appletoolbox.com/2010/06/downgrade-from-safari-5-0-to-safari-4-0-5/
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I am sure most people reading this forum know of issues with Safari 4. Let me just say that at home on my Intel iMac running Leopard it works great. At work on my PPC G5 tower it does not. I'm running 10.4.11. Let me reference this archived thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9592963#9592963
I used Pacifist to install 3.2.3 directly over v4 and while it installed and is running 3.2.3, I am experiencing the same issues I was before. Certain web pages won't load, like LinkedIn discussions, ebay, and even these discussion boards. Others load verrrry slowly, like the main Apple page.
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Reference #2.90f302cc.1262892593.0"
The message I get when trying to visit LinkedIn discussion is:
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Before installing 4, I never had these issues. I had been using Panther for ages and Safari 2 couldn't handle newer web content. I upgraded to Tiger and Safari 3 worked great. Then when prompted to upgrade to 4, these problems started.
As I said above, I downgraded using Pacifist and I am still having the same problems encountered in v4. I had previously tried totally removing 4 with AppCleaner and doing a clean install of 3.2.3, but it told me I already had a newer version installed. And yes, I've cleaned caches, history, repaired permissions and all of the usual suspects. No go. Thoughts?

Klaus1 wrote:
Those who for some reason do not want to continue using the fastest, safest version of Safari (4.0.3) and want to revert back to an older version, rather than find out how to correct their faulty system, can do so by performing an archive and install:
How to Archive & Install:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
It is nice of you to assume that just because the latest Safari is not working properly that it is somehow the fault of the user. So how does one find out how to correct their "faulty system"?
An alternative strategy, if you really don't like Safari, is to try one or more of the many other browsers available for the Mac. They are listed here:
http://www.pure-mac.com/webb.html
I like Safari, I'd love to keep using Safari, but if I can't load pages that I need to access frequently, then... As I said before though, I have no problems with Safari 4 on my Intel Leopard running iMac.
But there may be another way, BUT this is for TIGER users only:
Download Safari 3.2.3 from Apple's Download page. http://support.apple.com/downloads/Safari3_2_3_forTiger
Quit Safari.
Delete Safari
Delete the receipts file at /Library/Receipts/Safari4.0Tiger.pkg
Empty Trash
Mount the Safari 3.2.3 dmg file and install it.
Restart your Mac
Repair permissions
All should be good with Safari 3.2.3.
I am unable to verify whether this works. Try it and post back with results!
All I can contribute is that it did not work for me. Same issues that have plagued me ever since installing Safari 4 on my PPC G5 running Tiger. Before I upgraded to 4 and was running 3.2.3, there was no issue with page loads. Thanks for the effort though.

Downgrading (Slow) Safari 5 to (Fast) 4.0.5

I've tried some ways from Apple Discussions to fix Safari 5, sometimes it seems fixed, but again and again it gets slow,
Can somebody post an easy way for downgrading (Slow) Safari 5 to (Fast) 4.0.5?
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If possible, I need to downgrade or install Safari 1.2 on a Tiger-equipped iBook in order to troubleshoot an Internet Banking problem. The vendor for this software only lists Safari 1.2 as a supported browser, so I need to reproduce the issue on that version.
I downloaded the package but it could not install; the download page states it is only supported through OSX 10.3.8. Is there a way to fool the package?

Hi MissMyNeXTCube,
Welcome to Apple Discussions; )
If possible, I need to downgrade or install Safari 1.2 on a Tiger-equipped iBook in order to troubleshoot an Internet Banking problem. The vendor for this software only lists Safari 1.2 as a supported browser, so I need to reproduce the issue on that version.
That sounds like a really bad idea, imo, I can not imagine why or how this is the only way to troubleshoot this issue you have with this Bank, which bank
Is it, that wants/needs you to do this? Do you have a Friend with the appropriate os & Safari version?
I downloaded the package but it could not install; the download page states it is only supported through OSX 10.3.8. Is there a way to fool the package?
That's correct. Not a way I know off and again I would not recommend it.
If I understood your meaning.
Eme'~[)
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I Have upgraded my rMBP mid 2912 15 inches model running OSX 10.9.4 to Safari 7.1 seed 1 Yesterdaypray, as it just pop up on MAS. After the upgrade, most software run fine including Safari but there are several third party apps problem caused by Netscapepulginhostserver in the new webkit that come with Safari 7.1
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how can I downgrade Safari to 7.0.5? I heard that Apple just released the downgrade option in MAS yesterday July 16 but it still not show up in my Thailand MAS.
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