My google "toolbar" is gone. I updated some software, and now it has vanished. I have tried so many things, View>Customize, Restart Safari... none of it works. My toolbar was replaced with "Reader" I don't want reader, I want my toolbar back. Please someone help! Thank you.
-Michael
MacBook Pro
Thanks goodness I found this information in this community. I have spent hours trying to figure out what happened. My bad because I automatically took the update and had no idea that one thing led to the other. And I bet there are thousands more like me. Now I know.
That is just horrible! If I would have known that, I would not have upgraded it. How can they not be seperate??? What is Apple thinking? The google sidebar was much more convienent than this new Safari 6 is. I have been frustrated all afternoon becuase of this. I tried everything... I am really not happy! Apple, get your sh*t together!!
OK, now we know what's wrong and how it happened how do we change it? I don't want Google search and Safari address bar to be combined to one bar. Can I un-install the update which caused this mess?
Bill
I totally agree. The ability to search & seach again has completely vanished. There does not seem to be a memory in the search/address bar the way there was before. This is probably the worst update Apple has come up with and a lousy "improvement."
I've turned to Mozilla Firefox instead - much more user friendly! Apple, what a disappointment.
I sure hope APPLE IS LISTENING to all the above!!!
I can live with the Google Search being in the addres bar, but that it no longer remembers searches is UNFORGIVABLE!
And now the Tabs are spread right accross the bar, which means we can´t double click to open a new Tab.
You have to go to the little `+´ button on the right, which is a pain when you´re so used to the double Click!
Apple still may be the best in the world, but even they are capable of making Dumb Decisions!!!
Lets hope enough people around the world kick up a raucus in Apple Forums, and that Apple takes note.
Some so called "improvements" are more a Step Back to more primative forms of computing!
WAKE UP APPLE!!! 😠 😕 😢
I use the popsearch extention. It installs an icon next to the adressbar. With a click on it you can type in your search. When you are in the address field, press tab+space to type in your search without using the mouse. Not ideal but ok.
And meanwhile I see myself also using the iCab browser more and more, which has a separate search field with 13 search engines including ebay and Wolfram Alpha. I discovered it on the iPad where it is my standard browser.
Topfencer wrote:
You have to go to view. Which is all the way at top with history, bookmark, etc then click view and then click exit presentation mode. 🙂
This is a picture of the view menu,
Where is 'Exit Presentation Mode'
Software Update tells you what changes have been made to the software when it tells you that updates are available. You need to read it before you decide whether you want install the software. It's not Apple that needs to get it's sh*t together!!! Here is basically what it said in Software Update:
As it's been said, Safari now features unified the address and search fields. You can now use the one unified field to both input web addresses and search terms.
How can they not be seperate??? What is Apple thinking? The google sidebar was much more convienent than this new Safari 6 is.
Do you feel the separated fields were more convenient because you're just used to separate fields, or are there actual ways the unified search field behaves that's in fact less inconvenient? The fact that you now have one field that's capabale of performing two functions—and only one shortcut (APPLE+L) instead of two (APPLE+L and APPLE+OPTION+F) to remember— seems more convenient, yeah?
As for what was Apple thinking: Google's own Chrome browser operates the same way, with a unified address bar. They call it the OmniBox and it's a popular feature that was drawing a lot of people to switch from Safari to Chrome. Additionally, Apple's whole philosophy towards both hardware and UI design is to find ways to simplify and remove redundancies.
As far as keeping Google as my default browser, that no longer exists. I had to change my browser from Google to Yahoo. I feel as though Google has now been running slower than ever since this update, and I am highly dissapointed. What a shame, I used to use Google for everything. Sorry, Google, we're through!
So, in Safari's Preferences, under General, you've changed the Default Search Engine from Google to Yahoo and you feel that Yahoo is working faster as the default search in Safari? There's a lot of factors that can affect the speed of our search results, but the majority of them would be nothing Safari has to do with (if the internet connection where you're searching is slow, an issue with Google's servers at the time of your search). I'm trying search terms in Safari 6 with Google as the default, and it's all pretty snappy to me. Faster, even.
