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GregBurlingame
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Mar 13, 2022
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Problem with Edge connecting to web sites unless using complete URL

I have a problem in all versions of Edge on one Mac that I use.   If I type "http://www.google.com" into the address bar (or any web site, using that as an example), Edge will never navigate to the...
  • GregBurlingame's avatar
    Mar 14, 2022
    I turned off the beta feature in MacOS called "Private Relay" and that appears to have fixed my problem.

    I realized after a lot of experimentation that no HTTP sites would ever load in either Edge or Google Chrome.

    HTTP sites would load for the first few minutes after logging into my account, but then they would stop working.

    This might become a problem that more people will run into on MacOS when this feature comes out of beta.

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