Does Safari version 5.0.1 seem slower? Could be prefetching

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Bugs.  According to Ted Landau and some Apple support articles, this is a new feature that was added to speed up web pages.  You can read more how to fix the problem in the link above or try switching to a different DNS service.

Feedly for Safari 5 (via Building Feedly) (via Michaelthegeek’s Blog)

This is an interesting blog. Nice to see Safari getting more support from developers. If Chrome ever fails then Safari is my second choice.

A wonderful application! Safari 5 has now an official extension framework. After a couple of days of intensive work, we are excited to announce the first version of feedly for Safari 5. Here is what it looks like: Available for download now! Here is how you can get up and running: Make sure that you are running Safari 5 Make sure ‘Show Develop menu in menu bar’ is checked in the Advanced pane of Safari’s preferences (see more details) Make sure ‘ … Read More

via Michaelthegeek’s Blog

Open a Finder Window with Root Access (via Your Mac Guy (and more))

Nice instructions. Some great links and resources on his page for a web administrator.

UPDATE (9/28/09): Got Snow Leopard? Please see this post for updated instructions. — — — — It’s occasionally handy when troubleshooting a problem in OS X to have root access in the Finder without having to log out of your current session. Sure, you can do most things in the Terminal, but the GUI can be much handier for certain tasks. This is a quick-and-dirty Terminal trick to open a Finder window with root access. Run the following command and t … Read More

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A birthday cake for Safari

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Are you getting a black screen in viewing PDFS?

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according to cstacy you can fix it by doing this.

2. then I deleted Macintosh HD/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/PDF Browser Plugin.plugin (dated 2 Sep 2009 1:09 PM, 1.7 MB)
and re-launched Safari again.

You can read more at this thread.

Safari not working with Fast Browser plugin

Carolyn Samit has the answer.

HI,

That plugin isn’t compatible with Safari 5.

Go here for instructions for uninstalling:
http://help.fastbrowsersearch.com/

via Apple – Support – Discussions – safari not working ….

Chrome overtakes Safari in the US News TechRadar UK

Chrome overtakes Safari in the US News TechRadar UK.  Chrome seems to be more stable with flash and the speed is fantastic.  I can’t think of one thing that Safari does better.

Upgraded to Safari 5 and now my Mac doesn’t see my Eizo monitor

Harvey said

Thanks Grant! You know my Mac been running so great for so long I forgot all about permissions and such. I threw Cocktail at it and its working flawlessly again. drrrrr. Brain over!

via Apple – Support – Discussions – Upgraded to Safari 5 and now my Mac ….