![]() ![]() If this follows the usual patterns, I'd wager they'll probably tell you to use a newer browser - both because of this limitation (or bug), and also because of the security updates in newer versions.įrom there, the options involve some work: try a different bank, try a different web browser (you'll have trouble finding a new browser that supports 10.5.8), try an upgrade to OS X 10.6.8 (which will get you newer Safari, which might work here, though only upgrade if your MacBook meets the minimums for 10.6 ), or acquire a new Mac that'll run something newer and preferably OS X 10.9 Mavericks, or use another device (with another browser and another OS) to access your bank. That could be a bug, though whether the bank will fix it or declare 10.5.8 as "too old" is only something only the bank can determine. Next step here is probably to check with the bank folks and see if they know what's going on here, and that they've just rendered older Safari non-functional. Some web sites can send out unexpectedly large requests. ![]() Most browsers now are limited to 8192 bytes minimally, and sometimes larger values are permitted. Some web browsers back that far were limited to 256 bytes for requests. That's either the in-built limitation of Safari - I don't recall the maximum size of the version of Safari in 10.5.8 - or it's a bug or error or incompatibility within the bank's web site. The version of Safari in 10.5.8 is incompatible with what your bank is using on its web site. Those fixes were not backported to 10.5.8.Īs for your question, there's no knob or switch here AFAIK. For reasons of general security, I probably wouldn't choose to access online banking with software that old - there have been security and SSL bugs found in various releases and in much newer releases, for instance. OS X 10.5.8 is very old that was released in August of 2009.
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