There does not seem to be a memory in the search/address bar the way there was before.
Navigate to the new unified Safari search bar. Clear the field. See the magnifying glass at the left of the field? Clicking that reveals a dropdown of search options, including your recent search history. You could also clear the search field then press the "Down" key to get the same dropdown menu.
And now the Tabs are spread right accross the bar, which means we can´t double click to open a new Tab.
You have to go to the little `+´ button on the right, which is a pain when you´re so used to the double Click!
There's a faster way to open a new tab—even faster than the double-click process you're used to: APPLE+T. Get used to that and you'll never use the mouse to open new tabs again.
If you really, really hate Safari 6: you can always download a previous version and install that. But remember, old versions of software don't just have different UI elements you might be more used to: they also will keep security vulnerabilities that may have been patched in newer versions.
In my opinion, it's not really worth it to stay set in your ways. Especially in this case, where no features have been discarded, just tweaked a bit.
Csound1 wrote:
If you took the time to backup before you installed Mountain Lion you can, if not you will need to erase your installation and reinstall the previous one. This will wipe everything from your machine so make sure that you back it up first.
Why take a sledgehammer to the issue? Like I said to people who really want to go back to Safari 5, Apple makes previous software versions available on its downloads portal.:
If you really, really hate Safari 6: you can always download a previous version and install that. But remember, old versions of software don't just have different UI elements you might be more used to: they also will keep security vulnerabilities that may have been patched in newer versions.
JAlger wrote:
Csound1 wrote:
If you took the time to backup before you installed Mountain Lion you can, if not you will need to erase your installation and reinstall the previous one. This will wipe everything from your machine so make sure that you back it up first.
Why take a sledgehammer to the issue? Like I said to people who really want to go back to Safari 5, Apple makes previous software versions available on its downloads portal.:
If you really, really hate Safari 6: you can always download a previous version and install that. But remember, old versions of software don't just have different UI elements you might be more used to: they also will keep security vulnerabilities that may have been patched in newer versions.
Have you tried this method?
"Smart Search Field. Safari now has one field for typing both searches and web addresses." <--- That hardly consitutes as eliminating "Google Search." I did read it, by the way. At first glance, I did not think that is what it meant. I am not catching an attitude with you either, but Apple could be more conscise than this....
As far as keeping Google as my default browser, that no longer exists. I had to change my browser from Google to Yahoo. I feel as though Google has now been running slower than ever since this update, and I am highly dissapointed. What a shame, I used to use Google for everything. Sorry, Google, we're through!
I have to agree. I hate the new safari tool bar. I didn't realize they were going to combine google search and the safari address bar and now i'm totally bummed. Is there really no way to return it to the way it was? It ***** because I have to keep rewriting in my search. It's horrible.
Safari will not make Google run any slower or faster. Your impression of the slower speed is probably due to the way Safari 6 seems to "pre-load" rather than loading the page a bit at a time - it seems to load it all in the background and then flash up the whole page in one go.
As to the address bar and search bar now being one in the same - I think this is a good move by Apple. It removes the useless clutter from the screen. It does remember your previous searches, as well as showing you your history, bookmarks and recommended searches, and its prediction for the website address you are typing.
In regards to not being able to double click for a new Tab - my question is "why are you even using a mouse in the first place when you have a Mac?" Macs work brilliantly with keyboard shortcuts. You simply need to hit cmd+T, and it will open a new tab for you (and then switch to that tab). This method is far faster than using any point and click interface as it means you don't have to take your hands off the keyboard at all.
lastly, if you sign up to Google and use Google Bookmarks and Google History- synced to your Safari - then you can create a more powerful search field than you ever could with the basic "separate fields"
Google "toolbar" has disappeared and "reader" has replaced it. How do I get my search bar back?
