how to i tell safari to **** off?

Ben M

Ben M

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Currently I run XP, and am really quite happy using IE. Now I have iTunes and quicktime on my pc, so every so often (too often) apple updater brings up a box asking me to download safari. I don't want safari, so how do I stop it repeatedly bringing up this message? There's no box saying "don't tell me about this again" when it comes up, so where can I tell it to stop?

Thanks guys.
 
You can use an app called AutoRuns to get rid of the Apple Software Updater thing - I may be wrong but there didn't seem to be any easier way.
 
Uninstall itunes & Quicktime.

Install Winamp and Quicktime Alternative.

No more bloatware and stupid messages ;)
 
Wiggins said:
Install Winamp (..)
No more bloatware and stupid messages ;)
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There is contradiction there. Winamp is so bloated and AOL these days, it's not even funny. We all just want player. Small. Light. Like foobar, but not stuck in eighties. Clearly a void and niche for a freeware project...
 
Quicktime is also quite aggressive about making itself present on your system, I accidently said 'yes' to the popup about setting quicktime file associations. It was essentially a hostile takeover of my system, most video, image and sound formats were associated to quicktime and there is no way to reverse this procedure. The only thing you can do is uninstall quicktime which leaves a lot of files with no application associated with them or manually change them back in system properties which messes up the icons.
 
Apple are completely incapable of making Windows software, the sooner this is realised and an alternative program is used for iPod management / online video watching, the better.
 
Caged said:
Apple are completely incapable of making Windows software, the sooner this is realised and an alternative program is used for iPod management / online video watching, the better.
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My new best mate!! :) Totally agree.

Quite ironic that Apple is asking to download Safari when it's against their terms to load it on non Apple software!!

This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time. The Apple Software may be used to reproduce materials so long as such use is limited to reproduction of non-copyrighted materials, materials in which you own the copyright, or materials you are authorized or legally permitted to reproduce. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time. You may make one copy of the Apple Software in machine-backup copy must include all copyright or other proprietary notices contained on the original
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http://9to5mac.com/safari-illegal-on-pcs-35466345354
 
Yeah by modern standards I wouldn't call Winamp bloated; with skin support, agent etc disabled it is very compact and responsive. Using the 'classic' style it barely looks any different from when I first started using it over 9 years ago.

OK so Foobar2000 is a bit more lightweight, but on modern multicore systems with 4gig ram a stripped down Winamp doesn't feel clunky at all, unlike, say, WMP or Itunes.
 
Winamp can be bloated in its default install, but it does at least allow you to greatly customise what you do and don't want. With iTunes, you're just lumped with the whole thing, including annoying background services and tray icons. They have no right to do that.
 
~J~ said:
Quite ironic that Apple is asking to download Safari when it's against their terms to load it on non Apple software!!
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I'd stay away from Safari :p

http://www.apple.com/getamac/viruses.html said:
People attempting to break into computers may disguise a malicious program as a picture, movie, or other seemingly harmless file. You might download such files from the web or get them via mail or chat. A PC just blindly downloads them without a peep. A Mac, however, will let you know that you may be getting a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The Mac web browser, Safari, can tell the difference between a file and a program, and alerts you whenever you’re downloading the latter.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/03/28/mac_hack/ said:
A brand-new MacBook Air running a fully patched version of Leopard was the first to fall in a contest that pitted the security of machines running OS X, Vista and Linux. The exploit took less than two minutes to pull off.

Charlie Miller, who was the first security researcher to remotely exploit the iPhone, felled the Mac by tapping a security bug in Safari. The exploit involved getting an end user to click on a link, which opened up a port that he was then able to telnet into. Once connected, he was able to remotely run code of his choosing.
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Maybe it's time to review those claims :D
 
It might not be the tools menu, have a look through them all, it won't take long. There's definitely an option to ignore selected updates.
 
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