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 rshutt on Sat, 12/20/2008 - 12:40am.

Paul,
I have now installed the Lynx browser, but have not the faintest idea
how to use it.
I would love to try to download another a copy of Safari.
That would at least enable me to see whether my current downloading
problems are being caused by Safari.
But for the life of me I simply cannot make head or tail of Lynx.
I had never even heard of it before.
Let alone ever used it.
At the risk of appearing to be a complete idiot, could I ask you for a
bit of guidance as to just how I should go about using Lynx to
download the latest version of Safari (or Opera or Firefox).
The interface of Lynx has me completely baffled.
It is anything but easy to follow.
If it is, in fact, a web browser, then how and where does one input a
URL that one wants it to go to ?
Why is the Lynx program coming to me on my screen inside a "Terminal"
window ?
Cheers,
Ron

On 20/12/2008, at 1:49 AM, marbux wrote:

> 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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