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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 2, 2015 1:07 PM in response to Mapple89

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.

Jul 11, 2015 12:34 PM in response to Mapple89

Same thing here, I'm considering switching to Chrome even though I never liked it now it's working very well. Apple doesn't seem to care about Macs anymore, only focuses on the stupid and useless watch and how to make more money, not how to make useful and better tools as it did some years ago.


Sorry for the rant but I had to take that out, I'm getting tired of waiting for good Mac upgrades, since some of us do use them as work tools, not as fashion accessories.

Jul 12, 2015 7:34 AM in response to Mapple89

I had the same issue using the back button after searching using Safari and Google when I run Snow Leopard. Blank screen, then press refresh and the results reappear.


Thought Yosemite would be different, but no. I'm getting exactly the same. Get a list of search results from Google. I select one, have a look, hit the back button and get a blank page. I have to refresh the page to get the results back, and so on and so on. Bit boring after a couple of years of this happening.


My solution..... Firefox and Chrome. Job done.

[Safari] Problem with browser back button

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