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Title: Hi !
Post by: June Drabek on December 10, 2006, 08:21:51 PM
Jennie...thank you so much for directing me back. Once I did as you suggested it all fell into place.

I have a problem.  I think it was Kelly that helped  me entoer Safari on my eMac, and I have enjoyed it tremendously...much more  than MIE...but today it just quit. I can't remember the exact terminology, but it implied it could not be found. How could that happen overnight, and how can I recover it ? Any suggestions ? June
Title: Hi !
Post by: jepinto on December 10, 2006, 08:41:00 PM
Howdy and welcome.gif home June

I can't help you, but I'm sure someone will be along soon.
Title: Hi !
Post by: June Drabek on December 10, 2006, 09:15:31 PM
QUOTE(jepinto @ Dec 10 2006, 10:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Howdy and welcome.gif home June

I can't help you, but I'm sure someone will be along soon.
Title: Hi !
Post by: Gregg on December 10, 2006, 09:16:27 PM
Can you reproduce the error message and write it down?

....implies it's missing, but, is it there?

I dunno, but why not trash it and reinstall? Unless someone else has a better idea...
Title: Hi !
Post by: June Drabek on December 10, 2006, 09:22:15 PM
Jenny, It is so weird. I click on the Safari Icon and a box comes up saying" Server not found. could not open the page "http://safari/1.1 because te server Safari could not be found. Yet I an click on the favorites listed there and still enter. I did look in my applications and after scrounging around came up with the following. Hope it is not to lengthy to print here. June

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Date/Time:  2006-05-16 09:47:00 -0700
OS Version: 10.2.2 (Build 6F22)
Host:       Marjory-Drabeks-Computer.local.


(Admin note: The log has been deleted by request)
Title: Hi !
Post by: Xairbusdriver on December 11, 2006, 04:08:18 PM
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Kelly...helped me (i)nto[er] Safari on my eMac, and I have enjoyed it tremendously...much more than MIE...but today it just quit. I can't remember the exact terminology, but it implied it could not be found.
First, no need for the crash log data, mot many in the world even understand what it says and they take up a tremendous amount of space in the thread without adding anything of use.

Second, what do you mean by "quit"? Did it 'crash' while using it on a particular site? Or does it now not start up when you double-click its icon in your Applications folder?

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I click on the Safari Icon and a box comes up saying" Server not found.
Still more questions. Where is the icon you are referring to? The Dock, an alias, in the Applications folder, etc.?

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...could not open the page "http://safari/1.1 because te server Safari could not be found.
What program is running when you get this message?

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Yet I [c]an click on the favorites listed there and still enter [in there?]. I did look in my applications and after scrounging around came up with the following.
First, your 'Favorites' is just a list of apps/folders/files that you tell the OS you want to access quickly and often. They are simply alias' to the real thing. If you remove/delete the real file, the alias is not pointing to anything, so it will not work.

Second, the file you posted should not have been in loosely your "Applications" folder. It should have been buried in your user Library, so I don't understand how you 'found it' in the "Applications" area. dntknw.gif

Finally, is there an application called "Safari" in the Applications folder? It might help if you turn on the option in Finder->Preferences->Advanced "Show all file extensions".
Title: Hi !
Post by: tacit on December 11, 2006, 06:21:07 PM
QUOTE(June Drabek @ Dec 11 2006, 03:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Jenny, It is so weird. I click on the Safari Icon and a box comes up saying" Server not found. could not open the page "http://safari/1.1 because te server Safari could not be found. Yet I an click on the favorites listed there and still enter. I did look in my applications and after scrounging around came up with the following. Hope it is not to lengthy to print here. June


It sounds to me like nothing is wrong with Safari and nothing is wrong with your computer. Instead, it sounds like somehow you have accidentally set Safari's home page to be the Web site "http://safari/1.1". Because there is no such Web site, Safari runs, Safari tries to go to your home page, Safari can not find your home page,a nd so you see an error message telling you that there is no Web site called "http://safari/1.1". You should still be able to use Safari normally, just by typing the address of the Web site you want to visit in Safari's Web address bar at the top of the window.

Try this:

Run Safari. Ignore the error. In the upper left hand corner of your computer screen, click on the word "Safari" and pull down to the menu item called "Preferences..." Click on the icon called "General" and tell us what it says for "Home Page."
Title: Hi !
Post by: Gregg on December 12, 2006, 07:37:10 AM
Is there a choice to "set current page as home page"? Maybe Techsurvivors would be a good choice... smile.gif
Title: Hi !
Post by: June Drabek on December 12, 2006, 08:28:08 AM
I am so embarassed by all the gobbedegook I posted by tying to see if anyone understood my "crash" thing. I have tried to delete it, but t does not work. Can anyone in charge remove the mess I made ? In the meantime, I am going to print out  all the good suggestions given and try to follow them. I apologize for messing up so badly. The box still comes up saying "Server not found. Could open the page"http://Safari/1.1 because the Server: Safari could not be found." I think I may have messed up somewhere by trying to make it a server or home page or some dumb thing, so will try to rectify it by following your good suggestions after I print them out. Thank you. June blush-anim-cl.gif
Title: Hi !
Post by: June Drabek on December 12, 2006, 09:47:13 AM
I followed the various suggestions and found the problem..ME !! I had typed in http://saffari/1.1 In the blank area where Safari opens, and then got the sign saying "could  not  be found". I removed that, removed safari as a home page and now it works as ususal. Fine. I think it was Tacit and Greg that gave me the suggestions, and I thank you so very, very much. From now on I will try to keep these curious fingers out of that which they do not understand. Thank you !!!! cheer.gif
Title: Hi !
Post by: RHPConsult on December 12, 2006, 09:51:42 AM
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I am so embarassed by all the gobbedegook I posted by tying to see if anyone understood my "crash" thing. I have tried to delete it, but t does not work. Can anyone in charge remove the mess I made ?
  Done!
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PS: Hi, June. So nice to see you back "on-board
Title: Hi !
Post by: Gregg on December 12, 2006, 12:11:20 PM
June, give all the credit to Tacit. I don't deserve any. I read your post once before Tacit came along. When I read his post, I knew he had nailed it. My follow up was just to suggest you then set a new home page to avoid a repetitive annoyance. Glad it's back to normal.
Title: Hi !
Post by: kelly on December 13, 2006, 07:02:23 PM
tacit is amazing. Stop by any time June. smile.gif
Title: Hi !
Post by: kcourt on December 14, 2006, 10:02:11 AM
You guys and gals are ALL amazing - any time I have a problem, I bring it to you , and voila, it is solved.  clap.gif

Kathy flower-smilie.gif
Title: Hi !
Post by: Gregg on December 14, 2006, 12:06:39 PM
Well, Kathy, maybe you have uncomplicated problems...

....or ones someone here has encountered before. dntknw.gif