Change google search bar address

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Change google search bar to google.co.uk

Hi
Very frustratingly the safari google search box seems to default to google.com, when I would like to have it picking up UK results through google.co.uk
Has anyone got any ideas how you would change this? Presumably you should also be able to change the default to Yahoo or some other search engine too.
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks

Hi
although this can be done by changing things manually, it's not ideal & you'd likely be better looking at a third party app that will do this for you; there are quite a few.... but Safari Enhancer does what you want + other 'useful' things & is free, or rather donations are invited if you really like it.
check to see if any of the versions work on 10.0.x, if that's what you're using.

Changing Safari's google search bar

is there any way to change safari's google search bar to another search engine... there's a charity that will donate every time i search with their yahoo fueled search engine and i want to get it in my browser as the default.
is it possible?

Try the instructions in this article.
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Can I change the Google search bar on the Mozilla Firefox Start Page to direct searches to google.co.uk, as it currently directs me to google.fr and I do not speak French (even though I live here!).

I like the Mozilla Firefox Start Page and I do find Google fairly useful (albeit that I have dumped Chrome for Firefox due to Google's constant badgering to sign-up to their social network "circles" etc) - but my gripe is that I am redirected to google.fr NOT google.co.uk (my 1st preference) or google.com (2nd preference). Yes, I am located in France. No, I am not French and most of the information I am looking for is contained on UK or US web pages. I found the same problem with the provided Google search engine in the top right bar, so removed it in favour of Yahoo (which I am not a fan of either!). Any advice would be gratefully received. Thx.

Many thanks for the prompt reply, ideato.
One of the reasons I abandoned Chrome in favour of Firefox was due to the "black band of doom" that appears on the top of the Google page - so setting up my homepage to google.co.uk just puts that back in the ugly spotlight.
I was, though, pleasantly surprised to see a Google search bar on the Mozilla Firefox Start Page (without the black band and Google options that I am just not interested in) but bitterly disappointed that it is Google.fr (due to my ISP being French).
I shall learn to live with Yahoo (or worse case scenario, Bing!)
rgds, PG

Firefox won't allow typing into Google search bar whereas Chrome will

Hi,
I'm currently running Firefox 6.0.2 on Windows XP SP3 with Outlook 2003 SP3. No changes made recently to anything.
Suddenly several errors happening at once, most involving Firefox.
1) Homepage Google. I cannot type anything in Google search bar.
If I replace it with e.g. Yahoo I can type anything, but replace it with Google and it is blocked again. I have re-booted, removed and replaced homepage etc no help.
2) If I type www.hotmail.co.uk in Firefox address bar at top of screen it refuses to find the site. Nothing happens at all. Any other address I have typed in it had found ok, but this one remains blocked.
3) It is difficult to see an immediate relationship to Firefox with this one, but it started at exactly the same time and also involves Google, so it is a bit of a coincidence otherwise. I keep getting Google delay messages on many of my emails. In fact they never get through, and I don't even have a Google email account!
I use SKY email, Outlo0k as above and both are working normally apart from the bizarre Google messages as below:
Thought you might like this!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10611973
This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification
THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE.
Delivery to the following recipient has been delayed:
fsmail.com
Message will be retried for 1 more day(s)
Technical details of temporary failure:
The recipient server did not accept our requests to connect. Learn more at http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7720
[lb-collector.example.com (1): Destination address required]
----- Original message -----
Received: by 10.227.7.7 with SMTP id b7mr6038396wbb.63.1315380110685;
Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:21:50 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.227.7.7 with SMTP id b7mr6038394wbb.63.1315380110525;
Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:21:50 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <
Received: from esystem (5ad8be9b.bb.sky.com [90.216.190.155])
by o7sm2699363wbh.8.2011.09.07.00.21.48
(version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER);
Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:21:49 -0700 (PDT)
FromToSubject: BBC News - Australian drunk survives attempt to ride crocodile
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 08:21:45 +0100
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boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0079_01CC6D37.30045180"
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Thought you might like this!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10611973
I have removed the actual email addresses but they were perfectly accurate. Resending the emails by cutting and pasting worked in all cases so it is hard to see why the originals failed.
I would be grateful for any help or suggestions
Many thanks

In the address bar type "about:config" without the quotation marks.
Then in the Filter field type keyword.
Then double click keyword.URL
and type or copy and paste the following: "http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=" without the quotations.
And there you have it. Your browser will use google to search.
These instructions were found here: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Location%20bar%20search

