Safari buttons are invisible

yachanin · 03-20-2005, 01:40 PM

My wife was surfing with Safari and, quite unexpectedly, her navigation buttons (e.g., back/forward) and Bookmarks Bar became invisible. The navigation buttons work, you just can't see them. In addition, all the icons in the Safari preferences (e.g., General, Appearance, Tabs, etc.) show the default "Apps" icon.

She uses an iBook.

I've never experienced this and can't seem to get the buttons visible again. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Steve

DeltaMac · 03-20-2005, 02:17 PM

You can reset the appearance of Safari to defaults by quitting Safari and trashing the file in your user/Library/Preferences folder, named com.apple.safari.plist

yachanin · 03-20-2005, 02:43 PM

I tried your suggestion of trashing the com.apple.safari.plist, but it didn't solve the problem. The buttons are still invisible. Any other possibilities?
Thanks.

bramley · 03-20-2005, 03:50 PM

Have you tried repairing file permissions? The icon files are kept in /Applications/Safari, so using Disc Utility to repair these might solve the problem.

Also it's possible that some temporary memory cache is corrupt - so you did try a restart? Often the simplest explanation catches people out.

The other possibility is that the hard drive is too full, and the system is struggling to find space for the icons, and things are going wrong here. You should have about 15% of your drive free.

If none of the above works then maybe Safari->Preferences->Reset Safari is your only option. Then it may have to be a reinstallation of Safari.

dcsaron · 03-21-2005, 12:57 AM

Have you tried clicking the little button on the top right side of the Safari window?

DeltaMac · 03-21-2005, 07:41 AM

Safari windows do not have this feature.

yachanin · 03-21-2005, 09:15 AM

It turned out to be the file permissions. Disk Utility solved the problem. Thanks to all who helped. Steve

03-20-2005, 01:40 PM	#1
yachanin Triple-A Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 76	Safari buttons are invisible My wife was surfing with Safari and, quite unexpectedly, her navigation buttons (e.g., back/forward) and Bookmarks Bar became invisible. The navigation buttons work, you just can't see them. In addition, all the icons in the Safari preferences (e.g., General, Appearance, Tabs, etc.) show the default "Apps" icon. She uses an iBook. I've never experienced this and can't seem to get the buttons visible again. Any help is greatly appreciated. Steve

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03-20-2005, 02:17 PM	#2
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,960	You can reset the appearance of Safari to defaults by quitting Safari and trashing the file in your user/Library/Preferences folder, named com.apple.safari.plist

03-20-2005, 02:43 PM	#3
yachanin Triple-A Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 76	I tried your suggestion of trashing the com.apple.safari.plist, but it didn't solve the problem. The buttons are still invisible. Any other possibilities? Thanks.

03-20-2005, 03:50 PM	#4
bramley MVP Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cumbria, UK Posts: 2,461	Have you tried repairing file permissions? The icon files are kept in /Applications/Safari, so using Disc Utility to repair these might solve the problem. Also it's possible that some temporary memory cache is corrupt - so you did try a restart? Often the simplest explanation catches people out. The other possibility is that the hard drive is too full, and the system is struggling to find space for the icons, and things are going wrong here. You should have about 15% of your drive free. If none of the above works then maybe Safari->Preferences->Reset Safari is your only option. Then it may have to be a reinstallation of Safari.

03-21-2005, 12:57 AM	#5
dcsaron Prospect Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Santa Monica, CA Posts: 28	Have you tried clicking the little button on the top right side of the Safari window?

03-21-2005, 07:41 AM	#6
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,960	Safari windows do not have this feature.

03-21-2005, 09:15 AM	#7
yachanin Triple-A Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 76	It turned out to be the file permissions. Disk Utility solved the problem. Thanks to all who helped. Steve