Safari 3.0 public beta for Mac OS X released

by CNET staff

Apple has released a public beta of Safari 3.0 for Mac OS X (a Windows version is also now available).

The new release (beta) is available as a 14.5 MB standalone download. It requires Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later.

Problems with this release? Please let us know.

[Our sister site iPhone Atlas has a piece about Safari now being a platform]

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by richardc June 11, 2007 12:12 PM PDT: Icon bounced a few times then, nothing. Not recommended. Fortunately the uninstaller provided also restores your previous Safari.; Like this Reply to this comment


by kd5dyi June 11, 2007 12:21 PM PDT: Works great on my Quad G5. It's nice to be able to rearrange tabs. Google spreadsheets still puts up a warning that it won't work with Safari, but it goes ahead and creates a spreadsheet, and it works just fine.; Like this Reply to this comment


by fotograft June 11, 2007 12:33 PM PDT: It won't install for me.. tells me my mac HDD does not meet
requirements... (MBP 10.4.9 50GB free)...others reporting same... don't bother yet.
One guy said it installed, but it uninstalled 2.0 and he can't
get that back.. ooops, AAPL, screwed up!; Like this Reply to this comment


by fotograft June 11, 2007 12:33 PM PDT: >
This is a reply to a previous comment by fotograft

Taking the advice below, I moved Safari 2 from a app/sub folder to just the apps folder and 3.0 installed without a hitch and runs fine. Yippee!; Like this Reply to this comment

by yujimatsu June 11, 2007 12:33 PM PDT

This is a reply to a previous comment by fotograft

I recently tried to install Safari 3.0 public beta to various Mac HDs. (Mac OSX 10.4.10) Though GUID_partition_scheme has worked fine with the Intenal HD on my Intel iMac, it may not be compatible with Safari 3.0 public beta, seeing that Apple ships Intel Macs with an Internal HD formatted with Apple_HFS. I am planning to reformat the internal HD #3 to Apple_HFS. Please see the results listed below.

Firewire External HD for Intel iMac: Formatted with GUID_partition_scheme --> YES

Intel MacBook Pro Internal HD: Formatted with Apple_HFS --> YES

Intel iMac 2006 (I formatted a new Internal HD with GUID_partition_scheme) --> NO

PowerPC G5, G4 Internal HDs: Formatted with Apple_HFS --> YES

Like this Reply to this comment


by japicka June 11, 2007 12:33 PM PDT: I did notice one little bug after importing my bookmarks in from another browser. I had a bookmark folder named News & Weather, when put in the bookmark bar it displays News && Weather. Already sent a bug report in. Other than that kinda liking it on my forced windows machine at work.; Like this Reply to this comment


by June 11, 2007 12:38 PM PDT: It disabled my plug-ins, then promptly froze with spinning beachball and then "Unexpectedly Quit". Cannot get it to run now as it quits with a Kernel Protection Fault every time.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Trevor Harley June 11, 2007 12:41 PM PDT: Installed OK on my dual G5 but crashes everytime immediately on opening. "Installation" took ages. Very thoughtful of them to provide an Uninstaller!; Like this Reply to this comment


by KatieFloyd June 11, 2007 12:56 PM PDT: I'm getting the same "unexpectedly quit error." I can't get Safari to open at all. Tried installing it twice to no avail. I've tried repairing permissions, running Cocktail, disabling all the third party plug-ins I can think of. Nothing...; Like this Reply to this comment


by steve550 June 11, 2007 1:06 PM PDT: We have installed two Safari 3.0 beta copies on two different G5 Quads. Both copies crash when loading ANY PDF file, either local or from the web.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Swift2 June 11, 2007 1:24 PM PDT: I use the excellent password utility, 1Password. The plugin doesn't work with the Safari beta, so I doubt I'll stay long.; Like this Reply to this comment


by embeal_dotmac June 11, 2007 1:53 PM PDT: Add me to the list of folks for whom the beta was DOA. It installed, albeit slowly. Every attempt to launch went nowhere. I was able to uninstall (thank goodness) and can run Safari 2.x just fine. Apple needs to pull this beta quick.

BTW...I loaded the beta on a Windoz Vista machine and it works fine. Has that ugly grey look that iTunes used to have.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Gilles9 June 11, 2007 1:53 PM PDT: >
This is a reply to a previous comment by embeal_dotmac

Same here
but the other users on my Mac get safari 3 running OK

makes me wonder what I have set up wrong as the administrator

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Gilles
PowerBook G4 17" 1.67 RAM 2G
PowerMac G4 DP 533 RAM 1.25G; Like this Reply to this comment


by Staggie June 11, 2007 1:59 PM PDT: Installed on my Windows XP machine just fine.

Installed it in my iMac G5 and it quits before launching every time. I had hoped to export my bookmarks to move them to my work laptop. Seems more like an Alpha at this stage.; Like this Reply to this comment


by anthonyrc June 11, 2007 2:06 PM PDT: I have it running just fine on my 1.67ghz PB. Before I installed it, however, I made the smart decision to remove Saft from my input managers folder. I am willing to bet that most people with problems have haxies, extensions, add-ons, or other input managers installed.

Remove them, I bet it'll work for you.; Like this Reply to this comment


by FX2325 June 11, 2007 2:06 PM PDT: >
This is a reply to a previous comment by anthonyrc

While trying to install Safari 3 beta, the installer crashed out, had to restart my computer, and now I can?t get Safari or Mail to work at all. The Safari 3 installer and un-installer are doing nothing at all. It opens disk installer for a brief moment and then just bounces on the dock and quits out. I move the main Safari App 2.x.x and Mail from anther drive, and placed them in the App?s folder. Still nothing works. Just trying to get back to using Mail and the none beta Safari, if anyone has any idea?s, please let me know any help would be great.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Gennx30 June 11, 2007 2:06 PM PDT: >
This is a reply to a previous comment by anthonyrc

I did an FSCK, then went to SAFE mode, repaired permissions, then installed.
No problems yet.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Yazsoft June 11, 2007 2:09 PM PDT: - Updated and optimized for Safari 3 beta. You must use this build or higher with Safari 3.x or Safari 3.x will crash on launch.

- Several internal tweaks for enhanced overall performance.

http://yazsoft.com/files/sd4/sd4112.zip; Like this Reply to this comment


by delphwynd_dotmac June 11, 2007 2:09 PM PDT: >
This is a reply to a previous comment by Yazsoft

Well done guys, super-fast fix for this - had removed "SpeedDownload Enhancer" folder as suggested elsewhere to get Safari to launch, but thanks to your update, it's all working happily together now. Cheers!; Like this Reply to this comment


by Yazsoft June 11, 2007 2:09 PM PDT: >>
This is a reply to a previous comment by delphwynd_dotmac

Glad to help out. We weren't anticipating Apple's release of Safari 3 ahead of schedule but we're glad its out; its great.

Happy Speed Downloading :-); Like this Reply to this comment

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