Then at the left hand top corner off the browser window, you will see the "up arrow Upload icon", and then next to it the "bell icon" that's for notifications and then the "three vertical dots" icon. Then take your mouse and highlight a blank portion of the webpage screen and right click as the page is constantly reloading and you'll bring up a menu that has "Back, Stop, etc) select "Stop" that will give you some temporary relief so it at least stops reloading. If you have the reload refresh problem, it will probably keep reloading as usual. Browse to like you normally would to get to the home page. If you aren't already logged into your YouTube Account (or if you have cleared all your cached data and aren't logged inĪ).
I'll separate this section into "Not Logged in YouTube Users" and "Logged in YouTube Users", there's subtle differences in what you see on screen and which icons to select to find that hidden "Restore Classic YouTube" option, but it's important to note, because not all of us are super techie, and we need step-by-step instructions (I totally get it, so no worries, sorry it s so difficult):
Now, it's different if you are already logged into your Google YouTube account versus, not logged in, that's where the instructions were vague. They kept referring to switching to the old or classic YouTube layout, but I didn't immediately see the option on my screen. Now here's where the instructions from other forums and posts weren't clear and were frustrating (even though we're all probably very techie here to even get to this forum). Use Safari, and go to YouTube homepage (and if you have the constant reload and refresh problem, let the browser continue to do so, while you take your mouse and hover the pointer on a blank section of the web page (yes, even as its reloading) and then right click on your apple Magic Mouse and you will see the optons, "Back, Stop, Open in Dashboard etc.", select "Stop"Ģ). Section B: (If you already have a current version of Flash Player installed - most likely 95% of you here, who already had a working YouTube interface until this week):ġ). If you've been using YouTube and other Flash based websites with Safari for a while, then installing Flash Player is likely not your problem, it's probably the new YouTube homepage interface / redesign that's not compatible with your version of Safari. These first 2 steps are just to make sure you have Flash player installed.
You can also choose to use the Adobe Flash uninstalled, and then install the latest version (Adobe help forums recommend this but I didn't find that it made a difference to me).
If you don't have it installed, then download and install on the link on the page.
Section A: If you don't have Flash Player installed on your Mac / Safari browser:ġ) First check and make sure you have Flash player installed and you can see what the current / latest versions are available here:Ģ). If you already have a current version of Flash installed, then skip to Section B: This should be obvious and I believe probably 95% of the Safari browsing population already has some version of Flash installed already but I wanted this guide to be comprehensive and cover those remaining 5% of users that may not.Ĭheck the current version number and if you have a super old version installed, you may want to download and install the latest version first. I hope to help out a bit and expand this and give you really detailed instructions so there's no misunderstandings:įirst thing you should do, is make sure you have Flash player installed. To solve the current incompatibility of older Safari and the latest YoutUve homepage layout, I put together this short article for you:
To check your Mac OS version highlight over the top corner of your Mac desktop screen and point your most to the Apple logo, and right click "About this Mac", then make sure you are on, "Overview" to see your Mac OS version. This happened even when I had fairly recent OS versions like Mac OS El Capitan (10.11.3) for example. Ok, the same thing was happening on two of my iMac desktops which both had different versions of Mac Operating systems.
Septemeber 2017 update, the YouTube homepage redesign is causing problems for many Mac users running older versions of Mac OS X and older safari browsers: