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Hello, I am having trouble posting and editing my posts using a Macbook Air and the Safari browser. It adds a lot of garbage before and after my posts, as you can see here :#21
Hoping you can help
I have reported it for the Puter Guru to look at.
Have you got another browser you could use Dengy and test post?
As an alternative, open Safari, click on the word 'Safari' above then select 'Reset Safari', make sure all the options are selected then click on 'Reset'.
I'm pretty sure it's your browser that's causing the problems, not the forum.
Hope this helps :)
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Thanks for your help, Scott. I have reset Safari. Lets see how this goes
Hi Scott, well, resetting Safari obviously didn't work.
So I m now trying with Firefox on my Macbook Air.
Incidentally, I ahve the same problem on my iPad with Safari
OK, so Firefox worked OK
I'm doing a little research on this, hopefully I can come up with something for you.
I am using Safari 6.0.2 and OS X 10.8.2
I've come up with nothing, very strange. It's seems like a keyboard problem. It's weird that it's happening with your iPad and Air. Do you frequent other forums and if so, can you replicate the problem?
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Back on Safari now, Scott. No, I haven't used this computer on other Forums.
Tomorrow I shall try it out elsewhere
Thanks for looking in to this problem
Testing Reply from iPad using Safari
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Testing from Macbook Air and Safari again.
hi Scott, sending from my desktop ( not my wife's Macbook Air).
I think I gave you a bum steer. I got mixed up with the two Safaris ( Macbook and iPad), and after thinking about it for a while, I don't think the Safari on the iPad caused a problem.
the garbage only comes using the MacBook Air.
Incidentally, I tried the MacBook Air Safari on another forum today, and there was no problem there
Have you tried clearing your Cookies and Data on your MacBook and then re-log back onto forum?
Nope, will give that a go! Thanks DJ. The problem is getting access to my wife's Mac :)
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Here goes, trying DJ's timber suggestion
I don't have anything i so I can't help with an i product problem. However, I do have Safari and this message was done using Safari 5.1.7 on a windows tablet with no problem.
I hardly ever use Safari other than to test out upgrades and other web stuff from time to time for computability.
Looks to me like the problem is somewhere at your end possibly with the Macbook Air (which I had to do a search to find out what on earth it was) and not Safari or the forums. Safari obviously works with regular Mac's and your iPad as per your post in "New box rocks on base - why?"
Are you typing your posts directly into the forum or typing them in another program and then doing a cut 'n' paste? We have had problems in the past with cut 'n' pastes from Word into a thread.
Something else to try:
Go to the bottom of any screen and if the little drop down box (left side) says --Main Theme, try clicking on --Default Style or ----Single Column Style and see if this makes things work better for you.
I hope this may be of some little help.
Cheers - Neil :U
PS Trying another forum may not give a true indication unless it is running (vBulletin 4.2.0 Patch Level 3) which is what these forums run. This info should be available at the bottom of all pages on most vBulletin Forums, unless like these forums they have paid to have an unbranded forum. Most are too tight for that, so you should be able to find it pretty easily.
The symptoms *look* very much like an errant mouse-keyboard macro to me. Or an inadvertantly configured one.
Safari users - Does a Safari Reset affect scripting macros ?
No, the reset gets rid of Cookies and other erroneous data.Quote:
Originally Posted by dabbler
This is what the 'reset' does DJ.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJ's Timber
Dengue, this is a longshot, however have you re-booted your Macbook since you've had this problem?
I think I've found the solution but I'm at work at the moment. It'll mean you'll have to delete a few 'plist' files in the Safari application. If you haven't fixed it already, I'll post the fix tomorrow.
For what it is worth, I stopped using Safari on both my MacBook Pro, iPad3 and even the iPhone 4S. I instead use Chrome. It is quicker and easier to use and to navigate - better bookmarking and integration of Google into the address area.
Regards from Perth
Derek
Thanks for your help, suggestions and general support. I still haven't found a solution, but I am strongly swayed by Derek's comments.
Be interesting to see what Scott comes up with.
Hi Dengy
For the iPad, just download the free app. Ditto for the others.
Regards from Perth
Derek
Okay, try this (I wont take any responsibility if something goes wrong!).
Quit Safari
Go to ~/Library/Preferences
Move the com.apple.Safari.plist file from the Preferences folder to the desktop.
Relaunch Safari. If that help, move the plist file to the Trash. If not, move it back to the Preferences folder.
If this doesn't work, I'm out of suggestions. Hope it helps.
The ~ represents your home folder.