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PithHelmet

Safari plugin adds content filtering & site preferences.

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Does PH Work With Snow Leopard?

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Contributed by: pendragon Saturday, August 29 2009 @ 05:55 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Over One Year

Recommend Product: YES

I have tried the unofficial fix (changing the max bundle bit), but am unable to get PH to work with Sl.

Might someone know the secret to PH success or where I may have messed up?

Your comments most appreciated.   

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Does PH Work With Snow Leopard? - pendragon

I should have caught this earlier as it answers the question. Alas it's not the answer I wanted.

From the developer's site:

"As far as I know, PithHelmet (and more importantly SIMBL) is not compatible with Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6). Once I get a new Intel-based Mac with Snow Leopard, I'll look into it."
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I fear this could be a very long wait...

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Saturday, August 29 2009 @ 08:04 AM PDT


Does PH Work With Snow Leopard? - tech.bear

Give this a shot, it worked for me. Unfortunately it means running Safari in 32-bit mode...

o Right-click on Safari.app
o Click "Get Info"
o Check the box that says "Open in 32-bit mode"
o Run Safari, and you should now get a SIMBL error. This means that PithHelmet is trying to load. Close Safari
o Edit the file "/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/PithHelmet.bundle/Contents/Info.plist" (After backing it up, of course!)
o Look for "<key>MaxBundleVersion</key>" down towards the bottom; now look at the next line. It's the <string> line.
o Change the number to 9999.9
o Save the file
o Start Safari. PithHelmet should now be running!

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Saturday, August 29 2009 @ 04:44 PM PDT


Does PH Work With Snow Leopard? - spoonbender...

Using the above plist modification works, sort of. You will get an error that some sort of plugin failed to load. Other than that, yes it works.
S.

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Saturday, August 29 2009 @ 09:14 PM PDT


Does PH Work With Snow Leopard? - Macavenger

Actually, I don't get any kind of error, and it works perfectly for me. I'm perfectly happy running in 32 bit mode, until such a time as the plugin is updated-I mean, it's been good enough for the last few years :-). The good news about this is that it looks like SIMBL might just need a 64 bit recompile to work properly. Of course, that may be more difficult than it sounds, depending on how it was written.

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Sunday, August 30 2009 @ 12:23 PM PDT


Does PH Work With Snow Leopard? - Pres!

Actually I'm getting the error on launch too. But PithHelmet seems to work fine, so it's good enough for the moment!

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Monday, September 07 2009 @ 08:13 PM PDT