Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

"Frequently Visited" Sites in Safari is Missing

In times of the WebKit bug/security issue I do believe, that it is a thing ;-)
www.macrumors.com

Safari Bug Allows Websites to Track Your Recent Browsing Activity in Real Time [Updated]

A bug in WebKit's implementation of a JavaScript API called IndexedDB can reveal your recent browsing history and even your identity, according...
www.macrumors.com www.macrumors.com

Just think about the bug a few weeks/months ago where all closed tabs (from several months ago) just came back...

Apple = the privacy company.... NOT!
 
Have a new macbook, iphone and ipad. Zero frequently visiyed pages. I think it came with the new software.
i have it enabled, but not working.
66A16AF9-AD52-432A-BF69-E38876333CD8.jpeg
 
MikeMcCollister said:
I just started to have this problem recently. I don't know if it had to do with installed iPad OS 15.3 or not.

Has anyone tried to delete Safari reboot and reinstall it from the App Store?

Mike
Click to expand...
You can't delete Safari off the phone. I just tried and it would only remove it from the home screen.
 
  • Like
Reactions: MikeMcCollister
witchkitten said:
The Safari and WebKit team are soliciting feedback on Twitter regarding bugs in Safari. Someone who has a Twitter account (I don’t) should Tweet about the disappearing frequently visited sites.
Click to expand...
I posted to a Jen Simmons on Twitter. I also have access to the Apple beta discussion forums but so few there have mentioned any such problem that I’m assuming not enough are affected to get much attention at this point.
 
  • Like
Reactions: AppleChainLink
papbot said:
I posted to a Jen Simmons on Twitter. I also have access to the Apple beta discussion forums but so few there have mentioned any such problem that I’m assuming not enough are affected to get much attention at this point.
Click to expand...
Super strange. I've had this problem all throughout iOS 15. It makes using Safari much more of a pain. But this would make sense for why it hasn't been fixed yet. I wonder what is causing the issue. I have two iPhones on ios15 and they are both having this issue.
 
Having those issues since iOS 15 with all devices. Reset doesn't help. Nothing helps... Only an update from apple will solve it. But they're a too big company and not interested in.
 
AppleChainLink said:
Super strange. I've had this problem all throughout iOS 15. It makes using Safari much more of a pain. But this would make sense for why it hasn't been fixed yet. I wonder what is causing the issue. I have two iPhones on ios15 and they are both having this issue.
Click to expand...
When iOS 15 was first released I still had frequent sites appearing on my devices. I think it then disappeared from the phone after the next release but remained on my iPad Pro in a strange way. It only showed one frequent site, no others. It remained that way through a couple other releases, always showing the same site and no others. And then after a subsequent release it disappeared completely.
 
Gone for me as well somewhere early in Beta 1. Haven’t opened a Ticket because Apple isn’t known for resolving such minor issues
 
Workaround is just to add your frequently visited to favorites manually, which will show the tiles for quick access.
 
This is still not fully resolved, correct?

I've got an iPhone and an iPad (both elderly) on iOS 15.3 and while playing with the toggles on the iPhone somehow brought the “Frequently Visited” list back there, it did nothing on the iPad…

BTW: The toggles on both devices move completely in sync (i.e., changing the settings on one device also changes them on the other) - but I guess this is to be expected with the “stock” iCloud-based Safari sync settings (?)
 
Last edited:
paysdoufs said:
This is still not fully resolved, correct?

I've got an iPhone and an iPad (both elderly) on iOS 15.3 and while playing with the toggles on the iPhone somehow brought the “Frequently Visited” list back there, it did nothing on the iPhone…

BTW: The toggles on both devices move completely in sync (i.e., changing the settings on one device also changes them on the other) - but I guess this is to be expected with the “stock” iCloud-based Safari sync settings (?)
Click to expand...
This is fully not resolved as this point sadly
 
  • Like
Reactions: AnorexicPig and paysdoufs
It seems all the people experiencing this are right here in this thread:) Everywhere else I post I get someone trying to be helpful instructing me to toggle on the setting on the start page. I tell them that’s already been done and I get a “sorry works for me”. I have to assume that very few are running into this and Apple has bigger issues to deal with.
 
There are multiple threads about this on the Apple Discussion forums (or whatever it’s called these days) and at least one thread on Reddit so there are other people experiencing it. Not a huge number but enough that it’s on multiple Apple forums, which means there are a whole host of users who are experiencing it but not posting online. Apple is definitely aware of the issue, which people have been experiencing since the beta version of iOS 15, and it should have been fixed by now. I’ve actually never had an issue with an iOS upgrade until this one, so I know Apple can do better. I still miss my frequently used websites every day.
 
  • Like
Reactions: AnorexicPig and paysdoufs
I see the various threads but in total the number must be small enough that it doesn’t warrant a lot of immediate attention. Even here there just aren’t that many posts from different users. Not like a major feature would get. I’ve seen similar issues go well into the next major OS for a resolution. I expect the same here. iOS 16.1 or later is just my guess.
 
I am starting thinking about the idea of setting up my iPad again as new. I think this has the best chance of resolving it. If Apple were going to deal with this, they would have done so by now. How disappointing…
 
cutter74 said:
I am starting thinking about the idea of setting up my iPad again as new. I think this has the best chance of resolving it. If Apple were going to deal with this, they would have done so by now. How disappointing…
Click to expand...
I can understand why you are thinking that way, but this issue isn’t old and important enough to have a fix already. Setting up as new is always last resort for me and therefore I would suggest to wait at least for final release.
 
cutter74 said:
I am starting thinking about the idea of setting up my iPad again as new. I think this has the best chance of resolving it. If Apple were going to deal with this, they would have done so by now. How disappointing…
Click to expand...
I’ve done this a few times with various devices to no avail.
 
MCap said:
Is there anyone who has managed to solve this problem?
Click to expand...
There have been so many posts with multiple tactics that people have used to no avail. I don’t expect to see this resolved until sometime in ios 16. On other forums for almost every response I’ve gotten from someone else who is experiencing this issue I get 2 responses from those who are not. I just don’t know how widespread this is but for those of us who do have this issue it is definitely annoying.
 
  • Like
Reactions: paysdoufs
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back