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Safari won't load intranet pages
My Safari won't load certain pages sometimes:
Safari doesn't load the page and says the server isn't responding
The pages are all on intranet, no internet sites are affected
It happens on macOS and ...
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Screen Time does NOT block web downloads -- alternatives/workarounds needed
In Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Store, Web, Siri & Game Center Content > Web Content, you can block sites either by blocking adult websites or allowing ...
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Force website (add to homepage) to open as an app instead of in Safari
You can add websites to home page. However some (most) websites don't add this tag <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" /> so it opens up in Safari ...
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Clear cache but NOT the cookies in mobile Safari
How does one only clear the cache in mobile Safari while leaving the cookies untouched? The only method I know clears both.
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Single browser experience on iOS
I cannot bring myself over the way browsers work on my iPhone. The "interim" browser in apps like Gmail (when you click a link in your mail) or using the Google search app and opening a ...
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Safari on iOS automatically denies notifications
I was playing around earlier with website notifications, and I couldn't seem to get it to work. Notifications requesting permission always return denied. I have Notifications enabled in Safari → ...
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How to install up-to-date SSL certificates on iphone 4/ iOS 7?
My iphone 4 running iOS 7.1.2 and Safari cannot access certain SSL website, e.g. https://letsencrypt.org, presumably because of expired certificates. Installing the profile provided at https://blog....
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How to disable / effectively remove Safari on iPhone
I have installed my preferred browsers on iOS and, insofar as I was able to disabled Safari (and Siri, as various posts indicate that Safari and Siri are intertwined) and set Firefox as my preferred ...
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Logged out of Google in Safari on iOS every time I close it
I am on iOS 17.1.1. A couple of months ago, I started having a problem wherein when I close Safari and reopen it, or turn my iPhone off and back on, I am logged out of my Google account. I am bot ...
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How to make Safari always start with a blank page on iOS 17.3.1?
The Safari start page can be customised to show Favourites, frequently visited sites, recently closed tabs, etc. But how can Safari be set to start with a blank page? This is on iOS 17.3.1.
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How to make a webpage with an icon on the iOS home screen open Safari with full functioning?
In iOS 17.3.1, is there a way to put an icon for a webpage onto the home screen so that when clicked it opens Safari in fully-functioning mode, complete with address bar and so on, rather than in a ...
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How to make Safari view PDFs instead of downloading them
When I click a link to a pdf on Safari on Mac, it downloads the pdf file instead of viewing it in the browser tab.
Reading previous similar questions, it seems like this behavior is supposed to be ...
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iOS: Create shortcut to send current website from Safari to Firefox
On Mac, I mainly use a Firefox/Gecko-based browser, while on iOS I mainly use Safari (since Apple unfortunately still does not allow non-Webkit-based browsers).
So I often find myself in a situation ...
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Cannot login on ChatGPT mobile website (chat.openai.com) on iOS 14/iPadOS 14
I used to use the mobile site (chat.open.com) just fine. However, starting from two weeks ago, all the browsers on my iPhone (iOS 14) and iPad (iPadOS 14) cannot log into my chatGPT account ...
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Clear Safari data on iOS with ease
Clearing data of Safari on iOS need settings-scroll to safari-click-scroll to clear data button-click-click failed because it is still scrolling-click-confirm.
Can there be an easier way?
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If I download a file from safari to a location that is an FTP/SFTP server will it be downloaded directly to the server?
I have an SFTP server mounted to my iPhone’s filesystem with the help of a third party application. If I download a file from safari will it be downloaded to my device and then uploaded to the server ...
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Since Spring, various websites have stopped working properly (on Safari and Opera) on my iPhone 8 running iOS 12
Since Spring, various websites have stopped working properly (on Safari and Opera) on my iPhone 8 running iOS 12. No problems on Android or MacOS.
I suspect JavaScript (grey buttons don't go red when ...
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How do you share to safari in iOS?
System: iOS 16.5.1, iPhone 14 pro max.
I noticed I can share to other browsers (chrome, Firefox) from the share menu but there is not an option for safari.
For example I might tap a link in google ...
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How to group saved site passwords in iOS safari
I have multiple businesses and multiple site logins for each. On PC I can open Chrome browser, select a google account that I created for one of my businesses, and then I’m automatically logged in to ...
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Can I avoid using Face ID twice to sign into a Google account using mobile Safari?
When I sign in to Google on Safari, Face ID is required twice. First:
Sign in to google.com with my saved password
Second for a passkey:
Do you want to sign in "google.com" with your ...
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How to order Safari favorites in iOS by most recent?
Is there a way to order the favorites in the iOS version of Safari by the most recently added? I already know how to long-press on a favorite and move it wherever I want but that is not what I'm ...
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Capabilities of JavaScript in iOS Shortcuts
According to this:
https://support.apple.com/en-eg/guide/shortcuts/apd218e2187d/ios
And this:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/javascriptcore
And this:
https://medium.com/@chrishutchinson/...
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Can Safari on iOS be made to respect the "Text Size" control in Control Center?
Currently, if I use the Text Size control in Control Center to change the size of text in iOS, web pages rendered by Safari do not seem to be rescaled.
Is there a way to make Safari's scaling/sizing ...
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Duplicate Safari tabs on iOS and iPadOS [closed]
On macOS, it's really easy to duplicate tabs in Safari (control+click and choose Duplicate Tab), but there doesn't seem to be that option on iOS and iPadOS.
Interestingly, control-clicking on a tab in ...
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Safari 16.4 seems to lose session cookies on asset requests or javascript fetches
On iPads after updating to iPadOS 16.4, Safari often "looses" the session cookie provided by PlayFramework: When the browser requests assets (js scripts) or when additional data is fetched ...
