reader gone from safari with latest update

my per in safari is missing is there a way to get it back. I'm running macOS 12.6.thanks in advance

Posted on Oct 5, 2022 05:01 PM

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John Galt

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Oct 5, 2022 06:30 PM in response to Ngmcd846

It will be greyed out if Safari is unable to interpret any text on that page. If you think it should appear, If Safari on Mac doesn't open a webpage or isn't working as expected has a number of suggestions. Review all of them.

John Galt

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Oct 5, 2022 05:39 PM in response to Ngmcd846

Click Safari's View menu > Show Reader

Is that selection not present, or is it "greyed out", or...?

Ngmcd846 Author

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Oct 5, 2022 06:23 PM in response to John Galt

It shows it’s greyed out

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