Safari changes website URLs automatically to HTTPS, even when you type HTTP . This causes "Safari can't open this page.." message.

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Safari changes website URLs automatically to HTTPS, even when you type HTTP . This causes "Safari can't open this page.." message.

I'm trying to access test websites that don't have an SSL certificate (http://), but cannot because Safari is automatically changing the url entered in the search field to HTTPS (https://). This started happening about 3 weeks ago and I cannot find anything in the preferences.

I have been using Google chrome to bypass this, but want to use Safari, so can test these sites in the browser

Has anyone else had this issue? Can anyone help?

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 29, 2019 12:14 PM

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May 29, 2019 12:23 PM in response to Desco24

So I ended up emptying the cache and clearing history, then closing out safari. When I reopened safari and typed the url, it no longer changed it. Problem solved :)

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Safari changes website URLs automatically to HTTPS, even when you type HTTP . This causes "Safari can't open this page.." message.

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