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Major Problems With Safari

Posted by pudge on from the aieeeeee dept.

kuwan writes "There have been many problems reported with Safari on Apple's discussion boards. The two most prominent are that option-clicking on a link to download can replace your Home folder with the downloaded file, effectively nuking your Home folder. The other has been reported as a printing problem, but is far worse. The printing problem occurs because Safari deletes /tmp, which is a link to /private/tmp."

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  1. Re:Specific and useful would be good here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I had to re-install the OS on two of my Macs - a TiBook and a Dual800 G4. None of my files were deleted by Safari but I couldn't print, other users couldn't log in, plus a few other problems.

    After 45 minutes with Apple Support/Care they suggested I archive and install 10.2.

    I strongly suggest that you seriously back up your home directory or not use Safari at all.