Not me, but one of my co-workers had a question.
I'm using Safari 14.1.1 on Big Sur 11.4.
Is there a way to use Safari's autofill feature to pull information from my contact/vCard only?
I have all my relatives in my Contacts.app and half of them have the same last name and many of them live in the same city. I end up typing my whole name and address anyway to not get confused with my cousin who happens to live across the street.
Yes. It's a binary choice, all or none. Are you sure the person's information is under "my info?" https://support.apple.com/guide/contacts/set-up-your-my-card-adrb3525ca49/mac
I've played around on a number of site and when I encounter a form in Safari the first entry field will display a person in a circle. Selecting the arrow next to it allows me to populate with my work or home contact card. No other cards appear unless I start to type someone else's name. I'm guessing that for frequently used sites one would have an account so it's not the biggest issue.
What I see when encountering a form upon clicking into the first field.
Clicking the arrow lets me choose from my personal information. If I continue to just type, it will go through my contacts to find the person to fill.
Yes. It's a binary choice, all or none. Are you sure the person's information is under "my info?" https://support.apple.com/guide/contacts/set-up-your-my-card-adrb3525ca49/mac
I've played around on a number of site and when I encounter a form in Safari the first entry field will display a person in a circle. Selecting the arrow next to it allows me to populate with my work or home contact card. No other cards appear unless I start to type someone else's name. I'm guessing that for frequently used sites one would have an account so it's not the biggest issue.
What I see when encountering a form upon clicking into the first field.
Clicking the arrow lets me choose from my personal information. If I continue to just type, it will go through my contacts to find the person to fill.
Try this:
Go to Safari > Preferences > Autofill
Deselect "using information from my contacts"
That will stop all contacts for populating. Including theirs. For frequently completed forms, their name should be available again after some time using the same forms.
Thanks for trying but not a solution.
Turning off auto-fill for contacts turns off auto-fill for yourself too.
The user wants to fill ANY form with their own vCard info but not let Safari have access to the whole Contact list.
Letting Safari auto-fill specific web-forms, like frequently used online shopping sites, is not a solution. The user wants to auto-fill new forms as they are encountered on new websites.
I see. So the work-around would be to NOT START TYPING a name but switch to the pointing device and click on the auto-fill-my-info-icon.
Yes. That's not even a work-around; that's as intended.
Autofill with my vCard only
