Safari used to use Google.co.uk as the default search engine but it now uses Google.com

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Safari used to use Google.co.uk as the default search engine but it now uses Google.com

I have the latest version of Safari on my 13 inch Macbook Pro with retina display and whenever I used to (by 'used to' I mean about 2 weeks ago) search in safari by using the long search/URL bar at the top it used to search using the search engine "www.google.co.uk", whereas now it is suddenly using "www.google.com" which is very annoying to me as I keep on getting US listings for sites when I am in the UK.

Any help is much appreciated,

Thanks,

Raj Ubhi

Posted on Jul 5, 2013 12:27 PM

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Carolyn Samit

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Jul 5, 2013 2:00 PM in response to Ubhidoobeedoo

Try empting the Safari cache.

Command + Option + E

Then quit and relaunch Safari to test.

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Klaus1

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Jul 5, 2013 2:54 PM in response to Ubhidoobeedoo

If you want to fix your Google search to a specific Google location, or a specific alternative search engine, I recommend that you download and install the free plug-in Glims:

http://www.machangout.com/

which not only does that but much more equally useful stuff! Such as enabling Safari to run full-screen, and more.)

(It adds items to Safari Preferences).

Not only does it already list a number of search engines and regions, but you can also add any other search engine not already listed in Glims by using the method described here:

http://www.machangout.com/tutorials/addsearchengine

Just enter the name you give the search engine in the name field, and the URL for it in the Query URL field.

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