Mac OS X 10.3.8 Special Report: Safari World Leaks

Some users report an increase in the number of "World Leak" error messages generated by Safari under Mac OS X 10.3.8.

World Leaks are error messages generated by Safari's Debug menu option. They are only useful for developers, and should be of no concern to general users. In order to eliminate the messages, go back into the debug menu, and de-select the option called "Always Check for World Leaks".

MacFixIt reader Apta reports that the presence of the shareware add-on "Saft" may be partly responsible for some of the new World Leaks.

"I have not recently been experiencing World Leaks every time I close windows in Safari 1.2.4 (v125.12). It turns out I had installed Saft 7.5.2 last week. I experimented with and without Saft and sure enough the World Leaks disappeared when I uninstalled it."

Topic Index:

• Release Notes, Download Links
• Disappearing hard drive space
• Wake from Sleep Issues
• Audio problems
• Safari World Leaks
• Excessive sensitivity in automatic screen brightness feature on PowerBooks
• Routers and slow network performance
• Printer problems, solutions
• Displays pane of System Preferences not working
• Clearing font caches for faster startup
• iBook G4 F12 key not working
• Trackpad problems
• Problems with third-party mice
• Slow iChat operation
• Problems with Java
• Increased G5 fan activity
• FireWire warning only provided for Combo update
• Moving Apple's installed applications prevents them from being updated
• Problems installing via Software Update
• Bluetooth Issues
• Positive reports

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