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Ok so I been using my iMac with Ventura 13.3 on it and for bout a month or so maybe little longer now every single time I open safari It start out fine, in looking something up. but then as soon as you type in looking it skips google and goes right to Microsoft bing highly frustrating over here ...almost played baseball with this on a number of occasions ...

any Ideas would be a great help .

.I have done the settings back to google ( current page) etc..

I have deleted extensions a number of times

I have run combo cleaner about once a day since this started and am racking my head have tried just everything I can think of and am so lost here is there a setting that off or is there a hidden bug ?

any help would be greatly appreciated ....

thanks,,,