Safari in Snow Leopard
I have upgraded to Snow Leopard weeks ago, and have been having minor issues. I usually use Firefox, but a website requires Safari in Snow Leopard to run - well, I've downloaded the Safari off of the snow leopard disk THREE times and it still says I have an invalid version on my computer and cannot run. I also just installed all the current FEI updates and all that stuff, to see if it would help - alas, I still do not have the ability to run Safari. This is killing me because I need this website to study for a huge test tomorrow, so any quick suggestions would be kindly appreciated.
HI,
If you are running 10.5.2, go to the Apple Menu / Software Updates. It's very important to keep your system software up to date.
After you finish with the installation, repair disk permissions.
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
Carolyn
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