I dumped Safari!

[Drew]

haikuman wrote:
Since I downloafed and reloaded the Combo Update ... Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1
Safari is very most snappy and I am too proud to bitch :thumbsup:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399

"Pride goes before a fall!" I'm gonna try your combo update idea. Downloading now.

[Drew]

Whoa! Safari snappier, my teeth are whiter and I don't need to pee so often. So far, so good.

[Article Accelerator]

IronMac wrote:
I restarted my MBP 1 hr 25 mins ago according to iStat.

Safari is now using 1.11 GB of real mem and 1.11 GB of virtual memory. 4 windows open with approximately 50 tabs.

Safari 5.0.5, OS X 10.6.8.

Safari 5.0.6 (Mac OS X 10.5.8) with 2 windows open and 20 tabs --> 132 MB of real and 412 MB of virtual memory used.

Your problem is probably caused by Flash.

[GeneL]

Drew wrote:
[quote=haikuman]
Since I downloafed and reloaded the Combo Update ... Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1
Safari is very most snappy and I am too proud to bitch :thumbsup:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399

"Pride goes before a fall!" I'm gonna try your combo update idea. Downloading now.
Are you guys installing the 10.6.8 combo over an existing install of 10.6.8?

If so, was installing Safari 5.0.5 an option?

[Drew]

Are you guys installing the 10.6.8 combo over an existing install of 10.6.8?

If so, was installing Safari 5.0.5 an option?
Yes, 10.6.8 over existing 10.6.8. The last few (several?) OS updates I've installed right from Software Update. It might be too early to say for sure, but the combo updater seems to have solved my Safari memory leak problem. I'm more than pleasantly pleased.

[GeneL]

Thanks Drew.

Did the install give you the option to install Safari again?

[Drew]

No, didn't give me the option to install Safari again. It's just like a Software Update. Does its thing, no choices provided, restarts the machine, and off you go.

[GeneL]

Drew wrote:
No, didn't give me the option to install Safari again. It's just like a Software Update. Does its thing, no choices provided, restarts the machine, and off you go.

So how do I get back to Safari 5.0.5 again, properly this time?

[JoeH]

GeneL wrote:
[quote=Drew]
No, didn't give me the option to install Safari again. It's just like a Software Update. Does its thing, no choices provided, restarts the machine, and off you go.

So how do I get back to Safari 5.0.5 again, properly this time?
By reloading OS X from a version before Safari 5.0.5 was installed and using the Combo Updater. Or restore from a backup prior to having installed 5.1. Once you have 5.1 on your system, updaters will not replace newer components with older. This has been given to you by others as the way to do it before, there are no shortcuts.

[Bimwad]

JoeH wrote:
By reloading OS X from a version before Safari 5.0.5 was installed and using the Combo Updater. Or restore from a backup prior to having installed 5.1. Once you have 5.1 on your system, updaters will not replace newer components with older. This has been given to you by others as the way to do it before, there are no shortcuts.

By their very definition, Combo updaters will simply pave over the existing installation, whether it's the same version or not. It's a known troubleshooting technique, and has been used in situtations not involving Safari to complete other updates that have gone awry.

Simply put, reapplication of the 10.6.8 Combo update on top of an existing 10.6.8 system will restore Safari 5.0.5 and its matching WebKit framework.

The caveat for those who upgraded to Safari 5.1 is that the receipts left behind from its installer will cause Software Update to believe that 5.1 is the latest version installed, so SU will not prompt for an update until Apple releases a version of Safari with a higher number.