Hi, Daniel and others who responded, I wish it was this easy. Those ‘remedies’ were the first things I tried to do, but, Bing just doesn’t go away. Looking at the Websites tab of Safari preferences it appears that you can turn Bing off and turn on the preferred browser, but that doesn’t work either.
This change obviously came with Security Update 2018-001 I installed last night. Working through the list, if I turned on DuckDuckGo, the warning icons appear and say it isn’t secure enough, and the same warning comes up with other choices and only Bing is left. Probably most other members have installed this already — are they stuck with Bing also? Thanks, Pat > On 13 May 2018, at 12:48, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > > Another way to also change it. When you have a “blank” page open (and you can > see the line “Search or enter website name”, if you click on the search > magnifying glass thing to the left of this, you’ll get a drop down menu. You > can change here. > Otherwise it’s Safari menu - Preferences - Search. > “Search engine”. Then choose from the drop down menu you want. > > Some times websites will change the search for you (or ask you if you want to > go to this page, without you realising it’s meaning it’s going to change it. > And some software can also ask if you want to change it as well, as part of > the install of the software. Malware can also do it as well sometimes - > though normally won’t change it to Bing, it will change it some other weird > search engine or “tracking” website. > > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone 7 > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and > as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. > Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or > accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this > email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the > author be requested. > >> On 13 May 2018, at 12:34 pm, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Pat. >> >> Go to Safari/Preferences/HomePage >> Then type in the URL you want. >> >>> On 13 May 2018, at 11:14 am, Pat <clamsh...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >>> >>> I have just discovered that my choice of search engine has been corrupted: >>> I was using Duck Duck Go. And now I discover that it has been >>> surreptitiously replaced by Bing and I haven’t been able to change it back. >>> I don’t like this at all! Who made this decision? No one asked my >>> permission. And why can’t I change back? >>> >>> Grrrrrrr! >>> Pat >>> Mac Pro, running OS 10.13.4 >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> >> Regards, >> Stephen Chape >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
