Safari browser is seriously messed up after 13.1.2 Update

Hi everyone, without checking first to see that the latest software update for my iPad which is 13.1.2 is stable, not full of bugs and was not going to mess up my iPad, I decided to get the update yesterday.

Now having got the update, certain websites that I use for studying etc will not properly load/display in the safari browser. If I give an example of a website that I use, the size of the website page content is all now messed up and I'm having to constantly zoom in to adjust the size and non of the links/buttons work on the website.

What I've had to do as a temporary fix around the problem is to download and install Google chrome on my iPad. Would have much preferred to continue using Safari tbh.

Can Apple please look into this issue asap and get it resolved and return the Safari browser back to how it used to be before the 13.1.2 update. I have the 12.9 iPad Pro 2nd generation. Thanks

Posted on Oct 9, 2019 9:46 AM

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Posted on Oct 9, 2019 10:03 AM

Following update to iPadOS13, your Safari browser now defaults to render the full “Desktop” version of sites - instead of the reduced “mobile” version.

If the website is having difficulty rendering content with the updated iPadOS browser, then you could try using the mobile version. Simply tap the aA button in the Safari search bar, then select “Request Mobile Site”. The website may otherwise require update to be fully compatible, in which case you’ll need to contact the webmaster of the affected site(s).

Apple themselves do not participate within these fora. If you need to raise an issue with Apple, then you’ll need to either raise a Support case using the Contact Support link at top-right of this page, or send feedback to Apple using their feedback link:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

If using the latter, you won’t receive a reply to your “feedback” - but it is understood that all such submissions are logged.

I hope the described workaround helps to address your immediate difficulties.

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Dec 21, 2019 2:35 PM in response to retrouk

Safari not doing lots of things now . I keep pressing icons that used to open links and I just won’t work. Some do but plenty dont

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Jan 12, 2020 2:17 AM in response to retrouk

i have this problem as well.

I’ve been using google chrome in the interim and it seems to be working quite well.

Feb 17, 2020 4:26 AM in response to LotusPilot

I know about private modus, but what do you think about the fact that using slide-overviews is ruining the tabs after closing Safari?

Feb 14, 2020 3:14 AM in response to MangoFox05

In the beginning of using 13.3.1 I also lost all my tabs. For me tabs are important to compare websites and I sometimes I need them for weeks. The main reason to loose tabs is the following: you want to change the position in horizontal direction on the tab-bar and then by accident it is catched by the + icon (you see the Safari icon) and a narrow double screen os Safari appears. This narrow screen you can swipe to the right again and it dissappears. It looks like everything is OK again. But when you are shutting down Safari then and start it up again all your tabs are gone. My advice: don’t use multiscreen Safari because it is ruining all your tabs. In IOS 12 you could move the tabs horizontal without any problem and no annoying over-advanced popups. I can live with it now, but it is the same as moving on thin ice, be carefull don’t activate multiscreen.

About he zoom: sometimes good, then too large and the too small, complete meshed up.

Copy a link url of a button in a website don’t work anymore with many, had to move to Google Chrome.

Downloads are automaticly directed to Icloud. I don’t want that, I just want to store them in my dear Filebrowser. OK you can do this afterwards, but not happy with it.

OK waiting for the updates again.

Mar 11, 2020 3:24 PM in response to retrouk

Setting app, Safari folder thing, settings for websites, request desktop website, turn it off

Mar 26, 2020 10:49 AM in response to damir67

Help - sure - this will hopefully cover most known issues:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250002077

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