r/Safari • • 42m ago

An annoying (to me) Safari Bookmarks Browser Interface Difference [v18 vs v26]

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Seems as though Safari changed their Safari Bookmark browser interface. I don't like the new way of navigating in the new version. Are there any plug-ins or any settings that would change the behavior of drilling down into folders to the old way?

Hesitant to upgrade my other Macs due to this change, but I realize I could be missing out on critical security updates. Any suggestions appreciated.

Here's a video of what I am talking about.

https://youtu.be/zOo4n3zlJMc


r/Safari • • 8m ago

Anyone else facing this annoying search bar bug?

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When I click the bottom arrow key to scroll down to a suggested search result, the focus keeps shifting back to the top result. Very annoying! [MacOS 27.2]


r/Safari • • 23h ago

WebKit Features for Safari 27.2

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r/Safari • • 9h ago

27.2 Safari

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r/Safari • • 1d ago

Reading List in Safari is sorted differently across my devices...

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I have Safari synced through iCloud across my iMac, iPhone, iPads and MacBook. The contents of the Reading List is the same.. so I know everything is syncing. However, the sort order of the Reading List on the iMac, iPads MacBook are identical but the iPhone is sorted differently.

For instance, today I added half a dozen items to the Reading List while on my iPhone. All of these items are synced to the other devices but while the iPhone has them as the most recent items they are literally scattered in what seems to be random order on the other devices.

It seems all but the iPhone keep the content as well as the order exactly the same.. the iPhone has a mind of its' own. I know there is not Sort By command for the Reading List but curious why the pattern I have is what it is...


r/Safari • • 20h ago

Won’t load but Google Chrome will

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2 buildings on campus with notoriously bad wifi made me think it was just the wifi but even on days it works my websites would never load. I finally tried Google Chrome and my tabs open?? Why does Safari refuse to work for me in some buildings despite the wifi sign being on💔💔💔


r/Safari • • 1d ago

YouTube Video Quality Issue with wBlock

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Hello, I'm new to using wBlock. It's working great so far, however, whenever I'm in a separate tab, or open another application while watching YouTube, after about a minute the video freezes for a second and the quality drops. I have to fix the quality every time. I tried looking through the settings and I have no clue what would be causing this. Any help?


r/Safari • • 1d ago

Safari Wallpapers

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Has anyone had issue with all the Safari wallpapers not being available?


r/Safari • • 1d ago

Someone pls help me😭😭

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I have no clue how to fix this. It never did this before idk what to do 😭


r/Safari • • 1d ago

Bookmarks Dropdown Disappeared

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I'm on 26.7.1 and running Safari 27.0 and my Bookmarks dropdown no longer shows when I click it. I don't think I changed anything that would affect this, but I guess I can't be 100%. To my knowledge, it just started happening out of nowhere. Anyone else have this issue?

Thank you!


r/Safari • • 2d ago

Where did increase Safari font size go with iOS 27?

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Forgive me if this is a silly question, my knowledge/usage of the iPhone is pretty basic.

My vision is not that great anymore and when it’s not convenient to go get my glasses or to wear them, and if I’m on Safari webpages, I just switch over to the “Reader” feature within Safari and also increase the font size by clicking on the larger letter A that would pop up, I think, right after switching to Reader. The steps I used to go through have changed now. I think it was when I updated software to iOS 27. Now instead of a blue button at the bottom of the menu, there’s some text at the top of the menu for switching to Reader. That’s fine, no problem there, but now the two capital A’s for font size don’t appear and I can’t find them anywhere. Is that option still available without going through a lot of steps? Can’t find anything online about this. Does anybody have any info on this?


r/Safari • • 2d ago

My styles for Safari

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Hello, I am the developer of my styles extension for safari, wanted to share it here in case you wanted something that does the same.

It's basically built as an alternative to stylebot on chrome, it supports arbitrary style selection, you can use it to change any element style, hide ads, etc..

In addition to that, it completely supports userstyles, and has a pre-added support for cattpuccin styles for more than 120 websites.

Works on both iOS and mac

You can get it from the app store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/my-styles-custom-website-look/id6766115872 price: $3.99

Appreciate feedback and suggestions for improvements.


r/Safari • • 3d ago

Tab Suspender for Safari is back, rewritten from scratch, and now on iPhone and iPad too

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I'm the developer. Safari keeps every open tab running, with its scripts, video and connections, even the ones you haven't looked at in days. Tab Suspender puts those to sleep, so they stop eating memory and battery.

Some of you may remember it from 2020, when it was Mac only. Safari changed a lot over the next few years, and keeping up with it on my own became impossible, so I took it down.

It's back, rewritten from scratch. It frees more memory than before, it's faster, and it now runs on iPhone and iPad too.

  • Tabs you haven't used for a while go to sleep on their own, after anything from a minute to eight hours
  • A sleeping tab keeps its address, title and icon, and comes back at the same scroll position when you click it
  • Tabs you're typing in, pinned tabs, tabs playing audio and more can stay awake if you want
  • Never-suspend lists for sites that should always stay awake
  • Deep sleep parks a tab on a blank page so Safari can release much more of its memory, and keeps it asleep after Safari quits
  • Suspend or wake tabs from the toolbar, with keyboard shortcuts on the Mac
  • Back still works, and sleeping tabs show up in iCloud Tabs
  • Stats on how much memory it has freed, and a blurred preview of each sleeping page
  • Settings sync across your devices through iCloud

https://apps.apple.com/app/id1495356253

Feedback welcome!


r/Safari • • 3d ago

How to stop Safari from forcefully suggesting passwords?