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Does Safari's 'Export as PDF' keep JavaScript and allows data from external sources?
According to this answer, PDF files may contain executable behavior such as JavaScript, filesystem access, loading external (or local) resources, etc.
In macOS (but also interesting for iOS), I'd love ...
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How to edit the end of the current page's URL in Safari on iOS?
In Safari on iOS, imagine I am on the page at this url:
https://www.example.com/long-long-url/very-long/very-long-path/page-1
How can I quickly navigate to
https://www.example.com/long-long-url/very-...
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How can I open with Safari an html file in dropbox on my iOS device
I have a simple html file with all my links that I share between all my devices.
I can see and open the file from within the Dropbox application but cannot seem to figure out, how to open it from ...
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Facebook starting behaving weirdly in Safari
For the past three or four days, Facebook will behave reasonably for a few seconds and then will start bouncing all around, maybe a dozen bounces in six or seven seconds. seconds. I hypothesized that ...
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Configure iOS Gmail.app to open links in Safari.app (not internal browser)?
I have Safari set as my "Browser" in "Default Apps" in Gmail.app's "Settings". When I open a link in Gmail, it opens an internal browser instead of the Safari.app.
How ...
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Can websites force app downloads?
I clicked on a link on a website for developers and obviously the dev site had been taken over by scammers but I didn’t know at the time I clicked.
When I clicked the website redirected a few times ...
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Grey Bar In iPhone Chrome causing problem
I'm working on a web-app using ReactJS (using JS and material UI) that is intend to work on mobile screens. I'm facing a problem while opening it in iPhone's (iPhone 12, iPhone 13) chrome browser.
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How to block Twitter / X login pop up on iPhone?
On windows there are browser plugins to block elements of a website in real time (right clicking on element for example.) What browser(s) or plugin(s) are available for iPhone to accomplish this task?
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Which iOS browser forces desktop mode universally which supports file uploads?
I would like to use the desktop version of a particular site on an iPhone (iOS 15.6).
I can confirm that many browsers do not universally force desktop view, but only do it on certain sites. That ...
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If I create a new Facebook account on safari will it automatically log me out of my current account that I’m logged into on the Facebook app?
I need to know if I create a new Facebook on safari will it log me out of my current Facebook that I’m logged into on the Facebook app?
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Hide Video Play in iOS Safari Browser
Do you know how it is possible for me to hide the play button on my video background when iOS is in low power mode?
I’ve tried using
video::-webkit-media-controls {
display: none !important;
}
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How do I troubleshoot the Safari tabs iCloud sync failure?
Running Catalina 10.15.7 (MacBook Air) and iOS 15.6 (iPhone 12). I followed the directions from Apple:
On iOS iCloud settings, turn on Safari
On macOS iCloud settings, turn on Safari.
Signed in to ...
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iOS 16 Safari - How do I hide the toolbar completely?
I'm on iOS 16 developer beta 3 (20A5312g), and I need to hide the toolbar in Safari completely for a specific purpose. Tapping Hide Toolbar won't hide it completely.
Can I do it in Safari? If not, is ...
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Edit home screen bookmark link or preserve cookies
I have been playing Wordle through a home screen bookmark I made via Safari. The site says the old link (that currently forwards to the NYT site) will be retired in June, so I assume my bookmark will ...
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YouTube video quality
I have an iPhone 13 Pro that I just purchased.
Whenever I load a YouTube video in my browser, whether that is using Chrome or Safari, every video I come across is automatically played in 320p quality ...
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How do I view the TLS certificate in iOS 15 Safari?
How do I view the TLS certificate in iOS 15 Safari?
I tried every button on the tool bar, and still couldn't find the view cert option.
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Add self-signed certificate
I would like to access my Synology NAS via HTTPS, but don't have the money to buy a certificate. I've read that you can generate your own and manually trust it. So after following the step here, I ...
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Syncing opened Safari tab groups between devices
If I have two iPhones/iPads, should I be able to see the same Safari tab groups on both of them? Based on what I have seen online, it sounds like I should. However, it does not seem to be the case for ...
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How to sync passwords between Windows Chrome and iCloud Keychain?
How can I sync passwords between Chrome and iCloud Keychain, i.e. import passwords stored by Chrome on a Windows desktop computer to the iCloud keychain in order to be used on an iPhone?
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iOS Safari open link in private tab group
When I long-touch a link in Safari on iOS, it shows a command called Open in Tab Group... but the Private tab group is nowhere to be found in the list of Tab groups.
Am I missing something or has ...
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How do I know which Experimental WebKit Features (located in Safari iOS’ advanced settings) are supposed to be toggled on vs. toggled off?
I notice that with every new iOS update, many of the Experimental WebKit Features either are no longer relevant, or newer EWF’s appear out of nowhere. Some of the features that were initially toggled ...
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Open local network adresses without internet connectivity on iOS
I've building an appliance that offers a control panel on an integrated WiFi hotspot.
People using iPads however experience the situation where there are connected to the WiFi network, but cannot ...
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Frequently Visited Sites has disappeared from Safari. How to restore?
At some point after the upgrade to iOS 15.x, the Frequently Visited Sites section in Safari disappeared. When I tap on the address bar, I only get Shared with You, Privacy Report and Reading List.
I ...
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How to retrieve data from an added-to-homescreen web page
Not sure which stack to ask this on...
I would like to retrieve data from one of those added to homescreen web page shortcuts so that I can try and apply it to that same website either in Safari or in ...
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How to get "Open with Google Docs" option in mobile browser
i need to share some Google Docs i created with some people who have a variety of devices they use. i'd like to send them a link to the shared documents. problem is, at least on iPhone & iPad (i ...
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