Safari Keeps Loading Mobile Sites on Desktop

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Safari Keeps Loading Mobile Sites on Desktop

Revealing my geekery... Loading web sites often results in the mobile version in Safari and the regular version loads normally in Firefox or other browsers. I've reset, cleared cache, cleared preferences, restarted, etc . but it seems there is just something wrong with Safari as it often loads mobile sites as if I'm on an iPad or something.

Anyone else have this issue? The site in this case is http://www.startrek.com

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on May 12, 2015 3:03 PM

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Answer 1

May 12, 2015 3:05 PM in response to DanielJackson

I do not have an answer for you, but I can say that I am not getting this issue. It could be something with startrek.com not recognizing safari as a desktop browser, so it is putting you in a mobile version. If it is not happening with any other site, it is on the host's side.

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Answer 2

May 12, 2015 3:18 PM in response to baseballboyg

Thank you for checking. I have the issue occasionally with a few sites here and there.

I've also opened the developer menu and ensured that Safari desktop is checked and it still does it...

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Answer 3

Linc Davis

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May 12, 2015 5:55 PM in response to DanielJackson

1. If you use iCloud to synchronize Safari with a mobile device, you may be opening a bookmark to the mobile version of the site. Another possibility is that you're getting a Handoff activity from the device.

Remove everything from the URL except the domain name and try again. For instance, if the URL is something like this:

http://www.example.com/mobile

or

http://mobile.example.com

change it to this:

http://www.example.com

2. From the Safari menu bar, select

Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Privacy ▹ Remove All Website Data...

and confirm. Test.

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