Safari will spontaneously visit URL while I type

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On my old MacBook Air and even on my brand new Retina MacBook Pro (which was set up as a new computer), if I open a new tab and quickly start typing a URL or search in the bar, Safari will sometimes truncate whatever it is I was typing and act as if I had pressed Return.

I believe this has something to do with the search suggestions/seek time for bookmarks but it happens stochastically so I can't determine the root cause.

Best Answer

This happens if you:

  1. have enabled Google as your default search engine

  2. have enabled Google Instant within your Google search settings

I have this same situation occur on my Chrome.

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