How to Fix Safari ...

Something is terribly wrong with Safari ...

I keep getting a error message:

"Safari can't connect to the server."

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

Doesn't matter which webpage I try to access, Safari doesn't work anymore.

I've tried deleting the Cache, Cookies, plist.

I just deleted Safari altogether and all Safari files that I could find, emptied the Trash, then downloaded the most recent version of Safari from Apple, and installed.

Still have exactly the same problem.

Several days ago, I Reset Safari, which fixed the problem for a couple days. I've tried to Reset Safari many times today, but still have the same problem ....

Is this an issue with Snow Leopard 6.8? Any ideas how to fix this issue ... ???

No its not a problem with 6.8. And its probably not a problem with Safari.

Start by deleting the Safari Preferences. ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.safari.plist

Then In ~/Library/Safari/Extensions remove all extensions

I've already tried deleting Safari Preferences and the plist. That didn't do any good.

I'll try deleting the Safari Extensions .....

I don't see any Safari Extensions ...

These are the files I see in the Safari Folder:

-- Bookmarks.plist
-- Configuration.plist.signed
-- History.plist
-- LastSession.plist
-- TopSites.plist
-- Webpageicons.db

Are those the Extensions?

Good.

I'd still trash that .plist.

In System Preferences > Network > Advanced... > Proxies
Ensure there are no Proxies set.

Are you WiFi or Ethernet?

Ok, this is strange ... I opened my Mail today, and clicked on a link in one of the messages. The linked opened up in Safari, and now Safari is working just fine.

I tried closing and re-opened Safari several times, and it's still working ....

My Mac Pro is hard-wired, but also works with Airport just fine, only about 5mbps slower.

There are no Proxies set. For now, looks like Safari is back in business ...

Just when I though that Safari was working ok, it is now doing exactly the same thing as before ....

I've tried deleting the plist many times, resetting
Safari many times, clicking on links in my e-mail messages and other
active links, which open Safari, but it still will not work. Restarted my computer, but that also did not help.

Looks like the newest version of Safari has some very serious bugs ....

Hopefully the developers will fix this bug soon ....

One other note:

All day yesterday up until late last night, Safari was working just fine. I shut my computer down last night, then when I booted up this morning, Safari would not work.

Could this somehow cause Safari to not work ... ???

Maybe Safari will mysteriously start working again ......

As I've said the problem is not with Safari, Safari is built using WebKit which is the most used Web engine available. If Safari had the WebKit team, both at Apple and the Open Source community would all over it.

If you are having a problem with Safari not connecting then you need to look at you whole www-internet pipeline.

The next thing I would do is turn off IP6, it possible that there is a IP4 only router in the stack between you and the web and sometimes your traffic is going through it and other times it not.