My mother (bless her heart) has the strangest computer problems.
This one has be confused.
She goes to SAFARI… it goes to the COX COMMUNICATIONS webpage (not Google)…
So I thought, easy-peasy… Go to Safari Preferences and change the default HOMEPAGE, right?
Wrong… it won’t let me… I type in a new URL, it changes it back. I say “Use current page” it changes it back.
you mean “SafeMode”? I need to be physcally with the computer in order to do that, and I’m 50 miles away. And no, trying to explain to my 87 year old mother how to do that is NOT an option
There are system commands that supposedly restart the computer in safe mode, but seems there are mixed results depending on the model and macOS version. You can research it to determine if any are worth trying.
You don’t understand. I am 50 miles from the computer.
I can remote log in and restart it in SafeMode I’m sure.
But I can’t get a remote connection back to do anything
Are you sure? How are you remotely connecting? Unlike Windows, Safe Mode on a Mac does not disable network access. It does disable File Sharing, but Screen Sharing or SSH should still work.
google “Mojave safari wont change home page”
there are some odd ones like
enter the new value for HOMEPAGE but do NOT press ENTER or RETURN. Just click to a different preference tab and Safari will ask if you want to change your homepage
There’s been some brilliant Apple bugs in Safari over the years
Not knowing what version of safari makes it hard to know WHICH bugs you might be encountering
well it is MOJAVE… and I wish I’d read this a few min ago… I just had control of her machine, and tried Hal’s suggestion to no avail. I’ll try yours in the morning. Thanks