Error searching with google search bar

When seraching the net using Google search bar I got this message "Access to Proxy requires some authentication"

Do you mean the built-in Firefox search bar set to Google (typically a small g icon at the left end), or a Google add-on? I will assume the built-in bar.
Google is known to check your IP address and choose a "local" sites on that basis. If you are using a proxy, perhaps that might explain the change?
A typical thing to try in this situation is to delete your Google cookies. In this case, you'll need to delete cookies for both sites.
You can call up the cookie viewer either of these ways:
* right-click the page and choose View Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"
* (menu bar) Tools > Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"
In the dialog that opens, the current site name should appear in the filter box at the top (presumably google.nl). You can remove that site's cookies individually, and then edit the filter value to google.co.uk to get the list for that site and remove those.
Then try the search bar again. Any improvement?

How do I get rid of the quicklink tips under the google search bar on the Firefox home page?

I want to lose the quicktips that appear under the Google search bar when I open Firefox

You can install the Stylish extension and add the above posted code.
*Stylish: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/stylish/
See also http://userstyles.org/help/stylish_firefox
About changing the above mentioned browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl pref:
Type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key to open the about:config page, just like you open a website by typing the URL in the location bar.
*If you see a warning message then you can confirm that you want to access the about:config page.
Use the search bar at the top of the about:config page to locate the browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl pref more easily.
Double click the line with this pref to modify the value and simply remove the URL that you see to leave an empty string field.
Click OK to confirm the new empty value.
This will disable loading new snippets from the server.
Steps 2-4 are about clearing already downloaded snippets, but you can skip this and only hide the snippets with the Stylish extension.

