Safari Facebook Login

Please try this as a test.

When you try logging in to Facebook, don't use any bookmark or shortcut.

Instead press the space key on the keyboard three times, enter facebook.com in Safari search bar

and then" enter"key.

Can you login this way without this pop-up issue?

Hi,

Have just loaded Firefox. Facebook logs in and functions perfectly with Dashlane from a bookmark within the Firefox browser. All my news feeds also appear so this problem is likely to be something to do with the Safari interface.

Have now tried full history clear of Safari...(This was done before but tried again .....)

Have deleted FB bookmark and logged in directly from Facebook.com.

Have cleared all stored website data for Facebook

Problem persists.....

According to the stat under the original post 22 additional users "have this is question too".

So this issue is not unique.

There should be a way to resolve this.

The latest trial idea worked in removing the same pop-up but involving a different site.

The problem is, I am not having this issue to test and find a resolution.

Thanks.

I Agree. Thanks too all who are trying to fix this problem. I think I'll just use Firefox to access FB for now and just monitor from time to time too see if problem is fixed. With the amount of elimination testing now done perhaps the problem is something originating on the FB handshake side. Maybe it's not a Mac/Safari problem at all?

This is the product of an unfortunate combination of Facebook javascript and Safari behavior. The script below which is loaded by facebook.com will trigger the function "_warnBeforeLeaving" (line 903) when we try to log in. I assume the function was intended to only trigger if the user were actively editing a text input box. Something goes wrong with the script and will automatically trigger the warning without the user actually clicking an input box.

https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v3iWMM4/yB/l/en_US/oyoERvu8PHO.js

Bottomline, there is nothing wrong with your Mac or Safari, just Facebook is the usual mess. I would not try any of the recommendations that are having you change system settings or delete certain files unless you are certain your have good time machine backups available.

I vaguely recall that in the past I used to have to explicitly click inside the user ID box before I could manually type my login credentials. Also, Safari would auto populate the boxes with my credentials (but without selecting either box). A few weeks ago that behavior has changed. Now the blinky prompt is automatically placed in the user ID box and Safari shows a drop-down menu allowing me to select my user ID. The boxes are no longer auto populated. If I‘m not mistaken it started around the time Apple pushed the latest MacOS security update. Now, I am not sure if this is a new security feature from Apple to protect saved passwords and user names, or rather a new Javascript function pushed by Facebook to automatically select the user ID box when the page is done loading And save the user a mouse click. It could be either. Bottom line, this auto selection is probably what triggers the warn-before-leaving function that has caused us all the headache.

You are correct. The auto login has changed and I also think this happened with the last IOS upgrade. I think it’s now much more cumbersome and not as intuitive but that’s another issue. The change operates OK on all other sites so it does look like the Facebook handshake/interface is now out of step.

1. Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor > CPU

Any process using very high percentage?

2. Launch Dashboard.

Is there any WebClip related to Facebook?