MacOS – Get full url address on Safari

I've found that logging out and back in is sufficient for fixing this. Still a pain, but takes slightly less time than restarting (which also recovers from the failure since it forces you as well as all other users to get logged out when the Mac shuts down).

You can temporarily display the protocol by activating the address bar with ⌘ Cmd-L and copy-pasting the current URL back to the address bar with ⌘ Cmd-C, ⌘ Cmd-V.

The protocol will, however, disappear again as soon as you load a new page by following a link on the page or pressing Enter in the address bar.