Safari url autocomplete

From	J Burns <burns@nospam.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Safari url autocomplete
Date	2018-05-31 17:09 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<pepoag$67b$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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As far back as I remember, Safari's autocomplete has sometimes hijacked 
me. I'd start typing a site I frequent, and it would take me somewhere 
I'd never been.

I often go to accuweather to check local weather. Today Safari took me 
instead to the accuweather mobile site, which I never use, for the 
weather at a location hundreds of miles from here.

I typed it again, making sure I had it right. Again, Safari took me to 
the mobile site for the distant location. I used Google to get to 
accuweather. When I clicked the link, Safari again hijacked me to the 
place I didn't want to go.

Under the Develop Menu, I clicked Clear Caches. It didn't help. I quit 
all apps and used Onyx to clear internet files. That worked, but it 
seems like overkill.

When Safari hijacks me, what's the best remedy?

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Safari url autocomplete J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-05-31 17:09 -0400
  Re: Safari url autocomplete J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-05-31 17:13 -0400
    Re: Safari url autocomplete nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-31 17:19 -0400
  Re: Safari url autocomplete Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-06-01 09:25 +1200
    Re: Safari url autocomplete "Snit's dysautonomia http://bit.ly/2Jqpplk" <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-06-03 02:21 -0700
  Re: Safari url autocomplete JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-05-31 18:22 -0400
    Re: Safari url autocomplete J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-05-31 19:29 -0400
      Re: Safari url autocomplete Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2018-06-01 10:29 +0000
        Re: Safari url autocomplete J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-06-01 17:16 -0400
  Re: Safari url autocomplete Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-06-01 15:58 +0000
    Re: Safari url autocomplete dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2018-06-03 08:32 +0100
      Re: Safari url autocomplete J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-06-03 09:57 -0400
        Re: Safari url autocomplete "Snit's dysautonomia http://bit.ly/2Jqpplk" <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-06-03 07:17 -0700
          Re: Safari url autocomplete "Snit's dysautonomia http://bit.ly/2Jqpplk" <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-06-03 08:51 -0700
        Re: Safari url autocomplete "Snit's dysautonomia http://bit.ly/2Jqpplk" <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-06-03 10:10 -0700

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