Seems Safari should be re-installed?
Safari has been behaving strangely - it absolutely REFUSES to keep me logged into websites which allow you to stay logged in after Safari shuts down, such as YahooMail or Gmail. It remembers my password but when I return after quiting Safari I'm once again prompted to log in. I've gone through all the settings, tried re-installing Pacifist, and even done things like Repair Disk Permissions.
Possible related to this, my DVD drive has been behaving strangely and not playing certain discs which otherwise play fine on other systems. Beyond that, programs like Handbrake can't rip those same discs, which means something's going on strange with the drive - right?
Any ideas on either of these and if they're somehow related?
thanks!
You need to let go of the mindset that re-installing an application will somehow fix things. Re-installing doesn't help 99.99% of the time. Applications like Safari are dependent on numerous other files for proper operation. Re-installing the application does not replace or reset any of the other files necessary for proper operation. Files that keep track of things like cookies, preferences, history, browser cache, etc. are not replaced or reset by re-installing. In your user library folder (~/Library) take a look at the Safari folder, the Cookies folder, and the Cache folder. If any of these files has become corrupted they can and will cause problems. Since you are describing an issue with web sites retaining your login information it definitely sounds like a cookies problem. Another poster has suggested a possible fix for that issue.
As for the DVD drive acting up it's not likely that your issues are related. Have you tried simply cleaning the read/write head of the DVD drive? Any consumer electronics store will have a cleaning disc available for a couple of dollars. Try the simple stuff first.
Finally have you run Disk Utility to make sure your hard drive is free of problems? Have you used Disk Utility to verify permissions are set correctly? Any corruption of files on your hard drive can and often do cause all sorts of weird problems. Same goes for permissions.
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