Fix Guide: Tahoe Safari "Website Tracking" Error

Symptom: Safari on macOS Tahoe shows a "Your connection is not private" or "Website tracking prevented" error on almost every site, even trusted ones like Google or YouTube.

Why this happens

The Tahoe 26.2 "Intelligent Tracking Prevention" engine can become overzealous if the local certificate store is out of sync or if the com.apple.Safari.SafeBrowsing daemon has a corrupted database.

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Fix 1: Clear Safe Browsing Caches

1. Open Terminal.
2. Run: rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari.SafeBrowsing
3. Restart Safari. This forces the browser to re-download the latest "safe site" definitions from Apple.

Fix 2: Check System Date & Time

1. Go to System Settings > General > Date & Time.
2. Ensure Set date and time automatically is toggled ON.
3. An incorrect system clock is the most common cause of SSL/Tracking errors.

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