Total Inability To Download Anything At All From The Internet

Submitted by rshutt on Fri, 12/19/2008 - 4:26am.

I fully appreciate that this request for assistance may not be 100% within Teknoids' jurisdiction, but I am desperate. For some reason completely unknown, my iMac G5 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (running OSX 10.5.6) has very recently suddenly ceased being able to download anything whatsoever from the internet. I can access the web OK, send and receive email OK etc, but all attempts to download anything at all fail. Nothing whatsoever happens when I click on any "Download" link anywhere on the internet. No spinning wheel, nothing happening in the "Download Activity" window. Absolutely nothing. Can any helpful person suggest a possible reason for this ? Are there any files that I should specifically be checking on my Hard Drive  -  i.e. files that are essential for downloading to work ? If so, please advise and I shall see whether they are missing, corrupted or whatever. ANY help whatsoever would be greatly appreciated. I am at a loss at present !!Thanks !!Ron Huttner LL.B (Hons)(Retired) Barrister, Solicitor, Law Lecturer and Legal ResearcherMelbourneVictoriaAustralia

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Submitted by marbux on Fri, 12/19/2008 - 8:55am.

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 5:16 AM, Ronald Huttner wrote:
> Paul,
> That's a fantastic response and I am very grateful indeed.
> I'm in a Catch-22 though, because I can't at present download a replacement
> browser.
> I strongly suspect that it is my Safari that is the problem.

I'll send you a copy off-list of the official Apple installer for the
Lynx browser that I just downloaded.

You're welcome Ron. We all have to ask for assistance from time to
time. I merely pay back a bit into the pool of assistance from which
I've drawn mightily. :-)

I could send you as an email attachment the official Apple download of
the Lynx browser. (Lynx is a plain text web browser, very compact (2.6
MB installer) because it displays only plain text. It's the principal
browser used by the blind.) If the browser is your problem, you could
use Lynx to download another browser, e.g., Opera or Firefox for OS X.

If you have a torrent client, you could feed it this link to get Opera
9.3.6 for OS X.

http://torrent.opera.com/pub/opera/mac/963/Opera_9.63_Setup.dmg.torrent

Ken posted the suggestion about the Firefox FTP site. There are also
other sneaky ways to plant a new browser on your hard drive, some of
which might even work under the circumstances. :-) I'll omit those for
now because I think you have 3 more reliable options on the table.

Best regards,

Paul

Best regards,

Paul

Best regards,

Paul

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Universal Interoperability Council

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