When I open Safari on Mac Studio the focus is always on the tab furthest to the left, not the most recent

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When I open Safari on Mac Studio the focus is always on the tab furthest to the left, not the most recent

I'm using Safari 17.4.1 on 2023 Mac Studio. I have a number of tabs open and when I opened Safari it always used to have the focus on the most recent tab I visited, but for a few days (maybe longer) its focus has been on the furthest to the left (which is often the oldest tab)

If I move the tabs around whatever is the tab on the left of the group is the one that is in focus the next time I start. I've cleared cache in Safari but this hasn't made any difference.

Is there a way to control this? I suppose it's only a minor inconvenience, but it means every time I open the browser I have to make one extra mouse click to get back to where I last was.

MacBook Pro 15″

Posted on Apr 17, 2024 2:47 AM

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eamonlaser Author

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Jun 11, 2024 7:08 AM in response to eamonlaser

Having a spare afternoon I reinstalled Mac OS Ventura and in my first use the Safari focus issue appears to have gone.

When I started the reinstallation process, OS Recovery suggested that it would take about three hours to complete, but in the end it feels like it took an hour or even less.

Hopefully it's all sorted now.

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Apr 25, 2024 5:51 AM in response to eamonlaser

I also tried deleting the preference files for Safari but that didn't make a jot of difference.

I messaged Apple support and they suggest that the only thing to do is reinstall the Mac OS - that feels a little heavy handed to me, and having done this a few times before over the years I'm going to wait until it really ticks me off/I have half a day to waste before resorting to this.

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When I open Safari on Mac Studio the focus is always on the tab furthest to the left, not the most recent

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