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  1. S

    Apple Mail and Safari lose connection to internet, but Firefox does not

    I have an intermittent problem. Some times I will be using my MacBook Pro (Mid 2012) and Safari will lose the ability to reach the internet. At the same time, so will Apple Mail However if I then use Firefox or Chrome, or another application like Twitter, they will be able to connect to the...
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    Webbrowsing trouble within app bankomo

    Hello from germany! Hope anyone can help me.... Within an app called bankomo i want to search every reisebank in germany but there is a popup and I can't hit the "OK" Button. I think it is a problem in safarari or related to the preferences visibility etc. Below a Video due the problem...
  3. LaundryCzar

    Where starting Safari, a disk image tries to mount.

    I keep some files on a password protected disk image, but only need to open it maybe once a month at most. Suddenly, this week, every time I start Safari, I get a popup window asking if I'd like to unlock the sparseimage. I have always hit cancel and the window goes away and Safari works...
  4. mariogt

    TabTopus - Get all your Safari tabs data, free !!

    Hi to all, I just released TabTopus a lightweight macOS App that lets you export the names and URLs of all web pages in your current Safari session. This implies that all your Safari windows and tabs will be scanned in order to extract this info. This App saves the bookmarks info of all opened...
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    Best ad blocker for safari?

    Best free ad blocker for safari on Mac?
  6. nick_iphone7

    Safari Documents & Data

    How can I delete this cache? I turned off my iCloud sync but it doesn't stop accumulating any cache? I also saw that I had some data in Apple Books, deleted the app, installed it and they came back again, and it had to be removed. I do not want to make factory settings on my iPhone, is there...
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    What is the difference between Safari Credit Cards AutoFill and System Preferences Wallet & Apple Pay?

    I added my card in Wallet & Apple Pay on System Preferences expecting that I will be able to AutoFill my card whenever I want to purchase something in Safari. That is not the case. I have to actually add the same card in Safari Credit Cards AutoFill. What is the difference between these two? On...
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    All Devices Safari browsing history of one device not visible on other devices on same iCloud id

    Safari browsing history not syncing across devices on the same iCloud id. The history syncs only once when “Safari” is disabled and then enabled in Settings app > [username] > iCloud > Safari > Toggle button. But subsequently the history does not sync and any new history items of one device are...
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    All Devices Deleting Safari browsing history On one device not getting deleted on other iCloud devices

    Sometimes deleting the safari browsing history on one iOS device does not delete it on the other devices on same iCloud id. However at few other instances the history gets deleted on all devices. this deletion of history across iCloud devices is random and not consistent. anyone else?
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    Safari cache

    Hi all, Is there a way to access Safari cache/cookies to retrieve an email address used for logging in to Hotmail web interface? I created a week ago an account but didn't store the email address (got the password though) and I logged out! I've used this address for flat hunting and I'm...
  11. KatPR

    Video problems on Safari.

    Since I updated to Catalina 10.15.4 I've been having problems with my video on Safari, especially while trying to watch Netflix. For example, while watching a video, randomly and occasionally the video will skip for a second. It only happens on Safari, not on Chrome. Any idea what it can be or...
  12. xorpi

    macOS Suggestion for devs:Siri "momentum like" Safari Dashboard start default page💻

    Suggestion for devs:Siri "momentum like" Safari Dashboard start default page💻 Good day! I have a suggestion💡 for Apple developers to think about creating a Siri Dashboard Start page for Safari. Siri uses a lot of user information. It would be great if I had my to-dos from Reminder, notes from...
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    Safari won't start

    I'm using 10.15.3 (19D76) on a 16" MBP, earlier today Safari stopped responding and after force quitting won't open back up. I'm guessing it's something to do with the Adblocker extension. I installed a new version of the OS and it's still happening but once I created a second user I was able to...
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    MacOS/Safari 13.0.4: cannot edit URL in address field

    I regularly have to slightly change a URL before submitting. If I start entering a URL and highlight one that I've already visited, it shows the full URL (I have 'full URL' enabled) but will not allow me to edit it before submitting. This is the only browser I have that does this. Is there any...
  15. U

    iPhone Safari Handoff stops working if tabs are switched on iPhone

    Handoff is working for Mail, Notes, and Safari. However if I switch tabs in Safari on iOS device then Handoff stops working for Safari and it does not appear on the Mac. However, even then Notes and Mail Handoff continues to work alright.
  16. yarcheek

    Hardware impact on Safari (browsers) performance

    Hi. I'm considering upgrading my notebook (MacBook 2017 for Macbook Pro 13 or Macbook Air). I spend the majority of my time in a variety of web apps. I was wondering what hardware choices will boost website page rendering performance (speed) the most. Is it RAM? Is it CPU? Is it faster SSD? Is...
  17. aespana

    Safari bookmark sync just doesn't work

    Hello guys! I got a problem with Safari and the syncing of the bookmarks. Before updating to iOS 13 and macOS Catalina, all the bookmarks just worked as expected. But after those updates all is broken. If i put a new bookmark in my iPhone, nothing happen to Safari on Catalina and viceversa. I...
  18. bogdanw

    Safari 13.0.5 doesn't play certain videos

    I don't usually use Twitter, but I just noticed that Safari gives the error message "The media could not be played." when trying to play a video. Here's an example https://imgur.com/a/WRagiKV It works with the user agent set to Firefox - macOS. Another error message is "Error loading this...
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    Tab Suspender for Safari

    Tab Suspender for Safari Improve your Mac's performance and decrease your battery consumption, by suspending the Safari tabs you aren't using thus freeing up the memory and CPU being consumed by those tabs Depending on your tab count and how "heavy" the websites are, you can expect a...
  20. brinary001

    Microsoft's new Edge browser is a great alternative to Chrome for those seldom occasions when Safari won't do

    Safari is my main browser across all my Apple devices. While it's a good browser, that isn't necessarily by choice, as Apple prevents their users from choosing a different default browser. However, in macOS you have a bit more freedom than Apple's other platforms, and while I still use Safari...