Security Update 2005-007 1.1 Special Report: Safari issues

CNET staff

Sept. 2, 2009 12:05 p.m. PT

2 min read

A number of users report issues with Safari -- particularly slow page loading -- after applying Security Update 2005-007 1.1.

Scott Drummery writes:

"I didn't install the previous security update 1.0, but I did update with 1.1. Before the update, my system was running very nicely-no crashes at all for several days. Much better than 10.3.9. Now after the update, Safari is very unstable. I can absolutely crash it every time I enter text into a web page field and hit return. The Google search field also, but the address field. I have repaired permissions and still have the problem, but there were many incorrect permissions in the ./usr/bin/man/ directory."

MacFixIt reader Ryan adds "I have a iMac G5 and I'm running 10.4.2. While installing Security Update 2005-007 my computer crashed. Originally it took an hour to reboot, but I have been tinkering with it - repairing permissions, running Cacheout and OnyX to do some maintenance. Reinstalled the 2005-007 V1 update and also installed v1.1 update. My system still seems more sluggish than it used to before the update although not nearly as severe as when I originally restarted. I have not run all of my applications yet, but instead have been backing up important data to my external hard drive. It seems that the one thing that completely messes up my system now is Safari. When I launch the application my entire computer freezes and it takes about 2-3 minutes for a single web page to load on a DSL connection. (Same problem does not occur with Internet Explorer). In addition all of my Safari book marks are gone."

As with Mail.app, in some instances of these problems, font issues may be at play. A quick fix is to drag the com.apple.ATS, located in /Library/Caches/ to the trash, then re-attempt using Safari.

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