I lost the back arrow on safari on my macbook air.

I cannot find the back button on safari. It was here before.

Look under the View menu at the first two items. The first one is either 'Hide Toolbar' or 'Show Toolbar' and it is probably 'Show Toolbar' since you are complaining only about the loss of the back button and not everything. The second item is 'Customize Toolbar'. I suspect that you somehow removed the arrows and selecting this option will allow you to either drag the default toolset or to drag specific items down onto your toolbar.

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I lost the back arrow on my web pages

I have no idea what I did, but I lost the back arrow on my web pages..the arrow that enables you to move backwards or forward to web pages you've viewed . How do I get this back???

Hi BC,
Open Safari, in the header, right click in a grey area - NOT in the address bar or on an icon.
"Customize Toolbar" appears, left click on this and a window opens showing all the options available.
Just drag and drop the icons you are missing into the previous and next position under Close, Minimise etc.
Cheers.

Why have I lost my BACK arrow on Safari?

I am running OS 10.6.8 and Safari 5.1.9 and all of a sudden I have no BACK arrow on any Safari page. The only way I can go BACK is to go up to History and select BACK. Any idea why this has happened?

Try this. Click on View in the menu bar and select Customize Toolbar. Then drag the Default Set on to the tool bar space at the top of the Safari page.

Where has the back arrow gone? No help from suggested change to tab preferences

I also have lost the back arrow in Safari 6.0 running under Mountain Lion. Change of tab in preferences does not seem to help.

James, as always, go up to "View" then click on "Customize Toolbar, and drag the forward&back arrows on to the top of your toolbar.

Issue with Safari and using the back arrow with multiple tabs open

I open multiple tabs in Safari but when I'm in a tab browsing and I hit the back arrow, in the new version of Safari, it doesn't just go back to the previous page in the tab, it completely backs out of all the tabs. What am I doing wrong?
I have a PC running Win 7 and the lastest version of Safari. I launch Safari which opens to my home page (CNN). I then go the News on my menu bar and select Open in Tabs - then tabs for 6 news sites open up. However if I go to one of the tabs and start navigating around the sight and I want to back up a page I click the back arrow like I have always done in previous versions of Safari but instead of backing up 1 page in the tab I'm in, it collapses all the tabs and I'm back with only the CNN tab still open. Its frustrating not being able to backup on page and I can figure out what's going on. I've use Safari for sometime now but only this version is giving me this problem. I tried resetting and reinstalling Safari but still get the same problem. Any ideas? Its like I'm backing out of tabs instead of pages.
Jeff Law
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Thanks for your quick response.
1) I have the Block Pop UP windows option turned off
2) I switched Safari to 32 -bit mode and rebooted my iMac but I still can't get the CBS videos to run
The exact message I get in the Hulu or CBS box is:
The video you have requested is either unavailable or is being blocked by an ad blocker installed in your browser.
I have the same problem with the Safari, Firefox and Opera (all are the latest versions.
------Barry N.

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If you close Safari completely e.g. via the taskbar, and then go into Settings > Safari and click Clear History and Clear Cache, then when you re-open Safari you should just get an empty page.

I have lost the google toolbar in safari. How do get it back? Reset Safari does not help.

I have lost the google toolbar in Safari. How do I get it back. Reset Safari does nor help.

From Safari's menu bar top of your screen click View / Customize Toolbar.
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Since downloading Safari 6.0 when browsing I cannot use the back arrow

Since downloading Safari 6.0 sometimes when reading a website I cannot go back as the back arrow doesn't work.

Hi,
I found this Terminal command here on the discussion board posted bu Sinzu.
defaults write com.apple.Safari com.apple.Safari.ContentPageGroupIdentifier.WebKit2BackspaceKeyNavigationEnable d -bool YES
Dimaxum
Sorry, everyting is BOLD tekst.

Why when I use the back arrow the window disappears?

I don't like Safari for other reasons. Now all the sudden I am having trouble with my windows. Its like I have lost the ability to navagate. Now when I press the back arrow the window disapepars. I only use Safari because I have a MAC. Firefox is much better and I use it more. I hope that I am just confused. It Safari becomes harder I don't know what I will do.

