Safari using an outdated version of Google

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Safari using an outdated version of Google

Hello Community,

About a week ago, suddenly out of nowhere my google home screen on Safari looked outdated. The top menu bar on google was black, and all search results looked like they were from about 2008. After some research, it seems like it is using the old version of google as the browser is "outdated" which is inaccurate. The version is 11.1.2 on El Capitan. I have the exact same version on my other laptop and there is no problems there. I cleared all history, cookies, website data and third party extensions. Will not fix the problem. I cannot update Safari any further on El Capitan, but I believe something else is up besides the version.

Attached is a screenshot of what my safari currently looks like. Also, switching over to Yahoo browser is perfect, no issues. Although I would prefer to use Google...

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Macbook (2015 or later)

Posted on Feb 16, 2019 12:55 AM

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Answer 1

Eric Root

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Feb 16, 2019 7:24 AM in response to shaejb15

Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. Please post back on whether or not this worked. Also try the Safe Mode. Please post back on whether or not this worked.

Isolating an issue by using another user account

Safe Mode - About

If it works in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown.

Etrecheck – System Information

If the log won’t post, try posting it in Pastebin and provide a link in a reply Pastebin

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Answer 2

dominic23

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Feb 16, 2019 8:12 AM in response to shaejb15

Launch System Preferences.

Do you see any Profile entry at the bottom?

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Answer 3

Eric Root

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Feb 16, 2019 5:52 PM in response to shaejb15

You are welcome. It may not help, but try running/posting the Etrecheck report.

If the log won’t post, try posting it in Pastebin and provide a link in a reply Pastebin

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shaejb15 Author

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Feb 16, 2019 3:40 PM in response to Eric Root

Hey Eric,

Thank you for your reply. I created a new admin user and the issue dissapeared, Google was back to 2019. I rebooted in Safe Mode with my original user, and the issue was still present. I downloaded EtreCheck and everything is all good, no major faults. Looking forward to your reply, thanks.

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shaejb15 Author

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Feb 16, 2019 3:41 PM in response to dominic23

Hey dominic23,

Thank you for your reply. There is no profile section present within system preferences.

thanks

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Safari using an outdated version of Google

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