Gmail Standard View Won't Load

Because the original thread author stated they had Mavericks 10.9.5, with certain issues

related to their configuration and there has been no update to Safari for that macOS, I

stated some work-arounds that I've found useful.

While I occasion to use Mavericks 10.9.5, there are no updates to Safari nor that OS X.

If you are still running Mavericks 10.9.5 and can't see Sierra as an option, you may try

the link and read about, then get El Capitan from the Apple servers.

How to download OS X El Capitan - Apple Support

If those users want to try a work-around, regular Firefox 57 (Quantum) may do OK. So

there also is a chance to use SeaMonkey version mentioned, while it likely has gotten

bypassed so login at google accounts/gmail may fail now. Apple Mail in those older

OS X has a few reported issues by some users who still try to access Google mail.

Download Firefox — Free Web Browser - mozilla firefox quantum

El Capitan 10.11.6 can run on most Macs that had been running Mavericks 10.9.5; so

there's a portal there to get a newer Safari browser, & also saw a recent security update.

Because Safari versions are tied to releases of newer macOS, this ^ is a way to get one.

For now. It's usually good planning to have and use more than one valid browser.

Previous replies on this topic include a few similar ones here:

Hi. gmail does not load in Safari.

In any event...

Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

Hi,

For anyone that is having this issue still. Mine happened because I was using a copied and pasted google link in Safari that I probably just searched and got since the beginning of time. I had it in, Preferences > Homepage. Overall, I had to use the Google link that is in the Bar under the URL. The Google link that Safari uses. I copied and paste that link for Google into > Homepage, in Preferences, Clicked > Set to Current Page, and I was able to go back into Standard View Gmail.

Your browser is too old and Google didn't provide support for it. As has been posted in this discussion, either upgrade your OS pr try another browser.

Firefox 10.9 or higher

Opera Browser 10.9 or higher

SeaMonkey 10.9 or higher

Waterfox 10.8 or higher

I did something similar to this. I clicked on the 'google' button on the Safari favourites bar and then from the google homepage I clicked on mail in the top right hand corner and was able to view in standard mode.

That's what I did and now Gmail standard works for me. Seems it needs Safari 11 to work which makes no sense

Some users had suggested the update at Google changed how gmail worked

in Safari version with Mavericks 10.9.5; while I've not booted in 10.9.5, had

noticed a few months ago, that Google had been tweaking Google accounts

access. ~ In so much that the 'Plain HTML logout' would take me to Google+

I was unable to log out from there either. Not all defective defaults are equal.

So I had to choose a different Google App that had working log-out tag. I've

been using Firefox and found in El Capitan 10.11.6 some time ago, it saw an

automatic upgrade to the latest build version 57.x. Because I didn't want this

one in Mavericks, was sure to shut off my wi-fi before booting Mac into 10.9.5

so the automatic upgrade to FireFox Quantum didn't happen. I then used that

opportunity to turn off their 'automatic update.' Firefox works OK, but v 57.x

is changed, & has odd issues; the add-ons and extensions from 55 don't work.

There is a Firefox ESR site that may offer some useful item for awhile, before

the project goes away in late spring; if not extended: Download Firefox ESR

There is a later build Mozilla SeaMonkey v 2.49.1 that may still be OK, it does

things such as old netscape used to, with chat, browser, & email client in one.

I've only used it as a browser, gmail is spotty in SeaMonkey via browser.

That works in El Capitan and Mavericks. Later Firefox Quantum 57 is OK but

still haven't upgraded Mav 10.9.5 for that to run, yet.

SeaMonkey 2.49.1 • Mac OS X, English (70 MB)

The SeaMonkey® Project

It would appear google accounts doesn't uniformly like the older Safari nor some

builds of other browsers; and some older Mac OS X cannot use later browsers

nor can they use Chrome. Besides being a resource hog, that is.

In any event...

Good luck & happy trails! 🙂

I have exactly the same problem and the same date too. Safari 9.1.3, OSX 10.9.5

The "upgrade to El Capitan" response is BS What changed overnight that wold cause this problem?

Thanks for having me double check. I reinstalled and gmail now works

I have the same problem and am running Safari 9.1.3 OSX 10.9.5. Apple today told me it is a Google problem, but seeing all the comments here, it is obviously an Apple problem. I can get the mail in Firefox with no problem, so it is not the operating system that is the problem.

Safari version 9.1.3 is the latest that was updated AFTER I upgraded to High Sierra. I do not have any other updates for Safari. After High Sierra it said my browser wasn't updated and then it downloaded the latest safari version

Ok, so I checked again and even though it says Sierra is "installed", in the App store it doesn't seem to be as I still show version 10.9.5. Seems other people have the same issue as well, so have to figure out how to get it to actually installed.

Sorry to be asking the same question. Like many others here, I have

Safari 9.1.3 OSX 10.9.5.

Could you explain in words-for-the-extremely-inexperienced, exactly what

I should do to be able to *once again* load gmail in standard view

-- exactly like before January 18th before it went pffffft?

Yes, I get that I have a number of options, Seamonkey etc different browser instead of Safari,

High Sierra (but not, I get the impression, El Capitan?) upgrade to operating system;

-- these words are all new to me ..... sorry ....

(really not wanting to annoy you), could you suggest the simplest way ?

-- I don't have a lot of extra storage also --.

Thank you!!

I have same problem