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Safari and Google

pouzadouxemmanuel Posted messages 4 Status Member -  
Chris 94 Posted messages 1937 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -
Hello,

when I click on the Safari icon in the dock, Google opens instead of Safari
even though in the system settings Safari is set as the default browser
I cannot connect and use Safari!

thank you for your responses

Configuration: Windows / Firefox 74.0

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    Chris 94 Posted messages 1937 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   7 536
     
    Hello,

    Are you sure it’s not the Google search engine page that opens in Safari and not the Google Chrome software?

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    People who fight can lose. People who don’t fight have already lost.
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  2. pouzadouxemmanuel Posted messages 4 Status Member
     
    Thank you for your very quick response

    Indeed, I expressed myself poorly; it is indeed the Google search engine page that is displayed
    But before, this page did not appear
    How can I make it stop appearing?

    Actually, it's to help my mother (85 years old!) who, like everyone else, is confined at home and very alone, and I am not used to using Macs
    But since she cannot find her usual Safari environment, she panics
    I am trying to help her using TeamViewer

    Thanks again from her
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    1. Chris 94 Posted messages 1937 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   7 536
       
      Well...

      Open Safari and click on the Safari menu > Preferences. The preferences window opens.

      Choose the General tab at the top left. In the Homepage window, there are various options and settings including Homepage, which can be filled with your preferred choice or left empty. For me, it's https://www.apple.com/fr/startpage/
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  3. pouzadouxemmanuel Posted messages 4 Status Member
     
    Yes, I changed the homepage address, but the system is not taking this modification into account, as when I go back to Safari preferences, the Google search engine is still set as the homepage.
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    1. Chris 94 Posted messages 1937 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   7 536
       
      So!..

      I managed it: above "Home page", there is a section "The new windows open with". In the corresponding dropdown list, you select "the home page" and it works like a charm :-)
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