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Safari 15 Issues: YouTube Bookmarks Crash Browser, Some Websites Fail to Load on macOS Catalina
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Wow! Apple’s predictive technologies knew what you wanted to see and decided to give you the real thing!
I've started using Firefox on macOS, but the lack of an ad blocker for it on iOS drives me potty. I forget how borderline unusable so much of the web is without a blocker, so I'm stuck with Safari on iOS until Apple allow other browsers access to content blockers.
I just saw this article this morning. I am on macOS Big Sur 11.6, on a late 2015, 27" iMac. I upgraded to Safari 15 on day one when it showed up. I tested one of the reported issues , creating YouTube links. I have one YouTube bookmark of my subscriptions page that works just fine, I've used that one for years, and I've set that for my start page. In addition to that, I right clicked on a video in my subscriptions. Selected add to bookmarks, chose where I wanted it and saved it. Went to the bookmark and it worked without problems. On the issue of sites not loading correctly, I've experienced this on and off for years with Safari, so that's why I primarily use Firefox, plus Firefox is cross-platform.
The main feature of Safari I use is the password manager via iCloud Keychain, as well as storing payment methods.
I enjoy the random password generator Safari offers, and then copy and paste the random generated passwords from keychain into my other browsers. I also have Chrome installed for cast support from the desktop, but there again, I generally use that from either the iPhone, or iPad. It's there if I need it though.
The main feature of Safari I use is the password manager via iCloud Keychain, as well as storing payment methods.
I enjoy the random password generator Safari offers, and then copy and paste the random generated passwords from keychain into my other browsers. I also have Chrome installed for cast support from the desktop, but there again, I generally use that from either the iPhone, or iPad. It's there if I need it though.
Edge from MS is quite good in my week of testing (since Safari 15 was released), side to side is a little faster even and does not crashes 10 times per day while zooming in or other bad browsing habits of mine.
I’m running Catalina and i stayed on safari 14 because I didn’t like the changes and seen zero reason to update.
I also wasn’t going to update to iOS 15 because I hate the maps changes and drive for a living. However, I was forced to because I chose to purchase the 13 Pro
apple’s design is starting to really hit a weird point. In the maps app alone on iOS, it’s a weird combination of huge bold fonts and sharp smaller ones. There’s almost no consistency.
it’s pretty much time to stop shipping updates every year. Or at least stop while the entire team is working remote.
I also wasn’t going to update to iOS 15 because I hate the maps changes and drive for a living. However, I was forced to because I chose to purchase the 13 Pro
apple’s design is starting to really hit a weird point. In the maps app alone on iOS, it’s a weird combination of huge bold fonts and sharp smaller ones. There’s almost no consistency.
it’s pretty much time to stop shipping updates every year. Or at least stop while the entire team is working remote.
Safari 15 is such a mess on the Mac - iOS 15 too - that I’m likely to wait until fall 22 for the next updates.
I’m incredibly disappointed with Apple this time round - Big Sur & iOS 14 were pretty good.
Very very sloppy quality control in both engineering and UX.
And is anyone on security & bug fixing duty there?
I’m incredibly disappointed with Apple this time round - Big Sur & iOS 14 were pretty good.
Very very sloppy quality control in both engineering and UX.
And is anyone on security & bug fixing duty there?
Don't like the tabs, but YouTube bookmarks don't crash for me. 2018 15" MB Pro on Big Sur 11.6 (20G165). I have read that this seems to affect more M1 users.
I'm on Safari 15 and Big Sur. I had a LOT of trouble on Indeed.com yesterday. It seemed like the page partially loaded and then wouldn't load further. I made sure content blockers were all turned off, but in the end had to just load it in Brave, which is my backup browser for sites that don't behave in Safari.
Yeah, remember the good old days when nothing Apple made had any bugs? Me neither.
As a side note, if you're spouting anti-vax garbage here, kindly peddle it elsewhere.
I just tried indeed.com on Safari 15, Big Sur, and didn't seem to have any issues. I tried the main page, and a couple of the common searches. It loaded quite fast actually.
You're welcome. I did the main page indeed.com, as mentioned, then I clicked on Amazon. I didn't try much beyond that since things seemed to be working.
Like i said in an earlier post, I didn't know there were problems other than people not liking the new layout until I saw this article today. As far as the tabs, I have mine set to separate instead of compact, and they look as safari has always looked.
All software has bugs, but it seems they are getting worse in frequency and severity at Apple with every passing iteration. They are struggling, in my opinion, to keep on top of it. You're welcome to disagree but I've been an Apple fan long enough to form an opinion.
So have I. I've been using Macs since the 90s and I can remember some pretty horrific, data-destroying bugs in the past. Also, let's remember that software has become a lot more complex over the years. I'm frankly surprised there aren't more bugs, myself.
I can definitely get behind that. But maybe then they should improve what’s already working instead of doing things like totally breaking iPadOS Safari sidebar in the quest for more features that aren’t really even any good…
I guess this is what happens when your software engineers work remotely.
Definitely not a manager pushing out stuff before it's ready to go. Definitely.
Thing that drives me batty is that using MacOS dark mode, the active tab of a private window is the dark tab, while the active tab of a normal window is the bright tab. Since I always work with a mix of private and non-private windows, I can never tell what the active tab is.
I foolishly updated to Safari 15 when I updated Big Sur to 11.6, I just wasn't paying attention. I just want the tabs at the bottom of the screen like in days of old...
On my MacBook - unchecking "Apps on this Mac using iCloud" - Safari - and re-checking fixed all of my tab/reading list syncing issues between Mac OS Safari 15 and iPad OS 15 Safari - just fyi for anyone else having the same problems of reading list/tabs not syncing between devices.
I told you so, last Friday.
macOS Monterey is set to be released later this year with Safari 15, with key new features including redesigned tabs, grouped tabs, automatic switching of sites from HTTP to more secure HTTPS when available, faster performance, improved security, and more. Apple also released Safari 15 for macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina last week.
Unfortunately, some customers have experienced a few issues with Safari 15, which we've highlighted in more detail below.
YouTube Bookmarking Issue
On both macOS Big Sur and the macOS Monterey beta, it appears that attempting to bookmark a YouTube page in Safari 15 results in the browser crashing.
The issue was demonstrated with a video shared by YouTube channel Krazy Wabbit. As a temporary workaround, the video notes that users can create a bookmarks folder for YouTube videos and then drag YouTube pages into the folder in the Safari sidebar.
Page Loading Issue on macOS Catalina
On macOS Catalina, some users across the Apple Support Communities, MacRumors Forums, Reddit, and Twitter have reported that some websites fail to load in Safari 15, with affected users receiving an "a problem repeatedly occurred" error message.
Affected users said that disabling JavaScript solves the problem by clicking on Safari in the macOS menu bar > Preferences… > Security and unchecking the Enable JavaScript box, but this is not an ideal solution. Fortunately, it appears that users can permanently address the issue by reinstalling Safari 15 with a package from Apple's servers.
Article Link: Safari 15 Issues: YouTube Bookmarks Crash Browser, Some Websites Fail to Load on macOS Catalina
Safari 15.0 - Add bookmark = instant Safari crash
Whatever it is, it's insanely annoying. I've since gone back to Brave. Honestly the M1 version of Brave seems quite a bit faster than Safari, and I don't have to deal with any broken websites.
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