Filed under: Software, Internet, Software Update, Apple
Apple updates Safari to 4.0.4
In just two days after Apple released the Mac OS X 10.6.2 update, there's now an update for Safari. This new version, 4.0.4, improves and fixes performance, stability, and security of Safari including:- Improved JavaScript performance.
- Improved Full History Search performance for users with a large number of history items.
- Stability improvements for 3rd-party plug-ins, the search field and Yahoo! Mail.
This update requires Mac OS X 10.6.1 or 10.6.2, Mac OS X 10.5.8 or 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.4.11
or Windows 7, Vista, XP and is available through Software Update, or on the Apple Downloads page.
Do you notice any improvements in this update? Leave a comment and let us know!
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andrew.deridder said 5:20PM on 11-11-2009
404 doesn't seem like a good number for a browser.
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Link said 5:21PM on 11-11-2009
Safari 4.0.4: No Browser Found!
Luigi193 said 7:19PM on 11-11-2009
I actually got excited when I read the title of this blog post…
digitalsedition said 5:23PM on 11-11-2009
To be honest I'm really glad that they provided this release, but I've actually moved on and am using Chrome for my primary browser now. For some reason it just seems to be more responsive and accurate than Safari.
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Joey said 6:20PM on 11-11-2009
Just logged in to say the same. Although 1Password isn't supported yet, Chrome otherwise meets my needs much better than Safari. It's faster and more stable. And since it's only a beta, I expect things will only get better.
Howard said 7:32PM on 11-11-2009
Same here. Been using Chromium for the last month or two and the latest Chrome beta seems pretty stable. Seems snappier® than Safari most of the time. I also LOVE that I can choose where to download linked files each time (like attachments from Gmail) rather than have it automatically go in Downloads (or another folder).
Does anyone know if there's a way to do this easily in Safari?
Wilbur said 8:47PM on 11-11-2009
Responding to Howard's Question: "Does anyone know if there's a way to do this easily in Safari?"..(To direct where the downloaded file is stored rather than just the Downloads folder or other folder)
You can direct where the file is ultimately stored by right clicking (or control clicking) on the download link. You'll then see a context menu pop up with an option to "Download Linked File As..." from there you can select precisely where you want to save the file as it downloads rather than having it automatically drop into your downloads folder
Howard said 9:43PM on 11-11-2009
Thanks Wilbur. That more or less does what I want, but it's a bit less elegant than Firefox and Chrome. When I use the "Save linked file as..." in Gmail, it loses the name of the file, and just shows "mail", so I either have to remember the name (sometimes quite important) or paste the name in if I copied it.
Not a big complaint but I always thought it a bit of an oddity.
Wheels said 5:29PM on 11-11-2009
Seems snappier...For now.
But what disconcerts me is that I wasn't asked for my password to install it.
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luxlamf said 5:32PM on 11-11-2009
Safari has been doing its "Get Hung Up" thing now for weeks, hope this takes care of that or else I need to go back to the Bloated and Slow Firefox.
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stefan.wanner said 5:44PM on 11-11-2009
The update didn't ask for my password - strangely disturbing ...
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artifex said 5:51PM on 11-11-2009
Really annoyed that when I got the update to 10.6.2, my browser preference was switched without permission from Firefox to Safari. That's the sort of thing Microsoft got in trouble for, I thought.
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Rob said 8:23PM on 11-11-2009
Didn't you know, Apple is the new Microsoft!! :-)
Josh said 10:57PM on 11-11-2009
This didn't happen to me. I use Firefox exclusively and have since about .4 before I switched to OS X at 2. Never had this problem before.
Byran Newell said 5:52PM on 11-11-2009
Programs only ask for your password when they're changing something in the System folder (or something else with elevated rights). If it's in the System folder and you want to delete it manually, OS X will ask for your password. Try it!
Safari is probably just updating the app itself- no elevated permissions necessary.
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Hone Melgren said 11:55PM on 11-11-2009
It also updated some frameworks as well as the WebKit framework.
So the restart is necessary :)
Chris Caswell said 9:38PM on 11-11-2009
if it doesnt have tabs on top, I'm not interested.
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Dano said 11:37PM on 11-11-2009
I didn't notice Safari locking up until I installed the 10.6.2 patch, but then, it seemed like every other time I'd open multiple tabs in Safari, it would crash (spinning beachball). The thing that really torqued me was that I thought Safari was designed such that one tab could crash while the others would still be responsive and working...I've yet to see that animal around the zoo
Anyway, hopefully this fixes the problem...
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Hone Melgren said 11:55PM on 11-11-2009
1password users keep on eye on http://www.switchersblog.com/
They're usually pretty quick on updates for it :)
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AiYiYiDuDe said 12:22AM on 11-12-2009
Did they change the keyboard shortcut for Top Sites? I swear it was Command+Shift+1 before...
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