Safari can't open page

orange150

orange150

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So about 80% of the pages I click on I have to reload because "Safari can't open page" is that my computer being totally full of music orrr?
 
I have tested Safari and had not seen any issue when tested about 6 months ago..

I do nto have access right now to safari to test again sorry
 
I use Safari and I am able to view all of this sites pages except for the home page. The forum itself works fine though
 
Easy solution:

Don't use Safari.
 
how full is your hard drive ? or the partition you are operating from ?

I've been using Safari for years, never had an issue. unless the hard drive was near capacity and EVERYTHING ran like crap.

Also have found that Safari isn't very patient, if it takes more than 15 sec to begin loading a page it will time out.

when is the last time you verified/repaired permissions ? this could also help.

just a few ideas that have helped me in the past.
 
I have 5.3 Gb of available space left and I don't even know what a partition or repairing permissions is. I am hopefully getting an external hard drive for xmas for all my music and such so I guess I will find out then.

It also says that my comp sends "bad requests" sometimes...
 
click on your Main drive , select applications/ Utilities / Disk Utilities

Select drive, select VERIFY PErmissions, let it run, could take a bit, the when thats is done, selct REPAIR permissions , let it run

when complete, restart machine

thing should be running better/faster.

check the apple website for the most current updates as well.

Verifying and repairng permissions is similar to "defragging" a hard drive on a Windows machine.

basic maint that should be done from time to time. especially if you have a nearly full hard drive.

Partitioning a Hard Drive is like taking one 80 gig drive and splitting it into 2,3,or 4 different drives, each "partition" acts as it's own drive, with the main partition used as the operating drive, the rest as storage, or possibly another OS.

5.3 gig ain't much space anymore, how big it the HD in total ?

I think anything less than 25% useable space ain't good, makes things harder to sort.
 
Could also be your ISP. Have you tried Firefox to rule out the browser? What about another machine on the same network?

Roadrunner updated their DNS servers a while back and screwed with my computer.. I had to switch to OpenDNS for about a week before they got it fixed. It would time out, and generally load very slow.

I've also been using Safari for years. Some pages do not work well, but on the same token, there are pages that Firefox will not work well on.
 
I have no issues, been using Safari since early '04. Regular updates and system maint and all is well.

Only issue I've had recently was I have been trying to install and use my new Time Capsule, ( 500gig) seems my laptop will talk to the Wifi portion of the router, but there is a glitch between my cable router and the Wifi, can't hit the web. Even with an ethernet cable between the laptop and the Timecapsule (wifi off) I can't get to the web. though there are no issue with my old "Airport" which I've been using for 3 years.

I belive it's a hardware issue, so the call to Apple will be made tonight, try and get this thing warrantied. ( Christmas gift )

For what it's worth, I'm on Safari Version 3.2.1, running OS 10.4.11

Do the rest of you have the most recent updates for your OS ?
 
Ok, little update on this. everything on my comp is up to date, done all regular preventive maintenance and updates. Everything was running fine, but been getting the same ole "safari can't open page" and "bad request" pages again. My hard drive now has roughly 45 gigs of available space due to an external hard drive and just did an internet speed check using speedtest.net and it says I'm downloading at 1944 kb/s, uploading at 348 kb/s and ping at 126 ms. not quite sure what any of those numbers mean but thats what it said. is my last option to try firefox?
 
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