[X4U] Safari downloads problem

Michel Treisman treisman at psy.ox.ac.uk
Fri Sep 1 01:17:56 PDT 2006


On 1 Sep, 2006, at 05:19, Linda wrote:

>
>> Safari has stopped downloading documents from websites I visit.
>> Mainly pdf but also html documents. I click on the document, a web
>> page opens, the URL is selected, but after that nada, just a blank
>> page. I am running 10.4.7 on a PowerBook.
>>   I have tried repairing permissions, running Applejack,  replacing
>> the preference file, and my best guess now is that there is a plugin
>> somewhere that is corrupted, but I can't find anything that looks
>> right.  So what should I do now? Suggestions welcome.
>
> Open the Downloads pane/window of Safari, and make sure that the  
> file is not
> actually downloading. My Safari pops open blank pages for many  
> downloads,
> but the download still occurs ...
>
No, nothing is happpening in the Downloads pane. firefox, on the  
other hand, has no problem with the same downloads.

Mike




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