How to install safari extension

Sorry, I could have been a bit clearer. It’s a command you have to run in macOS Terminal. It looks a bit intimidating, but actually it’s quite easy to do:

  1. Press Cmd+Space to open Spotlight.
  2. Type “Terminal” without quotes and press enter.
  3. You should see a command prompt waiting for input in the Terminal app.
  4. Copy the following command (the complete line) with Cmd+C and paste it into the Terminal window with Cmd+V:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
  1. Press Enter and wait a few seconds until it is finished.
  2. Restart Safari and check the Extensions page in Preferences, the Bitwarden extension should be back.

The command simply resets a list of so-called Launch Services that macOS retains and registers these services again. Why this is necessary is beyond my abilities, but it helps and causes no other problems.

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