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Safari 13.0.4 Broken on Apple ID Logins?

Hi:

Safari 13.0.4 on my High Sierra MBP broke yesterday It works fine on all logins except those requiring my Apple ID. I can login to everything requiring my Apple ID, and everything else, using Firefox and Chrome on this machine. Also, Safari works fine in all contexts on my Catalina MBA. Below is a screenshot showing the type of message I get when Safari on my High Sierra MBP fails to get me to a login screen where I would need to use my Apple ID. Help?

Posted on Feb 6, 2020 5:26 AM

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macjack

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Feb 9, 2020 2:34 PM in response to donv_the_ghost

Like I said, it's a difficult one to pin down, it works on some model Macs but not on others. Also works on the same models but with different versions of Safari. I'm hoping short of something they can fix in the back end, there will be an update for one or the other that solves it.

Eric Root

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Feb 9, 2020 6:35 PM in response to donv_the_ghost

It still isn't working for me with OS High Sierra and Safari 12.1.2 and it has been 4 days since the Apple Software Destruction Engineers made a change to the Apple Support Community software. I am beginning to wonder if the Apple Software Destruction Engineers are even going to try to fix it.

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Feb 9, 2020 7:32 PM in response to Eric Root

Thank you for your reply Eric. I am sorry to hear about your High Sierra installation. I have been wondering if a fix is coming. I wish I had the figures to make a guesstimate of the probability of fixing Safari by upgrading to Mohave or Catalina and not ending up with a more serious problem, particularly in the case of Catalina. I hope the ASDEs choose to behave responsibly and fix Safari or tell us they are not going to do so and why not.

macjack

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Feb 10, 2020 6:34 AM in response to donv_the_ghost

I'm not sure it's newsworthy. It's nothing like a security issue and it seems very few folks are experiencing it. I haven't seen any other posts here related to it and even this thread doesn't appear to be getting much traction.

macjack

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Feb 10, 2020 6:39 AM in response to macjack

Interesting, before I posted I saw that Eric's was the last post in My Subscriptions but when I posted it was not showing. Now after posting. I see there were a few posts after that. More fun and games!

donv_the_ghost Author

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Feb 10, 2020 7:21 AM in response to macjack

Yes, more fun and games. Maybe the problem isn't all that widespread. I guess we'll see. It would be annoying if Apple wouldn't take responsibility for breaking something that is of significance to undoubtedly quite a few faithful users, something that is connected to its Apple's cornerstone, the Apple ID, and the Apple software that is suppose to feed into this cornerstone, Safari.

Eric Root

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Feb 10, 2020 10:24 AM in response to donv_the_ghost

I have a couple of applications I use on a regular basis that aren't compatible with Mojave, so I am in no hurry to upgrade. Maybe the Apple Software Destruction Engineers will fix the High Sierra/Safari problem, but I doubt they will.

macjack

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Feb 6, 2020 5:42 AM in response to donv_the_ghost

I don't know why it works in Catalina. But folks are reporting that it does. Maybe Apple is trying to get all of us to upgrade? 😎

macjack

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Feb 6, 2020 6:05 AM in response to donv_the_ghost

Nice! But I'm hanging onto my mid 2010 iMac until the wheels fall off.

donv_the_ghost Author

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Feb 7, 2020 8:17 AM in response to macjack

Thank you much. I guess something good will happen some day soon.

donv_the_ghost Author

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Feb 7, 2020 2:18 PM in response to electrostatic

I am not sure the Mohave upgrade will be better. But, good luck.

donv_the_ghost Author

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Feb 9, 2020 3:52 PM in response to macjack

Thanks. Apple still seems to being very secretive about the problem. As far as I know, it has not been on the news, and it's sort of a big deal.

donv_the_ghost Author

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Feb 10, 2020 11:12 AM in response to Eric Root

I see. If so, no kudos to the ASDEs. Do you feel that the problem is confined to just those two?

Mar 27, 2020 12:57 PM in response to Taro-71

It worked!

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