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Downgrading from Safari 12
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Thanks @AsburyParkJoe! This worked for me.
Googling, I found the Safari 11.1.2 package here: http://bespin.engr.scu.edu/pub/darw...oqnoghfww55hlssmmr2hqq/Safari11.1.2Sierra.pkg
Googling, I found the Safari 11.1.2 package here: http://bespin.engr.scu.edu/pub/darw...oqnoghfww55hlssmmr2hqq/Safari11.1.2Sierra.pkg
I am what you call a antigen....no clue ...but i followed your instructions , and ......I AM BACK TO SAFARI 11.1.2
THANKS FOR THE GREAT POST AND HELP
I had an intense search for the pkg-file and it seems that it's removed anywhere in the meantime -
Could someone of you please help out with that file?
In return I could help out for instance with MacOs 10.6.8, 10.9, .10, .11, .12 or 13 ...
The link in post #29 will download the Safari 11.1.2 package.
*Umpf* ... and I thought I read the thread in detail ...
So - thanks a lot !! for the hint @ CoastalOR
and: Thanks a lot to all, who contributed here!!
& special thanks @ AsburyParkJoe, who took the time, to write the detailed instruction
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You Need to Reset permissions (as been changed by pacifist)
- From the Finder menu bar, choose Go > Home. Your home folder opens.
- Choose File > Get Info. An Info window for your home folder opens.
- If the Sharing & Permissions section at the bottom of the window isn't open, click the triangle
in that section to open it.
- If the Lock button at the bottom of the window shows a closed lock , click the lock and enter an administrator name and password.
- Click the Action menu in the bottom corner of the window, then choose “Apply to enclosed items.” Click OK to confirm the action. A progress bar appears at the top of the window.
- When the progress bar completes, open the Terminal app, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
- Paste or type this command in Terminal, then press Return:
diskutil resetUserPermissions / `id -u`
On U.S. keyboards, the ` character is just above the Tab key. After entering the diskutil command, if Terminal says that permissions reset on user home directory failed (error -69841), enter chflags -R nouchg ~, then enter the diskutil command again.
- When the process completes, quit Terminal.
IF YOU JUST WANNA USE THE OLD TYPE EXTENSIONS YOU CAN TRY THIS WITHOUT DOWNGRADE
1.Extensions are stored in ~/Library/Safari/Extensions. Fortunately, Safari 12 doesn’t remove the extension files for deprecated or inactive extensions. Drag any extensions you want to save from here onto your desktop; I recommend putting them into a folder.
2.The next part of this requires a little command-line trickery, so fire up Terminal, navigate to that directory you just created on the desktop (or just type cd followed by a space in the Terminal window and drag the folder you just made on your desktop into the Terminal window).
3.Type xar -xf followed by a space and the name of the extension file, and hit enter. (Tip: If you type the first few characters and hit the Tab key, it’ll autocomplete the rest.) Repeat for each extension file. You’ll now have a folder of source files for each extension.
4.Now open Safari. If you don’t already have the Develop menu in the menu bar, go to Safari > Preferences, click on the Advanced tab, and check the “Show Develop menu in menu bar” option.
5.There should now be a Develop menu between the Bookmarks and Window menus; from it, select Show Extension Builder.
6. The first time you open the Extension Builder, you’ll be asked whether you really want to use it instead of Xcode: you do. Click Continue.
7.At the bottom of the Extension Builder window click the Plus (+) button and choose Add Extension. You’ll get a standard Open dialog box; navigate to that folder on your desktop where you put your extension files and choose the folder with the extension name; it’ll have the extension .safari extension. (You can select multiple extensions by Command-clicking the folders, otherwise you’ll have to perform the Add Extension command multiple times for each different extension.) Click Select.
8. You’ll now see your old extensions in the left hand column, with information about them in the pane on the right side. Click the Run button in the top right-hand corner; you’ll be prompted for your password. Repeat this step for each extension you want to run.
9. And voilà: you’re done. Your extensions should now be running and should appear in the Extensions pane of Safari’s preferences
Resistance is futile.
Seriously, you may find the workaround to make Safari 11 work on your Mac now, but it ages with every minute, therefore sooner than you think, it will be completely obsolete. And...what will you do then? Do you dare go shop online and do bank transactions via obsolete browser? I don't think so.
There are only two reasonable option, to stop using Safari, and find the browser which support your extensions, or continue using Safari 12 and later, but look for extension alternatives.
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This works, but you have to re-enable extension every time you open Safari again.
Seriously, you may find the workaround to make Safari 11 work on your Mac now, but it ages with every minute, therefore sooner than you think, it will be completely obsolete. And...what will you do then? Do you dare go shop online and do bank transactions via obsolete browser? I don't think so.
There are only two reasonable option, to stop using Safari, and find the browser which support your extensions, or continue using Safari 12 and later, but look for extension alternatives.
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This works, but you have to re-enable extension every time you open Safari again.
Yeah but I prefer this than to leave "Safari Browser"
could you please guide me to the pkg file of Safari11.1.2Sierra
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where do I get the safari 11 pkg from ? the link you provided is sadly not working.
I had same problem same fix, but last update troguh Mac App Store bring back the problem again.
If you are trying to disable SIP, then, yes, that's correct. You have to do that by booting to your recovery system, and open terminal from the menu. You can't disable (or re-enable) SIP from the normal system.
If you have never booted to your recovery system, the steps, listed also in post #39 above, are simple to follow (you have to follow every step. It tells you how to restart to your recovery system.
When you have disabled SIP, then you have to restart normally to do whatever you need to do with other software.
(Re-enable SIP after you have completed your other changes successfully, same process in your recovery system terminal, just change the command to csrutil enable - you should be good to go with that. )
Hey, that's great! Thank you for your response. However the link you provided is for Sierra and not for High Sierra. Could you please check out Safari 11.*.* for High Sierra?
I wonder how you manage to find these links at all..
Did you try installing it with Pacifist? The file name in the dead link in this tutorial for High Sierra is the same as the one I shared, so if you follow the steps exactly, it should work. I just searched the exact name on Google and found an active link that way. I have Sierra on my 2015 MacBook Pro, but I think it should still work for you. I found it on this site. https://mac.filehorse.com/download-safari/10630/. You can also download other versions of Safari on there.