Some time ago the search engine quit working and I fixed it by restarting the computer. It just now stopped again and restarting didn't work. It's very frustrating. Is there a permanent cure? Even a temporary cure would be acceptable if it can easily be repeated.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.1
Greetings Frustratedtimesten,
Apple Support Communities is a great place for help with the search engine in your web browser. To confirm, are you visiting a search engine website such as Google, Bing, or Yahoo and searching from the webpage, or are you using the Smart Search field in Safari to search? If you're using the Smart Search field in Safari, you'll want to confirm the search engine settings in Safari Preferences. This can be done by opening Safari and clicking Safari towards the top-left of the display next to the Apple logo, then click Preferences in the menu, in the window that appears click Search. From here, make sure the search engine you want to use is selected. You can also find great information about the Search preferences in Safari via the following link.
Change Search preferences in Safari on Mac
In addition to confirming the settings, have you verified you're running the latest version of macOS? If not, you can find the steps for updating in the following article.
If the issue is with the search engine website and you're using Safari try the steps in the article linked below.
If Safari on Mac doesn't open a webpage or isn't working as expected
If you're using a different web browser, please let us know the browser you're using as this can help determine the right next steps for reaching a resolution.
We look forward to your response!
Greetings Frustratedtimesten,
Apple Support Communities is a great place for help with the search engine in your web browser. To confirm, are you visiting a search engine website such as Google, Bing, or Yahoo and searching from the webpage, or are you using the Smart Search field in Safari to search? If you're using the Smart Search field in Safari, you'll want to confirm the search engine settings in Safari Preferences. This can be done by opening Safari and clicking Safari towards the top-left of the display next to the Apple logo, then click Preferences in the menu, in the window that appears click Search. From here, make sure the search engine you want to use is selected. You can also find great information about the Search preferences in Safari via the following link.
Change Search preferences in Safari on Mac
In addition to confirming the settings, have you verified you're running the latest version of macOS? If not, you can find the steps for updating in the following article.
If the issue is with the search engine website and you're using Safari try the steps in the article linked below.
If Safari on Mac doesn't open a webpage or isn't working as expected
If you're using a different web browser, please let us know the browser you're using as this can help determine the right next steps for reaching a resolution.
We look forward to your response!
Search engine on MacBook Air not working