Possible Solution to Google Search Bar Not Working/Safari Not Loading Pages

Hello Apple Forums,
I have recently encountered a possible solution to a problem with Safari. The one in which Safari fails to load any page associated with www.google.com. Especially the Google Search Bar—a feature I use frequently.
After browsing through the forums about the Google Search Bar issue, I took my knewly gained knowledge, and decided to do some diagnosing for myself.
This is what I have done so far to try and solve this issue:
Run Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Cron Scripts
Cleared the following caches:
System Local Computer Cache
System VM (Swap) Files
Curent User Cache
Current User Icon Cache
Internet Explorer Download Cache
Page History
Web Site Cache
Temporary Files
Safari Downloads List
Form Values
Page History
Recent Searches
Site Icons
Web Site Cache
User Cookies (used by Safari)
Finder Recent Applications
Recent Documents
Recent Folders
Recent Servers
Recent Files of AppleWorks 6
Disk Utility Disk Images
Preview
QuickTime Player Favorites/Recent
REALbasic Projects
TextEdit
VideoLanClient
and Other caches of Acquisition Current Downloads
Acquisition Recent Searches
MSN Conversation History
Vicomsoft FTP Client Icon Cache
All of the above runnings of Cron scripts and clearings of Caches were done using Mac Pilot version 1.1.5 (yes the one on the site is an updated version, but I have not downloaded it yet). If you decide to use this program to clear caches, I advise not clearing the Installer Receipts under the System section as Installer Receipts are used to correctly repair permissions. I do not clear Find File Indexes either, because I use the Find File feature quite frequently on my computer and I do not want to have it re-index files all the time (perhaps I'll do it every few months or so to refresh what I've got on the harddrive). Remember, all the information given in this paragraph is relative to Mac Pilot version 1.1.5.
In addition, I have also repaired permissions using Disk Utility 10.4.4 (v145.7) (make sure you restart your computer after you repair permissions). I have taken out items in /harddrive/library/StartUpItems as well as taking out items in /harddrive/library/Internet Plug-Ins and in /user/library/Internet Plug-Ins and in user/library/Caches (restart your computer after taking out or putting in items in these locations).
As of now, all the information mentioned above about trying to fix this problem have NOT worked.
What HAS WORKED for me was tinkering with my 3rd party firewall—Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48). Under the Protection Settings, I HAD Enable Active FTB support, Enable Stealth mode, Enable suspicious activity protection (with Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic selected), Enable UDP Protection (with Protect outgoing UDP connections, Allow access to essential services, and Protect a range of UDP ports 1 through 1023 selected).
What I CHANGED in Protection Settings was DESELECT Enable suspicious activity protection (with Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic DESELECTED). Upon deselecting that information the Google Search Bar feature in Safari WORKED practically instantaneously. Before hand, anything I inputted into Safari and after hitting Return on the keyboard just wound up hanging there.
Just to be sure, all tests were performed on:
IMac G4 800 Mhz SD Mac OSX 10.3.9 with ALL the latest Software Updates, Except Apple Remote Desktop Client version 1.2.4 and iPod Updater 2006-01-10
I have a cable internet connection with ISP Time Warner Cable (RoadRunner) using a SurfBoard SB4100 Cable Modem on an AirPort Extreme Base Station (Apple Base Station V5.6)
Interesting side note: I have a PowerBook G4 15" 1 Ghz Mac OSX 10.3.9 Laptop running on the same network (although it has an airport extreme card as opposed to the regular airport card in the iMac) with ALL the same latest Software Updates, Except iPod Updater 2006-01-10. The Apple Remote Desktop Client version 1.2.4 does not come up on Software Update on the Laptop and I can not find it on the harddrive using a name search in the Finder Find feature. It does not show up in Applications folder, so I do not know if it is on or active on the Laptop.
The LAPTOP IS ABLE TO USE ALL GOOGLE FEATURES without DESELECTING Enable suspicious activity protection (with Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic DESELECTED). Why this is apparent I have not officially confirmed.
What I do know is that I have tried to Uninstall Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48) with the appropriate uninstaller but it FAILS during the uninstall (I wanted to uninstall and reinstall, it appears the program became corrupted). What I did to possibly circumvent this was to search for the phrase 'Personal Fire" using the Finder's Find feature (Search for items whose name contains 'Personal Fire') and deleted all the files that came up related to Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48). I then reinstalled Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48) since then, and it continues to have the problem with Enable suspicious activity protection (with Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic selected).
What I have not done:
Updated Prebinding
Run TechTool Pro version 4.1.2
Install Combo OSX 10.3.9
Initialize HardDrive with complete reinstallation of OSX 10.3.9
To Summarize Possible Solution
I've tried many possible solutions, what appears to work best as of now is to DESELECT Enable suspicious activity protection (making sure Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic are deselected) under Protection Settings in Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48).
One could try deselecting something similar in any firewall application other than Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48), to see if it is suspicious activity settings in firewalls that cause the problem.
Any comments/feedbacks are extremely welcome.
Hope It Helps!
iMac G4 800Mhz SD 10.3.9 & PowerBook G4 15" 1 Ghz 10.3.9
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Hello tr:
Welcome to Apple discussions and thank you for your very very thorough post.
Your instincts to delete anything named "Norton" were right on the mark. Norton software is POISON to Macs running OS X. An additional software firewall is, IMHO, completely unnecessary. Turn on the built-in firewall in OS X - it is robust. In fact, if it is already on, there may be a conflict.
Go to Symantec's web site and use the uninstaller you should find there to get rid of the Norton stuff. After you do that, do a "find" on Norton and Symantec to be sure it is all gone - the stuff hides everywhere.
Barry

Updated Firefox, now when I open a new tab, there is two seperate google search bars; how do I get rid of the unnecessary search bar?

I updated Firefox, and after I restarted it, when I opened a new tab, I found that I now had two Google search bars: one next to where you type web addresses, and one right above my pinned sites (or my frequently visited sites). I'm just trying to:
1. Figure out why it is necessary to have two of the pretty much identically useful search bars when I really only need one (or can physically type Google in)
and
2. How do I get rid of the unnecessary second Google search bar above my frequently visited and therefore pinned sites.
If you have any ideas of how to remove this annoying addition, I would appreciate it.

I am guessing that you installed an extension, related to "new tab", which added the first search bar. Firefox 31 in includes a search bar for the "new tab" page; so now you have two.
Take a look at that extension (Options or Preferences) to see how to disable ones of those 2 search bars. Or see if an update has been released for that extension, specifically for Firefox 31, with an option to disable the search bar.

How do I get my google search bar back in the middle of my page insead of the Blank searh engine that is on my start up page now

Before I did the last upgrade with Firefox, I had the Google search bar in the middle of my start page. Now , after the upgrade, my Google search bar is up on a tool bar at top of the page and the when you type something in the large Firefox box in the middle of the page does nothing even though it has the Search box to the right of it. The restore last session is under that. I just have a large box in the middle of start page that does nothing. I wish that was my Google search box again.

