Questions tagged [web-browsing]
Viewing webpages via a web browser, such as Safari or Firefox, using the http or https protocol
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Automatic scrolling when the pointer reaches the edge of a window or page
I use the Logitech Trackman and love being able to scroll up or down with just a simple click of a button.
However, I would like to be able to scroll a page (usually webpage) when I reach the edge of ...
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Bizarre macOS Browser Problem
I have encountered a rather bizarre macOS problem and I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this in the wild, or has any ideas on how to mitigate it. I've been a Mac admin for a very long time, and I'...
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iOS 16.1.2 Deleting data and browsing history does not work for Safari
Where other than in Safari settings can I delete the browsing history auto-complete function. Clearing browsing history, data, and closing tabs doesn't work.
My search engine is set to “duckduckgo”. ...
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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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How to prevent Safari from offering translation for the primary language of the device?
As the title is self-descriptive, despite my device's primary language is English, Safari still offers translations for the pages in English. How can I prevent Safari from offering translation for the ...
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Where is information for Safari Private stored?
I noticed an interesting case where a website had blocked me from accessing contents on Safari (Private Mode), switching over to Safari Technology Preview (Private Mode) resolved these issues. Either ...
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How to change the color of the white across all applications?
With the advent of Dark Appearance (System Preferences, General) macOS became more pleasant to use on a dark room. Since Dark Appearance turns dark (or darker) many parts which used to be white (or ...
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macOS web browser based on Chrome/Chromium that does not auto-update in background?
On my new M1 system I've decided to switch to the desktop Safari browser for battery, privacy, and security reasons.
However, many websites are designed for Chrome/Chromium and it would be good to ...
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Limit web browser on iPad to a single web site (or a few specific sites)?
I know that iPadOS provides the Guided Access feature to limit access to a single app.
Suppose that one single app is a web browser, either Safari or a third-party browser. Is there some way to limit ...
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What DNS resolver does safari use?
After reading this article about Firefox and VPNs, the section titled “Avoid untrustworthy resolvers by using Trusted Recursive Resolver” talks about using Cloudflare’s recursive resolver.
I’m trying ...
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How can I browse the web on very old versions of Mac OS?
I have computers running very old versions of Mac OS / OS X / macOS! Most of the software they run is similarly old, but I need an up-to-date web browser, for security and for compatibility with ...
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4 GB of disk space goes "missing" for a week after browsing away from standard sites, why does this happen?
Using Stack Exchange, reading the news, watching a few YouTubes, browsing journals does not cause this. But when I go off into clickbait and less reputable sites my laptop's fan starts running, memory ...
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Changing webpage encoding in iOS
Some webpages are encoded differently and not well-configured, so they may show up completely jumbled. One example is this page, originally in Japanese:
http://immanuel.sakura.ne.jp/hoby/osakaben/...
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Change the default color profile of a page in CSS in Safari? [closed]
I am working on a late-2019 Macbook Pro, which supports the P3 color gamut (wide color).
I'm building a website that includes large blocks of vivid color, where I just want the colors to be as bright ...
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Why do Chromium and Chrome delete all cookies after closing the browser?
I am unable to stay signed in on Chromium and Google Chrome. I sign in to website A, close all tabs, open website A again, and am still signed in. I quit Chromium or Google Chrome, open website A, and ...
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How can I irreversibly prevent Safari from being used for web browsing?
I have a content blocker set up just the way I want it as a Firefox extension, but I've recently been cheating by switching over to Safari. I want to reclaim distraction-free browsing but after an ...
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Keyboard shortcut for Safari stop loading webpage button
While a page is loading, I somewant to stop it midway once the important bits have been loaded, and I don't want to continue loading the other unnecessary stuff on the page. This is especially the ...
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Completely disable geolocation on Opera 65
I would like to completely disable Geolocation (not even get a prompt to be asked to allow it) on Opera 65 on the Mac.
I found this document on the Opera website which says
Turning off geolocation
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Is there a way to quickly search the web via Spotlight?
On macOS, you can use Spotlight to quickly do a web search of your query through hotkeys by pressing CMD + B.
Is there any equivalent functionality in iPadOS?
Using a Bluetooth keyboard, I have ...
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How can I listen to Apple Music from my web browser?
Is there a web player for Apple Music I can use to stream songs from my web browser?
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Launching a specific web page from iOS home screen
I want to create an app icon on my iOS home screen that launches a particular web page in a browser when it is tapped. In other words, it should look visually like an app, but I don't want to have to ...
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I cannot add a Web page into my Dashboard
I want to store a website in my Dashboard, but the option to do so appears greyed out.
How do I open the website in Dashboard?
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Move tabs to the side of Safari
Some employees in my office get confused by tabs on the top of Safari. It is measurably affecting productivity.
I need to get the tabs on the left side of the screen with a title next to each tab.
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System crashes / logs out after visiting specific website
This might be a weird question, but I'm asking for some guidance for how to investigate this more. It's not a reproducible issue, but it happens often enough (e.g. a couple of times a week). Here's ...
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Unable to remove website data in Safari
In Safari --> Preferences --> Privacy --> Manage Website Data, I'm unable to remove the data that shows up as Databases. I'm able to remove Cookies and Cache data but not able to remove ...
