Safari tabs not showing site titles (after installing Mojave)

The Issue: When using safari the titles of websites do know show up. Even with a singular tab open. Just nothing-- blank space. I have multiple 'bookmarked' tabs dragged to the left and the icons show perfectly fine. Just no name. Curious if this is a unique issue or if others were experiencing this bug. Anything helps!


I'm 99% sure this issue started after I installed Mojave. I chose to use my MacBook in dark mode, that's the only real change of anything since the update. I've tried every basic trouble shooting step and played around in all the settings and preferences. Pretty sure it's not a hot key to toggle them, from what I could tell/find.

MacBook Pro, macOS Mojave (10.14)

Posted on Oct 31, 2018 10:57 AM

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Nov 10, 2018 2:48 PM in response to rundent

Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later. Please post if this worked or not.


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If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account. Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer or by using the developer’s uninstall instructions. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once. Please post if this worked or not.


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If it works in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor. Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown. You can run the report for free at least once, but if you run it several times, at some point it will ask you to pay a license fee.

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Safari tabs not showing site titles (after installing Mojave)

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