Was trying to update the fafsa (Federal Student Aid)

I have a Mac OSX 10.6.8, I was trying to update the "fafsa" and got a message that my browser was not compatible!
Called the Fed Student Aid people and was told that their site was compatible with Safari 5.0 but not the newer one.
Can I get Safari 5.0 back or do I need to wait for Apple or the Federal Government to change something?
Thanks for your help.
Ann

It doesn't work with Safari 5.0 either (you are not the first to post here about Fafsa), some people claimed success with FireFox (which also did not work for me) so try that.

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