Uninstall Safari For Good

I was wondering, I use FireFox and I want to keep it. I don't want Safari anymore. I know that to uninstall an app you just drag it to the trash. But does FireFox work off of Safari? As in, if I delete Safari will anything bad happen to my MacBook Pro? Has anyone here removed Safari?

Hi,
I would recommend against removing Safari simply for the fact that it is problematic to reinstall should you ever need to use it again. Also, the Safari preferences is where you need to make the change for setting the system default browser.
Firefox is completely self contained and does not rely on Safari at all.
Other than a few megabytes of disk space you won't gain much by deleting Safari.

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Assuming you are talking about the WebKit nightly, this operation would ruin your system. WebKit is as it says WebKit and not Safari. It contains an open-source version of the framework that renders webpages. Safari is not included.

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I think I need some help , I want to uninstall Safari 4.1 and install Safari 4.0.

You could try another method of reverting to an older version
of Safari, short of an 'archive & install + update' of 10.4.11.
A second method involves using Pacifist utility from Charlessoft.
This would run adequately in Demo mode, for free, and work:
http://www.charlessoft.com/
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http://appletoolbox.com/2010/07/troubleshooting-safari-5-0-eliminating-slowness- crashing-page-loading-problems-and-more/#downgrade
The details (versions involved) is different in the above page,
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I've reverted iTunes and a few other apps before, but some of
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place they may be hiding in the system, for to install again;
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{edited}

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I tried to connect to the itunes store this morning and it does't work. I can't tell you the last time I actually used the itunes store. Months ago at least. I'm not getting an error message or anything. The bar gets less than half way accross then just stops.
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Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Ultimate Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
System manufacturer System Product Name
iTunes 10.4.1.10
QuickTime 7.7
FairPlay 1.12.20
Suporte para Aplicativos Apple 2.0.1
Biblioteca do Atualizador do iPod 10.0d2
Driver de CD 2.2.0.1
DLL do Driver de CD 2.1.1.1
Dispositivo Móvel Apple 3.4.1.2
Driver do Dispositivo Móvel da Apple 1.57.0.0
Bonjour 3.0.0.2 (333.2)
SDK da Gracenote 1.9.1.485
MusicID da Gracenote 1.9.1.102
Envio da Gracenote 1.9.1.133
DSP da Gracenote 1.9.1.43
Número de Série do iTunes 0037B1A011C6CE18
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A data e a hora do local atual é 2011-09-30 20:45:13.
O iTunes não está sendo executado no modo de segurança.
A composição acelerada do WebKit está ativada.
HDCP não é compatível.
Core Media é compatível.
Informações da Exibição de Vídeo
NVIDIA, NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
**** Informações de Plug-ins Externos ****
Não há nenhum plug-in externo instalado.
iPodService 10.4.1.10 (x64) está atualmente sendo executado.
iTunesHelper 10.4.1.10 está atualmente sendo executado.
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**** Testes de Conectividade de Rede ****
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Descrição: Dispositivo Bluetooth (Rede Pessoal)
Endereço IP: 0.0.0.0
Máscara da Sub-rede: 0.0.0.0
Gateway Padrão: 0.0.0.0
DHCP Ativado: Sim
Servidor DHCP:
Cessão Obtida: Wed Dec 31 22:00:00 1969
A Cessão Expira: Wed Dec 31 22:00:00 1969
Servidores DNS:
Nome do Adaptador: {62B0A88D-17A9-44AD-8D74-E75F1C8B9747}
Descrição: Anchorfree HSS Adapter
Endereço IP: 0.0.0.0
Máscara da Sub-rede: 0.0.0.0
Gateway Padrão: 0.0.0.0
DHCP Ativado: Sim
Servidor DHCP:
Cessão Obtida: Wed Dec 31 22:00:00 1969
A Cessão Expira: Wed Dec 31 22:00:00 1969
Servidores DNS:
Nome do Adaptador: {CC860C72-3DAF-4110-8A19-0B89F71EF4B6}
Descrição:
Endereço IP: 0.0.0.0
Máscara da Sub-rede: 0.0.0.0
Gateway Padrão: 0.0.0.0
DHCP Ativado: Sim
Servidor DHCP:
Cessão Obtida: Wed Dec 31 22:00:00 1969
A Cessão Expira: Wed Dec 31 22:00:00 1969
Servidores DNS:
Nome do Adaptador: {A62C927C-DBA9-4230-81A2-CCB3501C2622}
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Endereço IP: 192.168.0.137
Máscara da Sub-rede: 255.255.255.0
Gateway Padrão: 192.168.0.1
DHCP Ativado: Sim
Servidor DHCP: 192.168.0.1
Cessão Obtida: Fri Sep 30 20:19:45 2011
A Cessão Expira: Fri Oct 07 20:19:45 2011
Servidores DNS: 8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
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Endereço IP: 192.168.56.1
Máscara da Sub-rede: 255.255.255.0
Gateway Padrão: 0.0.0.0
DHCP Ativado: Não
Servidor DHCP:
Cessão Obtida: Wed Dec 31 22:00:00 1969
A Cessão Expira: Wed Dec 31 22:00:00 1969
Servidores DNS:
Conexão Ativa: Conexão de rede local
Conectado: Sim
On-line: Sim
Usando Modem: Não
Usando LAN: Sim
Usando Proxy: Não
Suporte para SSL 3.0: Ativado
Suporte para TLS 1.0: Ativado
Informações do Firewall
O Firewall do Windows está ativo.
O iTunes NÃO está habilitado no Firewall do Windows.
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A tentativa de conexão para navegar pela iTunes Store foi bem-sucedida.
A tentativa de conexão para comprar na iTunes Store foi bem-sucedida.
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Apple, once again I ask you to help us on this one. In the next holliday I'll nuy a tablet and a phone to my mother and I'm considering getting an Android. I have a lot of apps in my library now, but I'll not format my PC just to get iTunes and Safari working. Sorry, but if it doesn't work or we don't receive any response, I'll ditch Apple products for good.

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I just did the most recent Software update and installed Safari 5.1, but I am still running Snow Leopard. Big mistake. Several websites that are important to me are not working properly. Not happy at all.
How do I uninstall 5.1 and go back to 5.0.5?

Re: How to uninstall Safari 5.1
21-Jul-2011 15:05 (in response to Linc Davis)
Well, in my case, Safari 5.1 will not load ANY webpages whatsoever. Everything was fine, I installed the 5.1 update, did a reboot, and bang....nothing. Even http://www.apple.com/startpage/ won't load.
Good thing I had Chrome installed so I can look for help.
Darren
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Hi there
Before I had some problems with Mountain Lion, I came back to Lion, but when I migrated my Time Machine backup, I had some compatibility problems with Safari, Mail ans iChat, and they are not opening now because of the version. I tried to reinstall the programs, but a message saying that the version I have is newer appeared and I couldn't install it.
Trying to uninstall the programs, I had problems saying that as the programs are required for mac os x it could'nt be uninstalled.
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