macOS 11.7.3 Breaks Safari Favorite Icons

[lysingur]

I hate to say, but Apple’s software side has been growling more and more unreliable. I bought a new Mac Studio that came with Ventura, but SMB file serving was completely broken in Ventura, and none of the fixes online worked for me, so I had to downgrade to Monterey. Monterey has been buggy at best. The main reason I bought this computer was that I needed something more reliable than my 2010 Mac Pro.

I’ve really lost all trust in Apple’s reliability on the software side of things. They’re now making great hardware, but subpar software. Maybe if they can stop rushing out major OSes every year, they may have a chance. I think macOS would do well on a two-year cycle. iOS would do well on a two year cycle too, but I don’t think that’ll ever happen in the foreseeable future. Apple is being driven by marketing hype above all else, and no longer by what’s best for end-users.

A two-year cycle won't help. It's really just Apple's software team. You can get macOS on a 3-year cycle and it'll just be as bad because Safari is on its own schedule and is still pretty shoddy.

I stayed on Big Sur for this very reason.

Tim Cook was good for Apple for a while but at age 62, he's lost the vigour that he once had as COO. The average age of CEOs at FAANG is around 50 years old. You have to remember that Steve Jobs was only 56 when he died and was around 50 when he conceived of the iPhone. Apple needs to be reinvigorated and the current trio of Tim Cook, Craig Federighi, and Jeff Williams just won't do.

I'm hoping for a management reshuffle before they start doing real damage to the Apple brand.

 

[lysingur]

Unfortunately favorite icons have been a security issue for a long time, enhancing security elsewhere probably broke them and they won’t be back unless Safari includes a cache of ‘clean icons’ in the build for known websites and uses them to display favorites without the code connection to the website which is a known risk….

Judging from the fact that Safari is the only major browser that has this problem right now, it can't be due to security concerns. Apple will most likely issue a fix soon but not admit they screwed up again.

 

[brinkeguthrie]

Safari uses extensions, not plugins. ICYMI, there's like a whole section of the App Store for Safari extensions.

Safari extensions? Just worthless. Nothing in there of value. And while I'm here, when will Safari enable push for Facebook? And how about a doggone search box rather than useless features like 'show iCloud tabs' and 'Privacy Policy."
And get off my lawn.

 

[citysnaps]

this is not just any computer company methinks, should know better, I sometimes wonder what all those highly paid people in the donut do all day !!!

Clearly Apple must be doing something wrong because all other tech companies create software that's 100.0% bug-free, 100.0% of the time. Because they apparently know better.

 

[August West]

Well, this is one positive being stuck on Catalina with my 2012 mini has going for it.

 

[SFjohn]

Cool. Can you tell me how to install macOS Ventura on a 2013 MacBook Air?

Obviously you buy an M2 MacBook Air, transfer your files, sell you old laptop.

 

[lysingur]

Clearly Apple must be doing something wrong because all other tech companies create software that's 100.0% bug-free, 100.0% of the time. Because they apparently know better.

Clearly the bar is 100% because there are no other percentages to judge competence.

 

[1885507]

Safari extensions? Just worthless. Nothing in there of value. And while I'm here, when will Safari enable push for Facebook? And how about a doggone search box rather than useless features like 'show iCloud tabs' and 'Privacy Policy."
And get off my lawn.

Wait. You’re still on Facebook?

 

[Octavius8]

Who still uses Safari?.
Since Apple removed the "pinned sites" to home screen option I switched to Edge. F You Tim. Pathetic user experience, even Netscape managed bookmarks better.

 

[AdamJD]

MacRumors Misses Half the Story in 'macOS 11.7.3 Breaks Safari Favorite Icons' Post​

Macrumors released an article on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 lamenting Apple for releasing macOS Big Sur version 11.7.3 in late January with a new bug that prevents icons from appearing in Safari's Favorites section. While the rumor site mentions that its source is "widespread complaints online," the author seemingly failed to read through the located source(s) or simply chose to ignore details in the thread where further users detail that the problem includes Safari Extensions, causing the icons for extensions such as Bit Warden to not appear in the Browser bar.

As a result, many unfamiliar with the issue laughed-off the new bug off as simply limited to favocicons and favorited site icons, going as far as to belittle users affected by the bug. Others falsely asserted that taking actions as simple as clearing the cache and wiping history would rectify the situation. #DoYourResearch

 

[ohthehorror]

Why test in the lab when you can push crap to the faithful who will find a bug as a feature. You’re browsing wrong.

 

[Stiksi]

Safari extensions? Just worthless. Nothing in there of value. And while I'm here, when will Safari enable push for Facebook? And how about a doggone search box rather than useless features like 'show iCloud tabs' and 'Privacy Policy."
And get off my lawn.

Search box? If you don’t want to use the unified search / address bar, you can always just use spotlight, cmd-space is the easiest way to find your missing dog 😀

 

[MacBH928]

Remember kids... never upgrade to any Apple latest software. stay on the safe old side

 

[lucaseve]

In the end is just one more small bug in a piece of software junk like Safari is…

 

[XxUnkn0wnxX]

you can find DL's for safari 16.2 here: https://www.iclarified.com/89103/where-to-download-safari (may need SIP disabled)
but it doesnt make a difference. I've tried. this doesnt seem to be just a browser issue. I think its the whole OS..
you would need to downgrade your Big Sur install..

 

[lysingur]

Unfortunately favorite icons have been a security issue for a long time, enhancing security elsewhere probably broke them and they won’t be back unless Safari includes a cache of ‘clean icons’ in the build for known websites and uses them to display favorites without the code connection to the website which is a known risk….

And they're back.