r/Safari

Hey everyone, I increase the YouTube playback speed 🏎️ in almost all videos, but it's hidden deep in the settings and takes at least 3x clicks!

So I built a Safari extension to change the playback speed on YouTube with just a single click. It's something I wanted for a long time and watching new WWDC videos finally pushed me to build it.

Features:
- Speed controls on hover
- Speeds from 1x to 3x
- Synchronized with YouTube playback speed
- No account, no signup, it just works

No subscription, just one-time-purchase for $2.99

It's available on the Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6778460443

Don't forget about the giveaway :) Comment below and I'll DM a few promo codes.

I’m experiencing a strange Safari issue on macOS 26.5, and I’m wondering if anyone else has seen this.
Sometimes when I open a new tab, the Safari Start Page shows a faint ghost image/text from the last webpage I visited in the background instead of a clean Start Page. The previous page appears underneath the Start Page UI, almost like Safari isn’t fully redrawing the screen.
I’ve also noticed the same issue on my iPhone running iOS 26.5, so it isn’t limited to my Mac.

I’ve already tried:
Restarting both devices
Force quitting Safari
Clearing Safari history and website data

None of these fixed the problem.
Has anyone else experienced this on Safari 26.5 or macOS 26.5? Is this a known WebKit/Safari rendering bug, or has anyone found a workaround?

Couldn't find this documented anywhere, so I dug through the macOS 27 beta and figured out where Safari puts the AI-generated extensions. Wrote it all up here: https://github.com/adm1nsys/Safari-Ai-Extension
Hope it saves someone the digging. Questions welcome

Recently, almost every time I search up something in Safari, it takes me to a ReCAPTCHA test. It didn’t used to do this basically every time. But now it does and it makes me do like 6 of the tests and keeps saying “please try again” multiple times even if I do everything right and it’s driving me insane. I just wanted to search up a word definition dawg 😔

I’ve experienced the same issue ever since I first started using Safari. When I’m scrolling through Twitter, open a tweet, and then go back to the main feed, the page always ends up scrolled further up than where I was before opening the tweet. The further down I scroll in the feed, the higher up the page I land after opening a tweet and returning—relative to my original position.

Does anyone know how to fix this? I’ve put up with it for a long time, but honestly, it’s really starting to get on my nerves. Any help would be appreciated—thanks for reading!

After switching to iPhone, I checked: does Safari have a password manager?

The password manager Safari offers is built in, which sounds convenient and it is, in the same way eating plain toast is convenient. It works. It’s there. You won’t starve. But are you enjoying it? Not really.

To be clear, it’s not really a standalone Safari password manager. It’s Apple’s system-wide password manager through iCloud Keychain. clean, simple, tightly integrated. Good up to a point.

If you look at comparisons people have made online, the gap becomes pretty obvious. Dedicated password managers tend to offer more insight, more control, and better cross-platform support.

It covers the basics: saving passwords, autofill, generating strong ones, and flagging reused or compromised passwords. That’s where it kind of stops.

The biggest issue for me is how passive it feels. The security recommendations are minimal and easy to ignore. There’s no real guidance, no prioritization, nothing that actually helps you clean things up in a structured way. You just get a list and that’s it.

Visibility is also weak. You don’t really get a clear picture of how good or bad your overall password manager situation is. Everything feels a bit hidden or oversimplified.

Then there’s the ecosystem lock-in. If you’re fully invested in Apple, it’s less of an issue. I currently only use an iPhone and don’t own a Mac or iPad, and even from that position I can see how quickly the experience starts to fall apart once you step outside Apple’s ecosystem. That makes it difficult for me to rely on long term.

That difference shows pretty quickly. A good password manager doesn’t just store and autofill. It actually helps you fix problems - highlights the worst issues first, pushes you to update weak or reused passwords, and gives you a proper overview of everything.

So yeah, I switched to a dedicated password manager. The password manager Safari offers isn’t unusable, it just feels too passive and a bit too locked down.

For those still using the Safari password manager, does it feel like enough?

Two X buttons next to the address bar. And yes I keep pressing the second one as if it were “Enter”. Such a bemusing layout choice. This relates to iOS Safari.

When I try searching something using safari on my iPhone I constantly get this message. I can complete the subsequent captcha and get the same hurdle 5 minutes later. I don’t use my phone that much so why does this continue to be a problem?

Hi everyone,

How many of you use Safari with adblockers to get the premium-like experience of apps such as Youtube, Twitter and Linkedin?

I have been doing for a couple of years now and it feels so good to not see ads without paying for extra subscription fees.

The added benefit is that the web experience somehow helps to avoid longer doomscrolling compared to the super-addictive that the native apps are designed to provide.

You can also open multiple posts in different tabs and have them bookmarked without the need to visit dedicated saving options different apps provided.

I have been enjoying this so far and felt like sharing. 🍻

For the last few weeks, I’ve been building a Safari extension for my Sloppy Agent. I’m impressed by how much better Safari feels now. It really looks like an AI‑first browser.

Look at this here https://sloppy.team