Safari incompatibility

Hello
I am a university student, using the IPAD as a study tool. I'm facing several problems with the Safari browser because it does not have an ideal support for university study includes program with online tools such as the program used by most U.S. universities, called Blackboard. The pages come out in the middle does not support bar on the page, does not support java, I can not take my labs, exams and assignments in line instead of the iPad. I know an application of the backboard but it is almost nonfunctional and incopatible with versions that run the universities, for which I beg you to help me to use the backboard on line at its maximum layers and thus is a tool ipad complete my studies.

This earlier discussion may be useful:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/13365623#13365623
To ask Apple for new features, go here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

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Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 24 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
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SMC Version (system): 1.7f10
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Slot: Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width: x8
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0393
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 3008
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Cinema HD:
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Depth: 32-Bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
Display Connector:
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NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT:
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-2
PCIe Lane Width: x8
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0393
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 3008
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Cinema HD:
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
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Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT:
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-3
PCIe Lane Width: x4
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Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
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Serial Number:
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Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: No
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Model: Unknown
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Connection Speed: Unknown
FreeAgent Go FW:
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Connection Speed: Up to 200 Mb/sec
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Unit Spec ID: 0x609E
Firmware Revision: 0x110
Product Revision Level: 410G
Sub-units:
FreeAgent Go FW SBP-LUN:
Capacity: 149.05 GB
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk5
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
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Seagate149GBTote:
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Available: 132.95 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Case-sensitive Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk5s2
Mount Point: /Volumes/Seagate149GBTote
Unknown Device:
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Model: Unknown
GUID: 0x0
Maximum Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Unknown
OEM ATA Device 00:
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Model: 0x0
GUID: 0x30E102E0454B7D
Maximum Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 200 Mb/sec
Sub-units:
OEM ATA Device 00 Unit:
Unit Software Version: 0x10483
Unit Spec ID: 0x609E
Firmware Revision: 0x110
Product Revision Level:
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Removable Media: Yes
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Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
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Available: 606.63 GB
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Mount Point: /Volumes/TimeMachine
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Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: Unknown
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Unknown
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Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: Unknown
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Unknown
Unknown Device:
Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: Unknown
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Unknown
Unknown Device:
Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: Unknown
Maximum Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Unknown
Unknown Device:
Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: Unknown
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Unknown
Memory Slots:
ECC: Enabled
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1:
Size: 4 GB
Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
Speed: 667 MHz
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Serial Number: 0x02007D11
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Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
Speed: 667 MHz
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Serial Number: 0x02006013
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Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
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Serial Number: 0x0200711F
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Size: 4 GB
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Part Number: 0x373254353132393230454641335343322020
Serial Number: 0x02007012
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Size: 2 GB
Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
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Serial Number: 0xA4730244
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Part Number: 0x4E54324754373255344E4231424E2D334320
Serial Number: 0x70780241
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Part Number: 0x4E54324754373255344E4231424E2D334320
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I can only tell you that I've run 10.5.7 on my Mac Pro, same model as yours, without any problems. As a beta tester my Mac Pro was the main hardware on which 10.5.7 was tested. I currently have it installed on a first generation iMac, MacBook, and MacBook Pro as well as a second generation MacBook Pro. So far not a single problem.
But, I don't have multiple video cards nor do I use any beta version of iTunes (didn't know there was one since each system upgrade includes the current release) but I do use the Safari 4 Beta - the most recent version just released when 10.5.7 was released.)
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Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then quit DU and return to the installer.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.

Is Apple going to make Safari compatible with Youtube again?

Like many others, I have tried every fix to be able to watch Youtube videos on Safari. I have a 2007 Mac book. I get sound, but no video just a black screen. Works in 32 bit mode but I made this fix, not Apple. Youtube works fine on Camino, Chrome and Firefox. One would think Apple would want Youtube to work on their browser which used to be my favorite. Has Apple even addressed this incompatibility issue? Until they do I suggest Camino. It is pretty cool.
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You're welcome. And Extensions aren't the issue.
If you still have problems with Flash, repair permissions.
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.
If you see any warnings re: SUID messages, they can be safely ignored, information here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US 
When you are finished, restart your Mac.
Just in case, check ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins. If you have ClickToFlash installed, try moving the plugin to the Trash. Relaunch Safari.
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Can't view pages from Safari on my Mac

When I'm on a website & need to display a page, it comes up dark grey. I don't know which program is having a problem, or how to reset so that I can see the content. I'm fairly certain that all my programs are up to date, this problem began several months ago. Prior to that, I had no problems viewing them in Safari, my preferred browser. Lately, if this happens, I need to open FireFox to view. Any suggestions on what went wrong, and how to fix it? I really don't like having to switch browsers, as it slows me down quite a bit.

