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Safari 5.1 Address Bar Bug?

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ominx

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Apologies if this has been addressed, but I couldn't seem to find any info. The address bar in Safari Version 5.1 (7534.42) in 10.7 seems to be shaded in gray. I have looked at screenshots and know this is not the correct behavior. Has anyone experienced this or know how to correct it.

I've included a screenshot. Thanks for any help.
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ominx said:
Apologies if this has been addressed, but I couldn't seem to find any info. The address bar in Safari Version 5.1 (7534.42) in 10.7 seems to be shaded in gray. I have looked at screenshots and know this is not the correct behavior. Has anyone experienced this or know how to correct it.

I've included a screenshot. Thanks for any help.
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Mine does not show that. Even when my appearance is set to Graphite. The address bar is highlighted blue when I hit command-l.
 
mrapplegate said:
Mine does not show that. Even when my appearance is set to Graphite. The address bar is highlighted blue when I hit command-l.
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Thanks, yea it's not a highlight problem... it highlights properly in blue. It is always visible, highlight or not.
 
Try going into the full screen mode and then exit out of it. Another thing to try is to show the bookmarks bar and then hide it again.
 
On every Preview version mine has been grey, I thought that was the norm for the new Safari.

Mine also goes blank grey and merges with the background sometimes in fullscreen mode. Bugs but not huge ones.
 
Thanks for the replies. I tried the suggestions and the problem remains. Is it possible there are left-over preference extensions or similar causing the problem? A while back I had pimpmysafari installed (before official safari extensions). Are there any folders I can check for these files?
 
ominx said:
Thanks for the replies. I tried the suggestions and the problem remains. Is it possible there are left-over preference extensions or similar causing the problem? A while back I had pimpmysafari installed (before official safari extensions). Are there any folders I can check for these files?
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I'm not sure how that program works. Check Library/Internet Plug-Ins ,
or ~/Library/Preferences/ for any references to pimpmysafari
or ~/Library/Application Support for references. Remove if you find any.
 
Actually, at some point I removed, through terminal the old Safari 'spinning load' on the Safari address bar at some point and opted for the blue bar load as on the old editions at some point. Maybe this has something to do with our difference.

I can't remember the command I used to reverse the option to try it, a year or so has passed since.
 
db1408 said:
Actually, at some point I removed, through terminal the old Safari 'spinning load' on the Safari address bar at some point and opted for the blue bar load as on the old editions at some point. Maybe this has something to do with our difference.

I can't remember the command I used to reverse the option to try it, a year or so has passed since.
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That sounds vaguely familiar to something I would have done too. If you find out anything please post back.

mrapplegate said:
I'm not sure how that program works. Check Library/Internet Plug-Ins ,
or ~/Library/Preferences/ for any references to pimpmysafari
or ~/Library/Application Support for references. Remove if you find any.
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Thanks, unfortunately I didn't find anything. Hopefully it will correct itself with the final version.
 
db1408 said:
These were the old commands

http://caiustheory.com/safari-4-hidden-preferences

As of yet, I have been unable to revert any of them to good effect.

Any input to resolve the issue is appreciated.
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What can't you revert?
Following the directions didn't work?

Undoing changes

Just run the defaults command with the delete flag for the appropriate key you wish to delete.

$ defaults delete com.apple.Safari <key>
NB: Don't include the -bool NO at the end, it just requires the key (eg: "DebugSafari4IncludeGoogleSuggest")
 
mrapplegate said:
What can't you revert?
Following the directions didn't work?

Undoing changes

Just run the defaults command with the delete flag for the appropriate key you wish to delete.

$ defaults delete com.apple.Safari <key>
NB: Don't include the -bool NO at the end, it just requires the key (eg: "DebugSafari4IncludeGoogleSuggest")
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Running the command results in the message:
There is no (DebugSafari4LoadProgressStyle) default for the (com.apple.Safari) domain.
Defaults have not been changed.

These keys were probably for version 4 and no longer exist.
 
$ defaults delete com.apple.Safari <DebugSafari4LoadProgressStyle>

results in . . other alternates give 'command not found'.

I'm tired, I may not be making 2+2 work.
 

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db1408 said:
$ defaults delete com.apple.Safari <DebugSafari4LoadProgressStyle>

results in . . other alternates give 'command not found'.

I'm tired, I may not be making 2+2 work.
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I maybe tired as well, I just read the blog post more and I'm not seeing the strings in Safari 5, are these just for Safari4?
 
They are for Safari 4.

