Where did my refresh button go? I don't want to use CMD-R.

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It used to be right there at the far right when you clicked on the address bar? The STOP ✖ isn't there either when it's loading. This was very useful when I would get those "Your computer has a virus" pop-up's that would not allow you to close.

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Mar 29, 2016 9:50 AM

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Mar 29, 2016 11:02 AM in response to Csound1

No I didn't say it had a virus, I just said, my stop button, along with the refresh button is missing. Yes, the refresh button as you have shown above.


I was just saying that the stop button was convenient for those websites that have pop-ups that will not allow you to close the pop-up. These pop-up's usually go something like this: User uploaded file

In many cases there was a trick where you could hit the stop button while the page was loading to prevent these pop-ups from appearing, because otherwise your browser is locked up, even quitting safari, or force stopping it would not prevent it as safari would recover the previous webpages when you went to load it. Just happened me a couple weeks ago. Browser was locked up, popups would not stop. Had to disconnect from internet and reload.


But never mind all that k... I just want to know what happened to my refresh button. User uploaded file

Mar 29, 2016 11:31 AM in response to TJLJR

TJLJR wrote:


No I didn't say it had a virus, I just said, my stop button, along with the refresh button is missing. Yes, the refresh button as you have shown above.


I was just saying that the stop button was convenient for those websites that have pop-ups that will not allow you to close the pop-up. These pop-up's usually go something like this: User uploaded file

In many cases there was a trick where you could hit the stop button while the page was loading to prevent these pop-ups from appearing, because otherwise your browser is locked up, even quitting safari, or force stopping it would not prevent it as safari would recover the previous webpages when you went to load it. Just happened me a couple weeks ago. Browser was locked up, popups would not stop. Had to disconnect from internet and reload.


But never mind all that k... I just want to know what happened to my refresh button. User uploaded file


If you restart Safari in Safe Mode by holding down the Shift key, no they won't. That prevents previous tabs and windows from reopening. If you stay away from the shady websites where browser hijackers like that reside, you won't have to deal with them anymore.


To fix your current issue however, try disabling all extensions you have installed, then restart Safari.

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