Thanks for all this info - wow! such a lot to do in order to uninstall. If think it's best that I wait a while before trying something like this - I'd hate to make the problem worse.

Barry

--- In sandvox@yahoogroups.com, Agatha <aunt.agatha@...> wrote:
>
> OK, here's another go.
>
> 1. Download Pacifist and open the Safari 3.2.3.dmg
> 2. Look in the Resources tab and look for a file called Payload
> 3. Extract "Payload" to your desktop and unzip it, it won't show up as
> zip but you should be able to unzip it. If not, press Enter and
> add .zip to it and save it with the .zip extension.
> 4. After unzipping the "Payload" folder you'll need to replace the
> files in the folders in the exact area on your system. So you navigate
> to one of the folders and only erase what is in the "Payload" and
> replace the "Payload" version of that file to where you erased it
> from, and so on until all your "Payload" files have been put into the
> system to their respective places.
> 5. Repair you disk permissions and reboot your machine.
> 6. Run Safari 3.2.3 installer and it should run without having to ask
> you where it will be installed.
> 7. After the installer finishes, you'll need to reboot.
> 8. Enjoy, there's nothing wrong with 4 but I don't think it's quite
> ready yet. For me it seems to be crashing from page to page. It looks
> like some sort of memory problem. But 3.2.3 is working fine and has
> been.
>
> Re Tiger:
> To me it looks like the Tiger version of the Safari 3.2.3 package has
> the application listed directly in the Package Contents tab of
> Pacifist unlike the leopard version. This is good for those who wish
> to completely downgrade from Safari 4 and leave no trace of it on
> their machines. Those wishing to do this should be able to select the
> package in Pacifist and click the install button in the toolbar. This
> will replace the Safari 4 files in the /System/Library and the /usr
> directory with the Safari 3 versions. If you want to run side by side
> installs, you simply select Safari.app from the Applications directory
> in the Package Contents tab and click extract, placing the application
> wherever you like. When that is finished, just follow the directions
> from earlier in this thread to modify the Info.plist file and correct
> the preferences issue.
>
> More for Tiger:
> Thanks for all the info here. I'm using Tiger so the Pacifist process
> was a lot simpler for me. I had manually deleted all files I could
> find related to Safari 4, but still couldn't install the older
> version. Extracted/installed 'Safari.app' using Pacificist and now I'm
> back in 3.2.3 heaven.
>
> I'm using Tiger and it was very easy to do the update using Pacifist.
> After opening Safari 3.2.3 in Pacifist all I had to do was select the
> Package Contents of 3.2.3 under the Pacifist "Package Contents" tab
> and then click install in Pacifist. I was not interested in a side by
> side with S4. S4 is gone.
>
>
> It's from:
> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9600739&#9600739
>
> See also here:
> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2032359&tstart=0
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Hetty
>
> On 11 Jul 2009, at 19:20, bjwdirect wrote:
>
> > There's no uninstaller with the Safari 4!
> >
> > Barry
> >
> > --- In sandvox@yahoogroups.com, Agatha <aunt.agatha@> wrote:
> >>
> >> Here's a possible solution.
> >> Download Safari4 again and reinstall it. There is an uninstaller with
> >> it. With this uninstaller you can uninstall Safari4 and with a good
> >> copy of Safari3 (either from Apple or your TM backup) you should be
> >> able to go back to Safari3.
> >> Let me know if it works out.
> >>
> >> Hetty
> >>
>