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10 points

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I used to be able to see google search suggestions appear as I typed in the search box. I'm not sure what I did but I can no longer get those. The suggestions are just not appearing anymore.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Aug 4, 2010 4:37 AM

72 replies

Aug 17, 2010 9:40 AM in response to MavAnay

MavAnay wrote:
Hey, so is this problem solved for all of you? I mean, is this problem really solved?? I'm using Safari on both Windows and Mac and search suggestions are not working.

This is absolutely NOT solved for me. PowerBook, on 10.4 & Safari 4.0.4 still has the issue as does my Mac Pro on 10.5.8 & Safari 4.0.4. My buddies machines have the same problem.

Why has this thread gone silent??

Because there seems to be two ways to proceed: install Glims on the Mac, or do nothing. I can't see either of these 2 behemoths, Apple or Google, swooping in to rectify anything any time soon. Or at all. A proper fix is out of our hands.

j3pr

Level 1

8 points

Aug 17, 2010 10:49 PM in response to Lunarstone

Google search suggestions are not working on either of the two macs we have here.

I'm running 10.4.11 with Safari 4.0.5.

My wife is on a MacBook. Why did this happen all of the sudden?

This thread should stay alive! After all, in the search box it says, "Google!" I'm looking for the functionality I lost a week and a half ago.

Aug 18, 2010 3:05 AM in response to avedon

I don't think anyone's killing this thread. It's just that people will only post something if there is anything to be posted. Right now we have established that many people are experiencing this issue, and that no one has come up with a viable solution.

Hopefully someone who comes up with a fix will post back here. Or Apple will 'swoop' in, as you say.

Aug 25, 2010 7:05 PM in response to Alex Zachopoulos

Finally got a chance to pop into the forums to search for this issue. It's been affecting my Safari 4.0.5 on my G5/ OS 10.5.8 for at least a week now. I haven't done any installations or upgrades during that time. I have restarted the computer and relaunched Safari, but nothing has fixed the problem.

Aug 26, 2010 1:56 PM in response to Alex Zachopoulos

I suspect the only solution now or ever is to upgrade Safari to version 5. I finally did. If you can't, you are probably out of luck. You'll have to either use Firefox, go directly to the Google search page rather than use the search box, or just forget about it.
Francine

Francine
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Aug 26, 2010 10:37 PM in response to avedon

...or, if you don't want to upgrade to 5 yet, install glimms. Not exactly the same as the missing behavior, but a very close second.

7PM7

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4 points

Sep 25, 2010 12:41 PM in response to Lunarstone

Do not, for any reason install Safari 5... it is pure death... like having a PC again...

-sa-

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5 points

Oct 22, 2010 11:23 AM in response to Lunarstone

Strange history pattern here, too.

Here is my sequence of browsing
1) http://www.google.com
2) http://www.google.com/q=chess
3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess

Clicking on my Safari > History menu shows no sign of Wikipedia, only encoded Google link.

What?

Nov 4, 2010 6:57 PM in response to Lunarstone

I know this topic is long "dead" for some.

But I just wanted to say that I just upgraded from Safari 4.0.4 to 5.0.2. Google search suggestions *are working* again. I haven't found too many other things broken along the way. Yet.

Jun 9, 2011 1:31 PM in response to RhodL

Me too google doesn't work but yahoo and bing do

nicwolff

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Jun 9, 2011 5:28 PM in response to c123lovesAPL

This is the old thread for the last time this happened; the new thread is here

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3109042?tstart=0

Aug 8, 2011 11:51 AM in response to Alex Zachopoulos

Installing Glims worked for me!

Thanx dude!

(Safari 5.1 on MacBook Pro 15.4" 2,53GHz with Mac OS 10.7)

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