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Offline Buck

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« on: September 02, 2009, 04:02:14 PM »
Yepper! My bad. Didn't note the date until after posting . My apology.
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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2009, 04:04:14 PM »
FF is widely used, Safari is made by Apple, known for having secure products, IE is made by the sponsor of the 'show.' I doubt the show managers would be allowed to mention too many non-MS products. Need I say more? dntknw.gif As far as I know, the problem was fixed some time ago.

What was never said is what the 'malware' did to the Mac except maybe crash Safari. What was the point? dntknw.gif
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« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2009, 06:34:47 PM »
Safari is forever crashing. Out of nowhere it just quits. i have the latest update.
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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2009, 08:06:00 PM »
Try emptying the caches or moving the Safari plist out of the. Prefs folder. I haven't seen Safari 4 crash since I installed it! smile.gif

BTW, I also have the cache set to zero bytes. That's one less operation/place for app to worry about! wink.gif dntknw.gif

Also, know nead too upollogiez, eye uzd two mayk erorz awl to ofton! Butt nauw Ie blaim sumwon ellce! wink.gif
« Last Edit: September 02, 2009, 08:11:02 PM by Xairbusdriver »
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THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COUNTRIES
Those that use metric = #1 Measurement system
And the United States = The Banana system
CAUTION! Childhood vaccinations cause adults! :yes:

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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2009, 08:49:15 PM »
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Sep 2 2009, 09:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Try emptying the caches or moving the Safari plist out of the. Prefs folder. I haven't seen Safari 4 crash since I installed it! smile.gif

BTW, I also have the cache set to zero bytes. That's one less operation/place for app to worry about! wink.gif dntknw.gif

Also, know nead too upollogiez, eye uzd two mayk erorz awl to ofton! Butt nauw Ie blaim sumwon ellce! wink.gif



 "I also have the cache set to zero bytes."
   How does one do this.
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« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2009, 10:11:42 PM »
Sorry, that setting was changed/hidden in version 4. But you can use the "Develop" menu to "Disable Caches." And the "Debug" menu "Show Caches Window" will show what else might be 'clogging things up.'

Another item you might want to disable in the Develop menu is the "...Site-specific Hacks".
« Last Edit: September 02, 2009, 10:14:33 PM by Xairbusdriver »
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CAUTION! Childhood vaccinations cause adults! :yes:

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« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2009, 12:43:36 AM »
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Sep 3 2009, 02:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Also, know nead too upollogiez, eye uzd two mayk erorz awl to ofton! Butt nauw Ie blaim sumwon ellce! wink.gif

You know, Jim, one of these days a half-asleep mod is going to edit one of your messages to correct it...... laughhard.gif

Signed: A half-asleep mod. Well, it's 6.45am here. wink.gif
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« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2009, 07:50:25 AM »
Or yew ensenuwayting meye komand uv Einglish iz les thann purfeckt?! rant.gif tease.gif
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« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2009, 07:13:16 AM »
What's really sad is that I can understand it... rolleyes.gif
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