How do you change your Homepage?

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How do you change your Homepage?

Hey everyone, I'm having a hard time changing my Homepage from Apple.com to Google on my MacBook Air. I usually use Safari and I've tried a lot of different ways to change the Homepage but nothing seems to be working... I know I have to go into Safari > Preferences > General, it shows me that my current Hompage is http://www.apple.com/startpage/. I try deleting it and setting it to www.google.com or https://www.google.com. After I press "Set to Current Page" it changes right back to http://www.apple.com/startpage/. Does anyone know how to solve this? I'm sure it's an easy fix but I can't seem to figure it out. 😢

MacBook Air

Posted on Apr 21, 2018 8:39 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 21, 2018 8:50 AM in response to elliefrommaplewood

the "Set to Current Page" button is to set what ever page you have open, not what you type in, to the home page... so I have to ask; What page do you have open when you click "set to current page"?

Set your homepage in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

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Answer 2

tygb

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Apr 22, 2018 6:56 AM in response to elliefrommaplewood

I have a given the answer in previous thread posted by member Dominic , you can take cursor on the dead end of search engine and click command and delete then type the desired search engine , take cursor on top menu bar > History > Click on home it will prompt to change home page , click on it .

But there is no method click on tabs , autofill and home page will be changed , also if a malware is in the Mac use Antivirus Replacement for Mac - Scan and Remove Malware | Malwarebytes

Some times if the problem persists enter in user library see this article macOS Sierra: Library folder

Find a folder Preferences and delete com.apple.safari.plist into the trash restart the Mac and empty the trash then reset the home page and in safari preferences keep extensions as off .

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Answer 3

dominic23

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Apr 21, 2018 9:37 PM in response to elliefrommaplewood

Cannot change Safari homepage?

Credit: thomas_r

The following procedure appears to solve the problem:

* In Safari, choose Preferences from the Safari menu.

* In the window that opens, click the General icon (if necessary)

* Enter your desired home page in the "Homepage" field, but DO NOT press return!

* At the top of the window, click any of the other icons (eg, Tabs, AutoFill, etc).

* You may see a prompt asking for confirmation for changing the home page. If so, confirm.

* Switch back to the General page and check to make sure the home page has been changed.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8018092

If this doesn’t help, please run EtreCheck and post the report here if you can .

https://etrecheck.com

Click “Free Download” button, open Downloads folder, click on it to open, and then select ”Open”.

Click on the bouncing EtreCheck icon in the Dock.

“Choose a problem” from the popup menu box, and then “Start EtreCheck” in the dialog.

Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” .

Paste it into the reply.

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