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Browsers open all links in a new tab
Suddenly all the browsers begin to open all links in a new tab. Even when the link is deliberately intended to leave me at the same page (say, uncollapsing some text).
I tried Safari, Chrome and ...
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iMac Safari web browser [closed]
Just updated iMac 2011 model to High Sierra, when I search website it automatically goes into reading. I then have to click that site on reading list to open page as it doesn't open in the normal ...
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Make Safari load background tabs
I think this is new behaviour since Safari 11, but I'm not absolutely certain.
I tend to leave Safari open all the time, with several pages of tabs, each for a different 'subject'.
On relaunch - if I'...
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How do I exit private browsing mode in iOS but retain all of my private tabs?
When I exit private mode in Safari, all of my tabs go away. How do I take all of my tabs with me out of private mode?
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Stop Opera from auto updating
Since yesterday, I'm having a problem with auto update from Opera. Until yesterday I had no problem.
I'm in OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5, and the last supported version is Opera 37.0.2178.54. Now it ...
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Video not playing in Firefox on Mac
When I open this link Erlang which has a video, the video won't play. I am a beginner to Mac and recently reinstalled my macOS. I dont know why this video won't play on my Mac, but the same video ...
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How to do a complete refresh in Safari 10.1.1 on MacOS Sierra
I'm developing a website and there's a text input in my website's top menu and what bothering me is:
I loaded the site in Safari before my style.css file was edited and after that I edited my style....
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Open many links at once in Safari
Can several links be opened at once in Safari?
Imagine you are on a page with a lot of links:
Would it be possible to select all the links and open them all in one single Command-click? As such:
I ...
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How do i view HTTP request details for potential 404's on an iPhone6
I want to see if there were any invalid gets or posts on page 4 of our multistep flow, specifically any http status code 404's
I figured out a couple of ways to view source but the only way I know ...
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Possible to pause audio in browser using keyboard?
I often listen to news/podcasts through my browser (Chrome) on my MacBook and I'd like to figure out a way to pause the audio that is playing using my keyboard instead of trying to hunt down the tab ...
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Your connection is not private
I am unable to access certain websites within Chrome. I am getting the error message "Your connection is not private". Anyone know how to fix this?
I've already tried the following:
Cleared cache and ...
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Website in separate browser instance in IOS
In IOS, adding a website to the home screen in Safari essentially produces a Safari bookmark on the home screen. When clicking on such an icon, the website is displayed in Safari.
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Online bank tells me it's Apple devices that displays webpage incorrectly
My online bank is trying to convince me that it's because I have an Apple computer to log on to their service that's the reason for a table of transactions not displaying correctly:
The website was ...
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How do I block images for one website in Safari?
There is a question on this Stack Exchange site that details how to disable images in Safari, but I only want to disable images on a website or two. How do I do this?
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what is the purpose of MediaCache folder on a Mac
What is the purpose of /private/var/folders/zg/jjtx0_k94pdc5p5q6gcvf4900000gn/T/MediaCache folder? It looks like some sort of database. I noticed it gets updated while browsing quite often.
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How do I tell OS X it's OK to escalate to HTTPS?
We've got a new MacBook Air which has a new to us problem. It's unable to web browse to many common websites which normally auto-escalate from HTTP to HTTPS. Example, one can normally go to trello....
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How to make a slow browser go fast?
I've had my MacBook Air for about six months. Now all the browsers are extremely sluggish — sometimes taking minutes to load a web page that would have used to take under one second to load back when ...
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Turn off Safari 9 blinking in web inspector?
The web inspector in Safari 9 seems to have added this new "blinking" thing which I find somewhat annoying although it can be useful. How can you turn it off and on? Here is what I mean.
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In Safari, how can I allow a site to locate me, after I have refused?
In Safari on iOS 8 on my iPad, I went to a page on the site www.castorama.fr.
The page wanted to locate me. So Safari asked me, and I refused (too quickly).
Now, I want to accept.
1) How can I ...
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How do I open a browser which Apple gives in popups
I have seen a type of browser which Apple spits out, for example, when connecting to hotel WiFi's. They seem to be a pop-up window without any specific application.
I find Github's screenshots to be ...
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How do I access my private browsing history?
I'm trying to recover some pages that I had open when my macbook (OSX 10.8.5) crashed.
Unfortunately I was using Opera (V30) in private browsing mode.
I've tried looking at my DNS cache - but not ...
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Mac connects to network with no problem but browsers can't connect to websites
I am using macOS Mavericks (10.9.5) and Chrome, Firefox, and Safari all do not connect to websites even though the network is clearly connected.
But browsing when booted into safe mode works.
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Do Google Chrome and Safari keep sending my IP address to websites while in the background on iOS
When you are not actively using Safari or Chrome, but if they are in the background still with open tabs of websites that were visited while in the foreground, do they keep refreshing and sending my ...
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Browser issues - gets redirected to adware
When I open web pages, the page automatically redirects to "youradexchange.com" or some other ad web site. Not been able to resolve the issue.
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How to disable emoji I see sometimes while browsing?
Some time ago I saw emoji in my Google Plus and thought, that it is another crappy update, but seems like is it Mac OS who place them instead of text.
How to turn them off?
Mac OS X 10.9.4
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