It seems that an 'm' has accidentally found its way into my safari browser when launching Facebook. It now always launches the mobile version, no matter how many times I retype or delete the m, it autocorrects and it will only launch the mobile site. I have tried to delete browser history to no effect. What can be done?
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…. 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/Cache.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
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Thanks Eric, I have tried all and it is still faulty. Now I have managed to relauch Facebook properly, but it only shows certain sites from the notifications menu. The moment I tap on my account or on home, it relaunches the mobile version. I am wondering if it is a Facebook issue as well. Anyway, I prefer to use it on my mobile devices at this stage since it is a pain on the mac.
Hi Dominic, I don't have the same menu in my safari. There is no 'search' or 'notifications' either. There is an option for 'prevent search engine from providing suggestions' in privacy which I have turned on, but it does not appear to be working. The search engine keeps on providing suggestions.
Safari > Preferences > Search > Search Engine:
Uncheck the box beside “Include search engine suggestions”.
Login to Facebook anew and bookmark it.
That is the whole point - I cannot log in anew. It only launches the mobile version and not the normal screen appearance. How can I make the 'm' disappear from the title?
Facebook launches mobile version on mac in safari
