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[Safari] Problem with browser back button

Hello community,


I experienced some problem during browsing with Safari:

if I visit a site from a Google search and then I go back to the search results page does not load leaving completely empty: I need to manually refresh the page in order to see the page.

Does anyone have experienced this issue?

My OS is the most updated Yosemite.


Thank you.

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jul 2, 2015 1:01 PM

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Posted on Jul 2, 2015 1:07 PM

Delete cookies and website data and see if that helps.



From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Privacy tab.


Click: Remove All Website Data


Quit and relaunch Safari to test.


If that didn't help, delete the cache associated with Safari.


Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder


Type or copy paste the following


~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db


Click Go then move the Cache.db file to the Trash.


Quit and relaunch Safari to test.

BTW, your profile indicates your Mac is running v10.10.3. If that is correct, the v10.10.4 update is avaiable from the App Store.

Click your Apple  menu top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click: App Store then select Updates.

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Jul 19, 2015 7:26 AM in response to JMohr

10.10


Safari/Preferences/Advanced - enable the Develop menu, then go there and Empty Caches. Quit/reopen Safari and test. Then try Safari/History/Show History and delete all history items. Quit/reopen Safari and test. You can also try try Safari/Clear History and Web Site Data. The down side is it clears all cookies.Doing this may cause some sites to no longer recognize your computer as one that has visited the web site. Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library./Caches/com.apple.Safari/Caches.db and move it to the trash.


Go to Safari Preferences/Extensions and turn all extensions off. Test. If okay, turn the extensions on one by one until you figure out what extension is causing the problem.


Safari Corruption See post by Linc Davis

10.9 and lower

Safari/Preferences/Advanced - enable the Develop menu, then go there and Empty Caches. Quit/reopen Safari and test. Then try Safari/History/Show History and delete all history items. Quit/reopen Safari and test. You can also try try Safari/Reset Safari. The down side is it clears all cookies.Doing this may cause some sites to no longer recognize your computer as one that has visited the web site. Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library./Caches/com.apple.Safari/Caches.db and move it to the trash.


Go to Safari Preferences/Extensions and turn all extensions off. Test. If okay, turn the extensions on one by one until you figure out what extension is causing the problem.

Jul 21, 2015 5:17 AM in response to scotto75

Those were already unchecked for me. So...


I bought this computer, new, from an Apple store May 1st. I have no extensions. It has happened since late (?) June. So I know that its not a large cache issue, or an extension. Seems like we all started complaining about it around the same time. First days of July.


http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/safari-blank-page-when-you-hit-back-button.1 898451/

Jul 26, 2015 1:23 PM in response to aapl.crox

There is no fix until Apple fixes it. Also, even though we have tried everything on our side we're not supposed to do their job, we already pay a premium price for supposed "premium" products. So, as philsh say, chrome is the best alternative. This kind of first party software issues didn't happen three or four years ago.

[Safari] Problem with browser back button

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