What you can do is reset Safari’s preferences by moving out the plist file for it.

Open Finder, go to ~/Library/Preferences/ and move com.apple.Safari.* files out of that folder.

That’ll reset any changes that you have made to Safari.
 
mrapplegate said:
I maybe tired as well, I just read the blog post more and I'm not seeing the strings in Safari 5, are these just for Safari4?
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Guess this will be redundant until someone falls upon a fix or the final release solves the issue.

PS Format with TimeMachine backup keeps the issue. I don't feel like staring from scratch and hand transferring my files.
 
MikhailT said:
They are for Safari 4.

What you can do is reset Safari’s preferences by moving out the plist file for it.

Open Finder, go to ~/Library/Preferences/ and move com.apple.Safari.* files out of that folder.

That’ll reset any changes that you have made to Safari.
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Thanks for the tip but it makes no difference.

The address bar btw is grey but the blue transparent loading still happens over the grey colour.
 
This bug remains for me in the final build.

Has anyone else experience this bug or know of a fix?
 
Got the Same issue

I have got this exact same gray bar glitch. Two macs with fresh update of Lion. The iMac Safari is fine, but the 15" MBP Safari has the gray effect. I have tried everything I can think of from .plist removal, inputs, extensions, etc...

When i log into the guest user account, Safari is fine.
 
Can someone please upload Safari for Lion? I deleted it with App Cleaner thinking I could download a new copy from Apple.com, but they only offer Safari for Snow Leopard. There's a stupid bug that followed me from Snow Leopard to Lion, and I thought deleting Safari and reinstalling it might fix it.
 
What The . . .

ominx said:
Apologies if this has been addressed, but I couldn't seem to find any info. The address bar in Safari Version 5.1 (7534.42) in 10.7 seems to be shaded in gray. I have looked at screenshots and know this is not the correct behavior. Has anyone experienced this or know how to correct it.

I've included a screenshot. Thanks for any help.
Image
Click to expand...

I have the identical issue. What the heck is causing this?
 
Solved!

I have solved the URL bar bug.

Here's what I did. I decided to download Safari 5.1 for Snow Leopard and take a look at some of the files using Pacifist and compared them to my system files to see if there was a possibility I had some rogue orphans lying about.

Nothing really stood out so I began to systematically manually "install" the Snow Leopard version of Safari. Well, finally I found the directory of files that was causing the bug. I am not sure exactly what file(s) but I do know that Safari.framework which is located in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks was causing the problem. So, I extracted Safari.framework from the Snow Leopard install package and copied it over to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks.

If you want to save yourself some time, I've included a link to a zip file containing just the folder Safari.framework taken directly from the Snow Leopard Safari install package.

EDIT: THIS WILL REMOVE ANY SPECIFIC LION FEATURES FROM SAFARI. ALSO, THIS SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING, BUT PLEASE BACK UP ANY FILES YOU PLAN TO REPLACE FIRST!

http://www.mediafire.com/?fpie39iu5su9m3m

1.) Quit Safari
2.) Unzip Safari.framework.zip
3.) Copy the entire folder Safari.framework to Mac/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks. You will need to authenticate and overwrite all files (don't keep "newer versions" as that won't fix the problem).
4.) Relaunch and done.

Hope this helps.
 
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ominx said:
I have solved the URL bar bug.

Here's what I did. I decided to download Safari 5.1 for Snow Leopard and take a look at some of the files using Pacifist and compared them to my system files to see if there was a possibility I had some rogue orphans lying about.

Nothing really stood out so I began to systematically manually "install" the Snow Leopard version of Safari. Well, finally I found the directory of files that was causing the bug. I am not sure exactly what file(s) but I do know that Safari.framework which is located in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks was causing the problem. So, I extracted Safari.framework from the Snow Leopard install package and copied it over to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks.

If you want to save yourself some time, I've included a link to a zip file containing just the folder Safari.framework taken directly from the Snow Leopard Safari install package.

http://www.mediafire.com/?fpie39iu5su9m3m

1.) Quit Safari
2.) Unzip Safari.framework.zip
3.) Copy the entire folder Safari.framework to Mac/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks. You will need to authenticate and overwrite all files (don't keep "newer versions" as that won't fix the problem).
4.) Relaunch and done.

Hope this helps.
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AAAAWWWWWEEEESSSSOOOMMMMMEEEE!!!!

That was it! That worked. Thank you!!!

It would be nice to find out why this was a problem on my MBP, but not the iMac.
 
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