Depending on your version of Mac OS X and Safari, it may vary.
Safari 7 and 6.1 block PDFs | Acrobat, Reader
PDF plug-in doesn't load | Safari 64 bit | Mac OS 10.6
Troubleshoot Safari plug-in | Acrobat X, Reader X
http://blogs.adobe.com/acrobat/workaround-for-safari-5-1-9-incompatibility-with-adobe-read er-and-adobe-acrobat/

IOS 4.1 issues: 2nd gen ipod touch: safari and weather

In general i did not like what the upgrade from 3.1.3 to 4.0 did to my touch. It become soooooo sloooow on mail and had shortened battery life. However to be fair, the wifi range was improved a little and also network speeds. Clicking on settings however caused a blank screen for around 6 seconds (tap tap tap go the fingers...) whereas on 3.1.3 it was <1 second. Could not revert to 3.1.3 as the cert had expired by the time I got around to it (a couple maybe 3 days) so onwards and upwards...hoping that 4.1 might have fixed a few bugs
(I should know better by now, majornumber.minornumber = upgrade with new bugs, majornumber.minornumber.yetanothernumber = most bugs fixed, like say dos 6.22)
I took the plunge and upgraded to 4.1
good news: some bugs are fixed:
1. it only takes about 3 seconds now (vs 6 before) to open settings
2. battery life seems a scosche better
bad news and weirdness:
1. safari was formerly the king of ipod browsers for me however OS 4.1 introduced a new bug into safari:
on a site I scan a lot for finance news zerohedge.com/rss.xml it comes up fine as before to the first page via a redirect to reader.mac.com -
http://reader.mac.com/mobile/v1/http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Fzerohedge%2F feed
but when I click on any link in the wonderfully formatted for ipod/iphone RSS feed it now goes to a blank page whereas before it would snap up the RSS synopsis in a blink. Now nothing. On my macbook the feed wroks just fine as it always has of course there it's feeds.feedburner.com/zerohedge/feed without going through reader.mac.com
Could be co-incidence except it was working right before the upgrade and then not right afterwards. Might be an incompatibility with reader.mac.com just introduced... oh well I will just have to write my own RSS formatter for ipod touch and make it work on any browser so I won't need a broken safari any more. Sad really as Safari had quite the edge before.
2. *weather app* I live in San Diego, CA and I use the weather app a lot to check what the temperatures for the day and the week are likely to be.
Right before the os 4.1 update I checked the temperatures for San Diego and it showed expected temps which agreed with the weather channel on the TV right in front of me.
Now this is weird: right after the update, the temps on the weather app now show 7 F more than on the weather channel!
I'm used to both the temps on the weather channel and the weather app agreeing to being off by about the same amount for where I live, I just add a few degrees to the high as we live a few miles inland from downtown.
The only explanation for this new weirdness that I can think of is that 4.1 is somehow using location awareness to give more accurate temps (hah what would be the chance of that?).
If that is the case then I'd like to be given the option to choose which zip to use.
OTOH maybe its just an interesting bug....
I tried deleting and re-adding San Diego, CA but same result, also tried switching off location services, no difference.
Oh well I'll wait for 4.1.02 <wide-grin>
So if you know how to fix these things other than me writing my own RSS reader and mentally subtracting temps to correct, let me know!

several days later.... today the weather app is still broken:
weather.com says right now 80F for san diego, ca but on the weather app on the
touch it says 91F that's quite the discrepancy.
I note that there have been numerous similar problems for folks after updates over the last several years...guess the wethaer app must have a continuuing glitch built into the software. Tried reloading it from 92093 and same result so it isn't a location issue.
Can't believe I'm the only one with this issue given how many hits I get for similar issues on previous upgrades.
Right now it is still soooo broken. Thanks for all the attention Apple, so nice to know y'all care. Love the "let's beta test on the live system" upgrade MO. If anyone should have a test suite for everything it should be Apple. Forget support looks like android is the place to go. see ya.

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