jimmy boyfromchesapeake

Q: What happened to the "x" tab closer in Safari?

I updated to Mavericks 10.9.5 and the "x" on my Safari tabs disappeared and some sites no longer auto-fill password info even though the password is still in the auto-fill preferences.

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Sep 21, 2014 4:23 AM

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Q: What happened to the "x" tab closer in Safari?

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  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Sep 21, 2014 4:29 AM in response to jimmy boyfromchesapeake
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    iLife
    Sep 21, 2014 4:29 AM in response to jimmy boyfromchesapeake

    Put the cursor on the tab header. Notice anything?

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Sep 21, 2014 4:58 AM in response to jimmy boyfromchesapeake
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    Sep 21, 2014 4:58 AM in response to jimmy boyfromchesapeake

    Safari now respects website requests to not store passwords; however, there is a way to override that. As soon as I figure it out I will post back. Maybe someone else knows.

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Sep 21, 2014 2:40 PM in response to jimmy boyfromchesapeake
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    Sep 21, 2014 2:40 PM in response to jimmy boyfromchesapeake

    Please take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried. Test after each one and stop when the problem is solved. Back up all data before making any changes.

    1. Quit and relaunch Safari. Force quit if necessary.

    2. From the Safari menu bar, select

              Safari Preferences... Privacy Remove All Website Data

    and confirm.

    3. If applicable, uninstall Glims and/or an application called "RedQuits." Log out or restart the computer.

    4. Start up in safe mode. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in. If you don't have the problem in safe mode, stop here and post your results. If you still have the problem in safe mode, go to the next step.

    5. Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

    ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist

    Right-click or control-click the line and select

              Services Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)

    from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Quit the application if it's running. Move the selected item to the Desktop, leaving the window open. Relaunch the application and test. If there's no change, quit again and put the item you moved back where it was, overwriting the one that may have been created in its place. Otherwise, delete the item you moved. If possible, restore it from a backup that predates the problem.

    *If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination  command-C. In the Finder, select

              Go Go to Folder...

    from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Sep 21, 2014 5:07 PM in response to jimmy boyfromchesapeake
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    Sep 21, 2014 5:07 PM in response to jimmy boyfromchesapeake

    The Ⓧ is hidden until you mouse over it in the left end of the browser tab.