Safari is Apple's web browser. Please specify in your question if you are using it under Windows, since it is more popular under OS X.

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Does safari on iOS update automatically? Outside of iOS updates?

I realize that safari is updated when iOS is updated. But is it ever updated silently, like chrome or firefox, for more minor additions? Say for bugs in webkit/nitro. Or is it more like the stock ...
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Solution/Script to automatically sync Safari's Reading List to Read-it-Later services like Pocket or Evernote?

MacOSX contextual menus allow me use Pocket [Formerly Read it later] to archive all, and also read, some of the enormous amounts of content that I come across daily on my browser of choice - Safari. ...
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Can I stream from Safari silverlight to AppleTV?

I'm using Sky Sports Now TV to watch live sport on my Mac. This is via the silverlight plugin in Safari. Can I use something to divert this video feed to my Apple TV so I can watch on my television ...
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View local HTML files using web browser on iPad

Using a web browser (e.g., Safari, Chrome, etc.) can I view html pages that are stored locally on the iPad? The pages should render properly and execute Javascript/CSS properly.
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How to Make G-mail Remember my User ID and Passwords with Safari

I work in marketing and have several G-mail accounts established exclusively for my clients advertising programs that I must access frequently. Until a few days ago, each time I opened any G-mail ...
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Why is Safari 6 so slow? [closed]

Does anyone know why Safari 6 is so slow on Lion? I find it impossible to use. (Firefox, on the other hand, runs fine, as did Safari 5 before I upgraded to Lion.)
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Boot into Safari-only mode in Mountain Lion?

In Lion, you used to be able to boot into a Safari-only mode. Where did that go in Mountain Lion?
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where is SearchMe extension for Safari and Chrome comes from?

Again, today, I found out that my default search engine has been changed to "Yahoo", which is weird as I didn't do that. This is the second time it happens, and I found out there is an extension ...
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Is there a way to copy the link URL in Safari (Mac OS X) without using right click?

In Safari, if you want to copy the link URL, you should do 3 operations: Hover the link Right-click the link Use the "Copy link" item from the main/contextual menu Alternatively, you can ...
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How can I browse offline my already visited websites?

OK, I am online half of the day and offline the other half using a MacBook Pro. As I am coding primarily on this Mac, I am interested in caching all the websites I visit: especially forums, blogs, ...
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Clearing the cache/history not removing form field values

I am using Firefox and Opera in OS X 10.5.8. I have cleared the cookies, history, private data number of times. But when I visit gmail/facebook, the email ID is still auto filled up. Is there anyway ...
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Safari Toolbar Icons Blank

Regularly, after some time using Safari, 3rd party icons in Safari toolbar become blank. Restarting Safari fixes the problem, but after some time it happens again.
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Does the javascript debugger in Safari have the ability to de-minify javascript like chrome does?

In the Chrome debugger under the "Sources" tab, there is a little "{}" button at the bottom that will de-minify minified code and make it human readable, as well as allow the developer to set ...
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Running GUI application from Console Login

What I'm trying to do is after logging into the >console on my mac mini run safari. Its on 10.6.8 if that matters, I've tried a 10.8.3 machine. Once logged in, I login as root. From here is it ...
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removing results from Google searches on Safari

Is there any extension or whatever that I can use to remove the results I don't want form google for safari? I would like to be able to ban certain domains from appearing in any results on my google ...
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How do I set the home page for Safari on the iPad2?

This is driving me crazy . I'm trying to set the Home page on the iPad. The instructions I've seen indicate there should be a bar at the bottom of the browser with an arrow. There isn't. There also ...
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Stop Safari developer program membership

Does anyone know how to stop Safari developer program membership? A couple of years ago I enrolled into the program as I was interested in development of Safari extensions. But now I have a really ...
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Why can't Java Applets work? [closed]

I would always access virtual Windows XP through java applets. I could not access it through safari but I can access it through Mozilla Firefox. My java is fully updated. I'm fond of using safari so I ...
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Is there a way to set a different Safari download folder per website?

Is there any way in Safari (6 on Mountain Lion) to have it remember a different download folder per website? So if I visit my bank and download a statement I can pick my /finance/ folder to download ...
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Where did the update notifications for Java and Safari 6.0.4 go?

Yesterday my Apple Store came up with the list of new updates available, including Java and Safari 6.0.4. Since it was late I decided to wait till this morning to do the update. Now the same list ...
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Missing Safari settings option “Safari opens with”

I am running OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.3 and Safari 6.0.4 In Safari, the setting General -> "Safari opens with" is missing. I remember using this setting to turn off session restore a few weeks back. ...
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Change the font size of Safari's Web Inspector

Does anyone know how to change the font size in Safari's Web Inspector? It's too small for me and my eyes can't stand staring at it during long periods of time. I've found some links on the web ...
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Safari web browser do not find strings on a page in the common way

How to switch Safari to a normal web page searching instead of finding only whole words? Ex: there ase some words on a page: hello_world, ask_different. When I search for hello, world, ask, different ...
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IPad won't play YouTube in background

When I play youtube then go to a different app, the video stops. This is normal, but what isn't is when I bring up the multitask bar by hitting the home button twice, then hitting play, and it doesn't ...
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Ipad Mini Wifi and Cellular, help!

If i buy an Ipad Mini With Wifi and Cellular Can i cut my mobile sim down can i put it into it and use the internet of that sim card or not?
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Why does Apple's website break with 2o7.net blocked?