''Restoring Google Search page as the home page''
What you are looking at on the web page is a '''search form''', not a search bar. Mozilla changed the default home page to '''about:home''' which is supposed to be faster because it is on your computer, but they piled on a few ornaments. There is a space which is essentially advertising space for Mozilla, or to tell you that you have a previous session available below the search form area.
You can replace that page with a real Google Search page http://www.google.com which like other Google pages has links at the top to other Google applications and tells you if you are logged into Google such as for GMail.
"Alt" > Tools > '''Options''' > General >
:When Firefox starts: "Show my homepage":
:Home Page: http://www.google.com
:Press "Ok" at the bottom of the options window.
Specific information on installing a home page is in
:http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How%20to%20set%20the%20home%20page
''Some problems with terminology''
The '''search bar''' is part of your toolbars and you can bring up any search engine you want in it.
Google has their own "Google Toolbar" extension, which you would do well to avoid.
The large empty space on the '''about:home''' default home page, is to tell you that you have a previous session available. You don't need that notification you can bring up your "Previous Session" from the History menu, and after that you can bring up previous windows (or all of them also from same History menu).
In fact if you would like to see the notification at the end of your session, enabling you to restore your current tabs see item #31 (#tabslost) in the following: ...
You can make Firefox '''Firefox 5.0''' look like Firefox 3.6.18, see numbered items 1-10 in the following topic [http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox-problems.htm#fx4interface Fix Firefox 4.0 toolbar user interface, problems (Make Firefox 5.0, or 4.0.1, look like 3.6)]. ''Whether or not you make changes, you should be aware of what has changed and what you have to do to use changed or missing features.''
''If this answers your question please mark it as solved -- to remove from the unresolved problems.''

How Do I Change Google Search Results in Safari 3.1?

I travel a lot. Currently I'm in India. When I was using Safari 3.0, the Google Search Bar search results were always from google.com. Now that I've upgraded to 3.1, the search results are from google.co.in.
How do I get the search bar to give me .com results again?

Unless they've changed it in the past year, the auto-complete on Inquisitor was a deal-breaker. It kept on completing words that I didn't want to type.
Inquisitor has changed a lot over the past year. I used to use AcidSearch. This has it beat hands down.
Unless directed otherwise, I believe Google adapts the search function to your location based on the IP. Hence, the "Indian search".
Back to Inquisitor, one picture is worth a thousand words.

Safari's Google-search bar in Dutch ***?!?!

I have a Macbook pro, Lion all up tp date, and recently I discovered that when I use Safari's google search bar it uses the Dutch google (i.e. goole.nl). I haven't changed any settings.
I am in China atm, but have a UK VPN and even when I've just been connected to the Chinese server in the past, I haven't ha any problems.
I did a software update earlier (it was regarding security) and I think it somehow changed a setting. Can anyone shed any light on this?

Ok I think I figured it out myself... no need to answer

Lost small Google search bar in finder

How do I get back my small Google search bar in my finder that disappeared after I upgraded to Yosemite?

It has been removed for some time from Safari.
The address field also acts as the search bar.
Default search engine is defined in Safari Preferences.

My google search bar shows history but i cannot click on the history items to return to a previous site

With firefox 3, I could click on the google search bar for history, then click on any of the history items, it would go into the google bar and I could search without retyping the address. In firefox 4 when I click on a history item, the google bar stays unchanged so to find the site I have to type in the details. When I start typing, the suggestions are shown but when I click on them nothing happens and I still have to enter the full address.

Your question is answered in your second post of this question here: https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/843805
Please do not double post questions. Continue in the above thread.

Integrated google search bar (awesome bar)

My question is about the integrated google search bar I want to change it from .com to .com.au as I live in australia and american google isn't as relevant to me.

Similar to mbrubecks reply but that didn't work for me and this did:
1 Type "about:config" in the location bar and press enter/go.
2 Search for the "keyword.URL" preference.
3 Right click and select modify and enter the value:
COPY: http://www.google.com.au/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q= to
Copy the above link from http to and including = to Because there is a space in the link and this site automatically hyperlinks things it displays weirdly but copy the whole thing with the space.
Just entering www.google.com.au does not work and the value was blank to begin with so you can't just change .com to .com.au

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