Web Sites Appearing in Mobile Format on my Mac

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#295975 10-May-2022 18:52

When I look at any web site on my iPhone its format is usually optimised for the small screen, however recently I have recently started noticing this mobile format appearing when I visit certain web sites on my Mac. I have attached two examples below, and these particular sites appear to have no link that I can click to switch to the desktop version.

Do I need to approach the web site owners to ask them to fix this, or is there some setting on my computer that I need to change?

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#2912474 10-May-2022 19:34

Could it be cookies sync'ed across the cloud? If the cookies record you are on a mobile device & then sync to your Desktop?
Less likely, but also possible. The web devs are misreading the headers in your browser
Requesting the Desktop site instead of the mobile site is a function of your browser & in my experience only available on mobile devices, not on Desktop based browsers

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#2912476 10-May-2022 19:42

What browser? Have you tried another browser?

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#2912477 10-May-2022 19:45

Try these (3 ways to do the same thing)
1. right click on the URL bar then "settings for bnz.co.nz" - change the page zoom to 100%
2. "view" menu and select "actual size"
3. command + 0 (shortcut for actual size)

You can see what you have set for different websites in "preferences" > "websites" > "page zoom"

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#2912488 10-May-2022 20:21

mike: Try these (3 ways to do the same thing)
1. right click on the URL bar then "settings for bnz.co.nz" - change the page zoom to 100%
2. "view" menu and select "actual size"
3. command + 0 (shortcut for actual size)

You can see what you have set for different websites in "preferences" > "websites" > "page zoom"

That worked beautifully! Thank you so much!

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#2912639 11-May-2022 13:43

Thank you Mike. I had this issue with Metservice, and your Prefs/website/page zoom fixed it for me. Was 175% (don't know how) now 100%. Safari.