I have an /etc/hosts block on 2o7.net and it seems that Apple's metrics.apple.com is a DNS alias for 2o7. When navigating apple.com with Chrome or Safari, I get the following: Failed to load ...
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How can I save a Facebook video from their PR site to my Mac?

I use a product called Grappler to save YouTube videos and it usually works for many other video sources when I'm on my Mac. It's not working to help me download the video file that Facebook has ...
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Safari 5.1.8 in Snow Leopard 10.6.8 will not display HTML pages correctly

Some sort of user-profile level corruption is causing Safari 5.1.8 in Snow Leopard to display any web pages as just plain text, formatted mostly in a single column, with only small thumbnails of ...
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Disable Safari's bookmark caching

I need to somehow disable Safari's bookmark caching. When I visit a page of a lecturer of mine that I've bookmarked before for easy access, Safari shows me the cached version it has; not the fresh ...
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Tabs opening in a minimised safari window, not the active one

I’m often using multiple windows in Safari minimizing the windows I’m not working in. However, when I click on a link i.e. in Mail it opens it not in the active window but in the minimized one instead ...
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I've installed a new version of Safari and now it refuses to open and doesn't allow me to downgrade [duplicate]

I've installed a new version of Safari and now it refuses to open and doesn't allow me to downgrade. Someone pointed I had to reinstall the whole system. I'm reading on how to do it right ...
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Switch Twitter Accounts in Safari?

There's add-ons for Firefox to do this, switching twitter accounts without having to sign-in 3-5 times a day is really time saving if you have more than 2 accounts, CookieSwap do the job, is there any ...
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Identifying broken extension? (Safari quit missing)

I'm running into a problem where on occasion Safari starts misbehaving. The symptoms are tabs stop having the quit icon appear on hover, and can only be closed by hitting command-w. At the same ...
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I need to hide `Show all bookmarks` button in Safari 6

I use Safari 6 (on OS X 10.8.3) and I want to hide all button on Bookmarks Bar in Safari 6. For Show Reading list and Show Top Sites there are an options to hide it in Preference → Bookmark but there ...
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When I change my CSS and refresh the page, the changes aren't reflected in Safari or Chrome

I set the background to red instead of the color it normally was. Didn't change. Removed the properties all together, refreshed, the texture was still there, even though I removed the line. OS X ...
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Safari saves PDF as .pdf.jpeg because of faulty mimeType

When I try to open a PDF link by clicking on it, Safari saves it as filename.pdf.jpeg, then tries to open it in Preview, and claims that the file is broken. I checked the requests to see what's ...
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Apple Discussions website not responding to clicks?

This is ironic, Apple's Discussions website is not working properly in the latest version of Safari (6.0.3) or Chrome (25). Any link or button that I click on the page does not work. Is this ...
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Web Site Hi Jacked

Parallels has taken over a web site on Safari on my Ipad so that whenever I type in the address Parallels opens. How can I fix this?
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Always show mobile version in safari OS X

I do not know where to public my question and in fact i hope that it is the right place :) I really like mobile version of one web site, but at the same time i hate full version of it. Is it possible ...
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Safari: Glims plugin: Changed my Tab key behavior

This is a part of my google workflow: Cmd+L, type query, hit Enter, press Tab, hit Enter, this opens the first result. Once I installed Glims, the Tab key now starts to select the tabs rather than ...
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Safari extension to check if you're currently logged-in to Google/Facebook/etc.?

Is there a Safari extension anywhere that shows a banner (or something equivalent) whenever you're logged-in to Google/Facebook/etc.? I rarely sign into Gmail from the web, and when I do I want to ...
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iPhone won't play music from safari through external speakers when on silent

My iPhone 4S won't play music through the external speakers when my phone is on silent, and this problem is only restricted to safari - it works for other apps, even the google app when I tried ...
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How can I script Preferences changes in an application?

I want to use applescript to change a checkbox in the preferences box of Safari. I can open the preference window, but how to code the check box change? Example: I'd like to toggle the check box for ...
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How do I remove items from the Safari Develop>Open Page With menu

My menu contains probably 40+ items. Most of them Windoze apps from my Parallels partition. I cannot find where these are stored so I can trim it.
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Preventing google search for custom top-level domain

How can I prevent safari to redirect the user to the google search page for addresses with custom top-level domains? Given an address of the type http://application.test where test is a primary zone ...
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How to add a website to Safari Top Sites manually?

How to add a website to Safari Top Sites manually instead of viewing it so many times that Safari chose it for you?
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iOS Simulator Mobile Safari

I might possibly have a html5 game project coming up, that would need to run on iOS devices. However i dont own many of them, nor do i have the money to buy them. My friend did remind me i might be ...
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How to go to tab 5 in Safari? (AppleScript)

Is there any way to go to tab number 5 in Safari? tell application "Safari" to set current tab of document 1 to 5
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Safari keeps opening mailto links in Gmail in a new tab

I am trying out different mail clients on my MacBook Pro and have settled now with Sparrow. However Safari now keeps handling mailto links in the browser. If I click on a mailto link it just opens a ...
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Graphical issues with Safari?

Sometimes during browsing the internet or typing stuff (even here), some blocks of the page disappear and overlap each other. They sometimes overlap the text im typing or text in articles im reading, ...

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