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Question

Safari Can't Connect Online ...

Aug 21, 2011 2:35AM PDT

Safari will no longer go online ... Just happened this morning. I
tried rebooting the router many times. Also rebooted the Modem.
Restarted my MacPro many times .... Trashed Safari and reinstalled fresh copy from Apple.

Safari still will not go online at all. Continue to get this error message:

"Safari can't connect to the server.

Safari can't open the page "http://www.google.com/" because Safari can't connect to the server "www.google.com".

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Trashed Safari and reinstalled fresh copy from Apple,
Aug 21, 2011 6:38AM PDT

must mean that something is getting on line.

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Safari is Working Again ...
Aug 21, 2011 2:33PM PDT
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Safari Is Off-Line Again ....
Aug 26, 2011 12:46AM PDT

A few days ago Safari would no longer go online, so I deleted the
com.apple.Safari.plist file, then relaunched Safari and it worked!
This morning, I launched Safari, and it would not go
online. I opened up Firefox with no problem, which is where I'm posting
this message from.

I've tried trashing the
com.apple.Safari.plist several times this morning, then relaunching
Safari, but it will still not go online.Any other ideas of how to solve this issue ... ???

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(NT) try resetting Safari
Aug 26, 2011 2:12AM PDT
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you might like to get Safari updated
Aug 26, 2011 5:06AM PDT

if you are not running the latest version. Maybe you also need to do some maintenance on the computer like repairing permissions with Disk Utility. It does not hurt to verify the disk as well and also see if another administrator account would work OK. Finally, there is really no good reason to stick to one browser. As far as I know, Safari does not have any special features compared to other browsers and even in your experience, Firefox seems to be working well.

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Safari Still Not Connection Online ...
Aug 26, 2011 11:25AM PDT

I ran Disk Warrior, but Safari will still not go online ....

Tried deleting the plist again several times, but that didn't do any good.

Somebody suggested deleting the Cookies, but I can't find the Cookies settings anywhere ... Checked Preferences > Security, but no Cookies ...

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(NT) Did you rest Safari?
Aug 26, 2011 11:37PM PDT
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cookies are under Privacy, not Security
Aug 28, 2011 6:00PM PDT

Please also try the two suggestions above...

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Answer
Found the Answer to this Annoying and Frustrating Issue ...
Dec 30, 2011 11:51AM PST

On the Apple Discussion Forums somebody suggested Uninstalling Little Snitch and changing the DNS Numbers.