How To Fix: "Google Safe Browsing Service is Unavailable" Error in Safari - Mac Tip

If you look in your Security settings in Safari on your Mac computer, and see a warning that says, "The Google Safe Browsing Service is unavailable."  You'd probably feel a little concerned. This feature is apart of the Fraudulent sites protection in Safari. The list is provided by Google. 

I'm not sure why Safari gets this error, but it seems to be a problem with the database file, and there's a fix you can do, to get the Google Safe Browsing Service updated and working again. 

The culprit is the SafeBrowsing.db file. If you delete the database, Safari will reset the file. 

How To Fix: "Google Safe Browsing Service is Unavailable" Error in Safari 

1. On the Finder Menubar, click "Go".

2. Then click, "Go to Folder..."

3. Type in: /private/var/folders 

4. There will be a few folders, open them up and look for a folder with com.apple files.

5. Find, and open the folder named, com.apple.Safari. 

6. In this folder, there should be a file named, SafeBrowsing.db.

7. Send the SafeBrowsing.db file to the Trash. This will force Safari to rebuild the file. 

8. This should fix the problem. But check back again, a few days later, and see if there are no more errors. *Note, the file doesn't seem to be updated every day.