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Disappearing letters in safari searchbar

Currently the letters “h” “k” and “t” keep disappearing whenever I type them into the search bar additionally, the combination of “th” and “the” disappears as well, which is annoying as lots of titles start with the word “the” any tips on how to fix this? I have no extensions enabled and no keyboard shortcuts so I really don’t know what the problem is

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.4

Posted on Aug 12, 2021 1:34 PM

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Posted on Aug 13, 2021 1:04 AM

Go step by step and test.


1. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987


2. Startup in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/start-up-your-mac-in-safe-mode-mh21245/mac.  

    Quote:

    It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility

    And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and 

    the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed


3. Clear History

    https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/clear-your-browsing-history-sfri47acf5d6/mac

    Please read the article before clearing history, 

    this is like a low level resetting of Safari without affecting passwords and bookmarks.


4. If Safari doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204098


5. Safari > Preferences > Search > Search Engine 

    Uncheck the box beside “Include search Engine Suggestions

    https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/search-sfria1042d31/mac

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Aug 13, 2021 1:04 AM in response to Daddi_longleggz

Go step by step and test.


1. Quit Safari, launch Safari holding the Shift key down.

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987


2. Startup in Safe Mode. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/start-up-your-mac-in-safe-mode-mh21245/mac.  

    Quote:

    It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility

    And it deletes some system caches, including font caches and 

    the kernel cache, which are automatically created again as needed


3. Clear History

    https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/clear-your-browsing-history-sfri47acf5d6/mac

    Please read the article before clearing history, 

    this is like a low level resetting of Safari without affecting passwords and bookmarks.


4. If Safari doesn't open a webpage or isn’t working as expected

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204098


5. Safari > Preferences > Search > Search Engine 

    Uncheck the box beside “Include search Engine Suggestions

    https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/search-sfria1042d31/mac

Disappearing letters in safari searchbar

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