# My mac mouseover is broken!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mac-mouseover-is-broken/453422>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 19, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mac-mouseover-is-broken/453422 "2008-06-19T00:37:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mac-mouseover-is-broken/453422/1 "2008-06-19T00:37:56Z")

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At least it looks that way. We had a computer guru in last night to tidy up our macs, and now my mouseover here is showing me only the address for each thread. Anyone have an idea of how to fix this?

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mac-mouseover-is-broken/453422/2 "2008-06-19T01:30:52Z")

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I’m not a Mac user, but it must be a browser setting. What browser, and what version, are you using?

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mac-mouseover-is-broken/453422/3 "2008-06-19T04:07:06Z")

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Safari 3.1.1. Everything was fine until yesterday, when he fixed everything. 🙂

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mac-mouseover-is-broken/453422/4 "2008-06-19T04:21:34Z")

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So let me see if I have this right.

Normally you see the preview for the first post, but instead now you’re seeing the full URL of the link?

[Try this](http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/disable-tooltips-safari-firefox.html), though it may disable both things.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mac-mouseover-is-broken/453422/5 "2008-06-19T15:26:08Z")

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Sorry, guys, I went to an external source (the guy who broke it 🙂 ) - he had something selected in Onyx that was doing it. Honestly, who just wants to see a path on mouseover? Well, maybe computer geeks like the guy who tidied up my mac, but I don’t think I ever gave him the impression that _I_ was a computer geek! Thanks anyway.