Choose 'Yes' or 'Replace' when asked, and wait for it to finish.ĭisable the frameworks that were installed by Safari 6 (by renaming them). Click on the 'Contents of Safari5.1.7LionManual.pkg', then click 'Install' on the toolbar. Select 'Open Package', choose the 5.1.7 dmg from step 2. So, with no further ado, here's how to relieve yourself of Safari 6 and get your old software back. Apple has crowed much about Safari 6's Web Inspector, and how it will help developers debug more effectively – but in reality, it doesn't work at all (yet). More importantly, though, it doesn't work AT ALL for debugging UIWebViews in Simulator.
So, I decided to downgrade back to Safari 5.1.7, because I prefer the old Web Inspector over that of Safari 6. If you are currently running Mountain Lion, or have installed a more recent version of Safari 6 (released anytime after Oct 2012) then you may encounter serious problems when attempting to follow these instructions.
At this point (May 2013) I have switched to Safari 6, as the Web Inspector has been improved tremendously. At the time, I was downgrading from a beta version of Safari 6, and I was using OS X 10.7.3. Disclaimer (): Your mileage may vary using this procedure.
