Google "toolbar" has disappeared and "reader" has replaced it. How do I get my search bar back?

I hate Safari without my ability to do a quick Search. I tried and tried to customize it back the way it was and it didnt work. Thank goodness this post string is on here that I found from a bookmarked Google search. What the heck is the Reader? It pops up out of the blue and you cant get it to go away. I do NOT LIKE this new update! And what's with asking me for to save my passwords all the time now too? Safari never did that before. Grrrr. PLEASE FIX IT to where users actually want it or the ability to manipulate it ourselves. Thanks.

Hi there,

You can still do quick searches in just the same way you could before. The only difference is that now you use the combined address/search bar rather an the google search field. I also believe (someone feel free to correct me) that you can set your default search engine in he Safari preferences this means that when you type your search you will get the results from your chosen search provider.

I have to say though that google is pretty much the daddy of search engines so having that as an automatic default makes sense.

Once you have retained your muscle memory and have getting used to looking for the address bar and not the search bar you will find that this new feature is much more powerful than it was when they were separate.

The thing that I don't understand is why they have not release dan update for mobile safari in order to unify the two fields like the have in desktop safari. The way it is at present, iCloud can not sync your searches with your safari any more because they have two separate layouts. Before when I went to use my desktop safari and started searching in the google bar, all the searches that I made on my iPhone, iPad and iPod also came up (and visa-versa), now, because of the different layouts iCloud is not able to sync my searches, which has left me to rely on the my history (which I loud still syncs). Maybe we will see a fix for this in iSO6, but it would have been nice if they had released an update to iSO5 that brought the two different versions of safari in tune with each other.

Jay, you are right that you can set your preferred search engine. But there are some fundamental differences that you can't get back with configuration or getting-used-to-it. They are discussed above.

What bothers me most is that refining your search is pretty tedious instead of just clicking into the seperate search field and continue typing.

Additionally, every url you type goes to google, even though you don't use their service. With this method, google grabs website domains that you actually wouldn't want to share with them.

I am with you. I do not like this new update at all, what is Apple thinking? No need to combine the 2! This automatically updated for me yesterday, I did not catch it but will be sure to read all of the notes from now on. I want an option to be availble to go back to the old version should one desire to do so.

My Google search has also vanished from my toolbar. I thought it was something I did with my settings. Glad to know it was the update that did it. I WANT MY GOOGLE BACK!! I know, I know..........I should have read the update in greater detail. Oh well. I guess I just have to get used to it the way it looks now. When it comes to my computer, I don't mind updates as long as they don't change the layout too much. I don't like changes in the appearance of my toolbar/homepage!! Ugh!!!

My frustration with this is that safari used to auto-fill web addresses. I could enter "dropbox" and it would automatically take me to dropbox.com. Now it gives me a google search result. I do NOT like this change at all. Giving us the option to make it an address bar exclusively would be a very, very big improvement.

I agree, I really want the search function back!! now I have to open another page to get google search , rather than search on the one already open. Have enough issues with slowness, without having another page open

Did my part and left feedback. I really don't like this, mostly because I always hit apple tab and tab to start a new page and do a search and I keep doing that and getting nowhere. But other problems have already been mentioned.

This happened to me too when I performed the software updates. The suggested fixes dont work. I guess I will need to get used to using the address bar as both address and search bar. Seems counter intuitive at least for now. Will take some getting used to.

I have since (my gripes), upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion w/the new Safari, & the intergrated Adress/Seach function is the same.

It took a bit of getting used to, but I no longer miss the seperate Search!

The new features like `swipe between Tabs´ & `Notification Center´, and the `Show all Tabs´ more than make up for the Toolbar issue!

The addition of the `Auto-Fill´ & `Share´ buttons is cool.

Safari (& my Mac Mini´s overall performance), is much faster & `crisper´.

Apple´s Back On Track for me 😉

Noonan3

The way you replied to SWarnfeldt was not really called for. These forums are for help and support not unwarranted abuse or even abuse of any kind (this is against the terms of use). SWarnfeldt was just doing his/her best to provide a response. He/she had tried to help and you replied to his/her post with the unforgiving wrath of a bully.

What would be good here is for you to post a public apology to SWarnfeldt and what would be even better is if in future you refrained from cyber-bullying.

Regards

Jason

Noonan3 - I agree with Jason. You comments are completely out of line. I was the one who posted the question and I really appreciated SWarnfeldt's reply to me and it did help. Yes, it may have been around for a while but his/her answer helped. I hope you post an apology because it is well deserved and necessary.

Seriously Noonan3, your reply was completely uncalled for. And I agree that you should post a public apology as well as never respond again if you have anything like that to say. It's rude and unnecessary.

Please do not pay attention to Noonan3, completely uncalled for. I appreciate your advice, since I am the one that posted the question. I really really dislike this new Apple "UPGRADE". I did what you suggested and it solved the problem -Thank you! Don't leave the blog because of this.