Trying to get rid of "Stream Watch"

[newsy]

I am not good at the tech stuff but did think I could manage a shift from firefox to safari. When I open safari the home page is "Stream Watch" and I have no idea how to get rid of that...I did discover that the intrusive site is owned or connected to google.

 

[Gandalph]

Click on Safari then Preferences. Then click on General Tab. You will be able to set your Homepage Preference in there. HTH

 

[pm-r]

Click on Safari then Preferences. Then click on General Tab. You will be able to set your Homepage Preference in there. HTH

And having it blank is a good alternative and/or set to "None" or an Empty page!!




- Patrick
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[newsy]

Screen2Watch has returned, changing my home page or leaving it blank does not get rid of screan2watch, it is now one of three which appear as favourites, the other two are google and bing, I now have three favourites owned by google and I have selected none...is it possible and practical to delete all of google ?

 

[Slydude]

Which OS X version are you using? I think you nerf to clear Safari's cache and history but the process is slightly different in some versions of Safari.

It probably won't hurt to tun MalwareBytes for Mac.

 

[newsy]

Skydude: my safari is 11.01 and I have been trying to switch back to safari from firefox....I will try your suggestion of emptying cache etc; at this point I am thinking "nothing to lose".

 

[IWT]

@newsy

The latest version of Safari is 11.0.2. Assuming your Operating System can accommodate the latest version, click on the App Store, then choose Updates.

Even with your current version, the way to Empty Caches is the same.

Firstly, in Safari, go to Preferences (shortcut is Command + comma. Or click on Safari and choose Preferences from dropdown menu).

Click on "Advanced". At the bottom, if not already checked, check the box "Show Develop menu in menu bar".

Now you will see "Develop" in the top Menu Bar of Safari between "Bookmarks" and "Window". (It might have been there already, but probably not)

Click on "Develop". From the drop down, choose "Empty Caches". That's it.

As regards your Home Page. Open Safari Preferences, click on General.

This will appear:



Where it shows Homepage (Yellow arrow), click on it it and delete what's there, i.e., leaving it blank. (Or, if you prefer, type in the URL of whatever you want.)

Then Quit Safari. Then reopen Safari.

Merry Christmas.

Ian

 

[newsy]

Wonderful answer, Ian, I will print....just spent far too much time trying to find out the holiday hours for Tim Horton's.....Me birth place was the Royal Infirmary, Perth....been in Canada since 53.

 

[IWT]

Many, many years ago, I spent time as a medical student at Perth Royal Infirmary. As I've been retired for 9 years, you can guess it wasn't yesterday

Ian