DuckDuckGo causing massive problems in Safari

You don't seem to understand.

The issue is a COMPATIBILITY ISSUE BETWEEN SAFARI AND DUCKDUCKGO.

I am fully aware that DDG is not an Apple product. Thanks for stating the obvious.

Do you work for Apple?

If not and you have nothing useful to add to the conversation please disengage. Because your behaviour could be categorised as trolling right now.

Thank you.

Thanks for your reply.

But DuckDuckGo has been around for years now and Apple endorsed its use way back in 2014, an eternity in IT terms.

https://searchengineland.com/big-win-duckduckgo-apple-adding-safari-private-search-option-193081

I don't have a recent back up in order to restore previous settings.

I already deleted Firefox to no avail. The bug is still present.

Strangely the changes were made in Firefox installing DDG as the default search engine only. Yet the bug now appears in Safari only (not Chrome or Firefox) when using FB Plug Ins. DDG has affected how Safari interacts with FB Plug Ins. I know this sounds strange but I've spent 3 hours on the Phone with Apple Care today - two different senior consultants - and we were unable to find a fix.

The fix may be in the coding.

I need an IT Geek who has the time and patience to do some hard core investigating using lateral thinking and curiosity to find a fix. This one is way outside the box.

Safari is a web browser, Google is my search engine.

You're the one who doesn't understand. Feel sorry for yourself.

Please refrain from further comments. Because yes, you are not being helpful.

And for others reading here I am using a Safari browser with Google search engine, MacBook Pro, macOS Mojave 14.10.3.

I changed my default search engine in Mozilla Firefox from Google to DuckDuckGo on the advice of a friend. I then decided I wanted to stick with Safari and Google which was working for me just fine.

In alternating the default search engine in Firefox to DDG it has now caused issues in Safari only, no other browser (ie Google Chrome or Firefox). And that issue is that Facebook Plug Ins are not working in Safari/Google.

I think I've explained it clearly enough for anyone to understand pretty clearly. Happy to answer questions. But I'd prefer if you are not genuinely willing able to listen and process information that you refrain from engaging and especially refrain from the put downs.

Thanks.

I am not running Safari and Firefox at the same time. Safari has quit working normally in conjunction with Plug Ins no matter what programs I am running. I don't use Firefox. My friend suggested I try it and then he told me how to set DuckDuckGo as my default search engine. After that Facebook Plug Ins stopped working in Safari but they do work in Chrome and Firefox.

I don't want to use Firefox, never have. What I am trying to do is reverse whatever changes DuckDuckGo made to my operating system, because clearly it did, as FB Plug Ins were working just fine prior to the change.

Only Safari seems to have been affected but Safari is my preferred browser.

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

These instructions are beyond my technical capability, but thanks for the info.

Are you an Apple representative? I hope not.

Because clearly my issue involves DuckDuckGo and Safari as noted above.

And that is definitely an Apple Support issue.

Thanks.

PS Already tried creating a test user and the issue also exists with test user. So it's not connected to my user ID.

But thanks for those suggestions.