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Currently the letters “h” “k” and “t” keep disappearing whenever I type them into the search bar additionally, the combination of “th” and “the” disappears as well, which is annoying as lots of titles start with the word “the” any tips on how to fix this? I have no extensions enabled and no keyboard shortcuts so I really don’t know what the problem is
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.4
Go step by step and test.
1. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987
2. Startup in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/start-up-your-mac-in-safe-mode-mh21245/mac.
Quote:
It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility.
And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and
the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed
3. Clear History
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/clear-your-browsing-history-sfri47acf5d6/mac
Please read the article before clearing history,
this is like a low level resetting of Safari without affecting passwords and bookmarks.
4. If Safari doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204098
5. Safari > Preferences > Search > Search Engine
Uncheck the box beside “Include search Engine Suggestions
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/search-sfria1042d31/mac
Go step by step and test.
1. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987
2. Startup in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/start-up-your-mac-in-safe-mode-mh21245/mac.
Quote:
It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility.
And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and
the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed
3. Clear History
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/clear-your-browsing-history-sfri47acf5d6/mac
Please read the article before clearing history,
this is like a low level resetting of Safari without affecting passwords and bookmarks.
4. If Safari doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204098
5. Safari > Preferences > Search > Search Engine
Uncheck the box beside “Include search Engine Suggestions
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/search-sfria1042d31/mac
Disappearing letters in safari searchbar
