I'm with Virgin too but their DNS is mince. I use opendns as the performance is way higher. Do you use a superhub as your router or do you use it in modem mode with your own router?
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Safari Crashing for Both iOS and Mac Users, Fixes Identified [Update: Fixed]
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Ok, you can't change the DNS in the superhub so you would have to do it per device which is a pain.
I have a superhub 3 at present but I use it in modem mode connected to a time capsule and a Mac mini server which sets the DNS to openDNS 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
And/or Google's servers go pop as it only affected having Google set as default search engine. DuckDuckGo had no problems.
Had nothing to do with Google etc. It's the lookups from Apple, the safari suggestions (used to be spotlight suggestions). Over 30 iMacs and MacBooks in one office today all with a mix of Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo as the search provider all 'fixed' by disabling 'include safari suggestions'
Hmm would that not mean it should work if I turn wifi off and use 4G? Because it's still not working over 4G either.
Me too.
Have you cleared the safari cache? I had to do that on my iPad pro earlier, my phone had been fine all day but the iPad had the issue this morning.
I deleted by browsing history and it seems to have done the trick on my iPad Air 2. I'll try it on my MBA. Thanks.
Highly doubtful considering it communicates with Apple's front end servers before pulling data from other sources.
It seems that there's a confusion about the issue that was present--it wasn't related to search suggestions used in Safari, it was related to Safari suggestions, which is a separate although somewhat similar/related feature and setting altogether.
My devices were working just fine too then as of yesterday safari started crashing on my iphone6
Me too, but I'd rather not clear my browsing history. If it's still not working in the morning however, then I will clear it.
Apple has become a creator of buggy software. A sad situation for a company that was pretty good just five years Ago.
This only happened for a day, the issue is fixed ( maybe not everywhere, like in Merthyr Tydfil), that is hardly a case of buggy software, more a glitch. And I would say software is better than it was five years ago. Apple Maps has improved dramatically since, the design got much better, iOS got way more powerful. Under Tim Cook things have improved over the years.
Pretty sure there were issues around five years ago, and six years ago, and beyond.
the applecare advisors don't have any inside information on when this bug will get fixed
EDIT: Nevermind. Did not see the "update." But still, tech support doesn't have any information like that. That advisor took a lucky guess lol