The back arrow by itself shouldn't do anything in Safari, unless a text-entry field is active.
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This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you boot, and again when you log in.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a Fusion Drive or a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, reboot as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of Steps 1 and 2.

I lost the "up arrow" at the bottom of my Web OS home screen

I lost the "up arrow" at the bottom of my Web OS home screen, that allows you to get to the other screen instead of the up swipe, and I can't find anywhere to allow me to get it back. Any suggestions? Thanks
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That's curious. I can't seem to duplicate removing the arrow from the bar.
Have you tried rebooting the device? Device Info app/Reset Options button/Restart.
Worst-case scenario would be using the webOS doctor to reflash the device.
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Just recently, the back arrow is grey when I've gone to an article from a page. Anyone know why?

If I quit Safari and then re-open, the back arrow will work.

I do not know whether this will work or not.
Click "View" menu in the Safari menu bar and then "Customize Toolbar".
From the dropdown drag the default set into the toolbar.
Click "Done".

Missing back arrow on safari

I am not able to get the back arrow to move around a webpage on safari. Not sure what happened but I can't get it back. Have to restart webpage to beginning and start over.

Click "View" menu in the Safari menu bar.
Click "Customize Toolbar" from the dropdown
From the sheet that drops down drag "Back/Forward" arrows to the Safari Toolbar.
Click "Done"
Best.

After I open FireFax 4 to my home page and then try to navigate elsewhere, I do not have access to the back arrow to return to the home page. What setting is causing this to happen?

Toshiba Satellite Laptop
Vista Home Premium
Firefox 4.0 recently installed
Every time I load Firefox, my home page comes up.
After going to another page, I do not see the back arrow highlighted, and the only way to get to the home page, I have to click on the Home button in the upper right part of the screen and get a new tab. Annoying - yes. Practical - no. I even uninstalled 4 and reloaded with the same results each time.

Then you need a clean install.
First export your bookmarks to a html file. (Bookmarks/Unsorted bookmarks will bring you History page where you can export your bookmarks). Note down your add-ons too.
Uninstall the old FF using free software like Revo Uninstaller. This will delete all the root directories and registries of old FF.
Now download the latest version of FF and install it. You can re-import your bookmarks from your saved html file.
You may still have to do the fix in my first post.
Post here whether this worked for you.

How can I go BACK to the site I was at, say, 5 site previous or forward without hitting the BACK arrow 5 times? The previous version had a drop down box with a list of previous sites I could click on.

It can take a while to go back by hitting the back arrow again and again. The previous version had a drop down box that listed nine or ten previous URLs. This allowed me to pick out which one I wanted by clicking on that URL. Version 4 doesn't have this feature or, if it does, I cannot find it. Is this capability on Version 4, and if so, how can I find it?

You can get the drop down list by either right-clicking on the back/forward buttons, or holding down the left button until the list appears.

After I search using Google in Firefox, and hit the back arrow button to return to the main homepage I use, the browser won't take me there. Instead, I'm left at the initial results page from my search.

Assume I start at Google as my homepage. I search for Federal Reserve. Google then brings up a number of selections for Federal Reserve. I can scroll through to more search results on page 2, 3, 4, etc. Now suppose I want to use the back arrow button to go back to Google as my homepage. I’ve found what I was looking for. When I try to get back to Google, the furthest back I can go is to page 1 of the search results. The browser won’t take me back to the original starting page which was Google. Also, it doesn’t matter what the starting page or initial page was. The browser will only take me back to the initial page after the original homepage. By the way, I did not install any new software or applications prior to this problem occurring. My guess is that it may have something to do with the function keys at the top of the keyboard. But I can’t figure out what the problem is with the function keys. It’s only a guess.

using Google toolbar for searches?? disable instant search (click the wrench to the right of the tool bar, untick enable instant, and hit save. worked for me
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I lost the back arrow on safari on my macbook air.

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