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Everytime I'm creating an account on any website, it'll just force enter a random generated password before I can even type. Then I have to spam click it a couple times to get the option to write my own.

Every. Single. Time.

It is fucking annoying.

I've looked around on the internet and can't find any solutions? I don't want to remove suggested pre-existing passwords and passkeys that can be auto filled. I just want them to stop fucking shoving their stupid "strong" passwords down my throat before I can even type anything.


r/Safari • • 3d ago

I made a free Safari extension that makes any video fill the window (not fullscreen), with Skip intro and YouTube comments/live chat built in

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I'm the developer, so full disclosure. I built this because I wanted videos bigger without Safari's fullscreen taking over a whole Space.

Fill Window for Video makes the video fill your current Safari window, so you can keep other apps alongside it.

- Toolbar button, Cmd+Shift+F, or a hover button on any video

- Its own controls: skip, scroll to zoom, seek previews, a LIVE button on streams

- Skip intro / recap on Netflix, Prime, Apple TV+, Disney+ when the site offers it

- YouTube: Up next queue, a comments panel you can reply in, live chat, quality switching

- Glass controls that adapt to bright scenes, or turn them solid in settings

Free, no ads, no tracking. Optional tip jar if you like it.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6788161965

Happy to take feature requests.


r/Safari • • 3d ago

Where did the "downloads" button go? ios 26.6.2

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I like to download fonts for Phonto, but there's no download button anymore for some reason. The thing I downloaded also doesn't show up in files when they normally do.

I've tried changing several settings, but to no avail. Can someone help me? Thank you


r/Safari • • 3d ago

How I fixed Safari’s space wasting on the iPhone Duo (video)

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r/Safari • • 4d ago

Apple exploring fix for Safari’s cramped layout on the iPhone Duo’s outer display

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r/Safari • • 3d ago

Closing duplicate tabs?

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Does someone have a shortcut for this?


r/Safari • • 3d ago

Anyone having issues with Youtube on Mac?

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Keep getting these blank pages where only the video will show or I will get a no internet screen with the video audio playing in the background. Been happening for a week now on golden gate. ive tried changing all the privacy settings and turning off my adguard but still happens


r/Safari • • 3d ago

Copy o Word and Search Web on Safari.

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r/Safari • • 4d ago

Safari video playback keeps breaking multiple times a day

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I'm getting really tired of this issue with Safari.

Every single day, sometimes multiple times a day, videos suddenly stop loading on YouTube, X, Instagram, and other video streaming platforms.

On YouTube, I get the infamous: "An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: ...)".

Once this happens, refreshing the page doesn't help. The only workaround I've found is to:

- Open Activity Monitor.
- Force quit the Safari Graphics and Media process.
- Reload the page.

And voilà, videos start playing normally again. Until the next time it happens.

This has been going on for months, across multiple Safari/macOS updates. Meanwhile, the same videos work perfectly fine in Chrome (and no, switching to Chrome is not a solution).

I've already tried disabling extensions and using Private Browsing, but neither makes any difference.

It's incredibly frustrating that something as basic as video playback keeps breaking in Apple's own browser, especially when the issue seems to be related to Safari's media process.

I'm starting to wonder if Apple's own developers even use Safari as their daily browser, because I can't possibly be the only one experiencing this.

Has anyone found a permanent fix, or are we just supposed to keep killing Safari Graphics and Media several times a day?

I use a MacBook Air M2 2022, macOS Golden Gate 27.0.1, Safari version 27.0.1 (22625.1.29.11.28).


r/Safari • • 3d ago

PLEASE BRING AMBIENT LIGHT FOR YOUTUBE ON SAFARI!!! 😭

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As I use safari as my daily browser, I want Ambient Light for YouTube for safari...... Could someone please build something like this or the developer can consider making it for safari as well. 😭😭


r/Safari • • 4d ago

Is there a way to delete or hide this two sections on Safari?

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I see the large thumbnails as a huge privacy fail, as a person next to user just have to peek. I don’t see a really use for the topics section and for me is a privacy fail for the same reasons above. I tried ai for a answer but the steps it showed me didn’t work at all. Anyone?


r/Safari • • 3d ago

Safari on the Mac is just not fit for use

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It's a buggy mess, and slow.

I really want to be able to use it. I used it for decades, then had to switch to Firefox because of the appalling UI changes where every button/tab is a lozenge etc. Then when Golden Gate came along, I tried to use it again. But I can't.

It doesn't work properly here on Reddit. It seems to be getting stuck with some sites, saying they aren't HTTPS when they are. There's a constantly floating Siri box on sites. And it's just slow. You don't realise how slow and laggy it is until you switch to a different browser.

I just miss Apple Pay as an option. I wish that Apple could find a way to properly implement that in third-party browsers. I realise there's a partial implementation, but no sites use it.