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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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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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Way to select HTML tables by column and add them to the pasteboard?
Whenever you try to copy an HTML table to the pasteboard, it will select by row. Sometimes, I'd like to select by columns. Is there a way to do this? If not out of the box, any extensions that enable ...
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Are my frequent Safari beach balls caused by my extensions?
Every 2-10 minutes Safari pauses with a spinning beach ball for roughly 10-90 seconds, sometimes asking if I want to reload everything, making Safari almost unusable.
I've installed several safari ...
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Safari extension for adding arbitrary Javascript to a page?
Is there a way to do this?
I know I can use Stylish for adding arbitrary CSS to pages on a per-domain basis. Looking for something similar to add Javascript.
For example, let's say I wanted to turn ...
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How do I download embedded media such as Flash video in Safari 6? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to mimic Safari 5 Activity window with Mountain Lion, to save FLV video files?
It used to be in Safari 5 and such I could open the Activity Viewer with ⌘⌥A, but no ...
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Safari - menu to show live tabs open in open windows
I often have five or six Safari (and Chrome) windows open, each containing several tabs. I often lose track of where a live tab is when I want to return to it.
I can use the Safari window menu option ...
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Mark Safari tabs with different colors?
Is there an extension or a plugin that allows for marking different tabs with colors ?
I want to be able to group together a bunch of tabs that are relevant under one color using Safari.
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Select specific tabs with Command-# key in Safari?
Is there any way to mimic Chrome's behavior of selecting specific tabs with a Command-# combination (e.g., Command-1 selects Tab 1, Command-2 selects Tab 2, etc.)?
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Is there an extension to give Safari the same multiple search engine functionality as Chrome?
I have to admit, I never thought that I'd see the day I preferred a different desktop browser to Chrome. But with the latest release of Safari, I'm a believer. It (to me) performs faster, looks ...
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Exposé style tab management in Safari 6
How can one get Exposé-like tab view in Safari 6? I often get dozens of tabs open between several windows, and need to find one needle in that haystack.
Near solutions that don't quite cut it:
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ClickToPlugin alike for Firefox?
I recently stumbled upon Pentadactyl. Its power is making me think about switching from Safari to Firefox. However there are some Safari extensions I really find useful.
ClickToPlugin
Reddit and ...
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Uninstall non-loaded extension from Safari
When opening Safari I get this error:
Now I want to uninstall this extension, however it doesn't show up in the Extensions preferences:
How do I uninstall this?
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Safari Extension to Manage Tabs?
I'm looking for a more efficient way to manage my tabs in Safari. Specifically something that allows me to move multiple tabs at once to a new window.
I often find myself following a link for a new ...
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How to add new search engine options in Safari for Windows?
Without resorting to editing the host file (as shown in this Apple.SE thread), is there any way to add a new search engine option to Safari for Windows? Glims works great on OS X, but unfortunately is ...
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What extension exist for Safari to watch Youtube videos using a foreign IP?
In Germany many (music) videos get blocked on Youtube because Youtube and the GEMA have not yet managed to agree on a deal for copyright fees.
This struggle has been going on for years now and there ...
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Better tabs management in Safari
I'm looking for extensions to allow Safari to manage open tabs better - in particular I'm looking for two features:
Vertical tabs. This is possible in Firefox by means of the extension Tree Style ...
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Is there any way to view word documents within Safari on the Mac?
The title pretty much sums up the question. I have looked, and could not find anything, neither paid, nor free. I know about the DocPreview plugin, however that does not work in Safari 5.1+. There is ...
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List the extensions *enabled* in Safari for Mac OS X [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
List the extensions installed in Safari for Mac OS X, and state whether each one is enabled
I'd like a list, from which text can be copied.
(Not a screenshot of ...
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List the extensions installed in Safari for Mac OS X, and state whether each one is enabled
I'd like a list, from which text can be copied.
(Not a screenshot of preferences.)
This information does not appear in any of the following:
Safari
System Profiler in Snow Leopard
System ...
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How do I merge the tabs of two safari windows when I have more than two open?
So far, I know how I can merge all windows with all their tabs using:
I use different windows in safari to organize them by content. Sometimes it makes sense to merge the tabs of two windows. This ...
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Is there a Safari Extension for adding Mail-style Data Detectors to Web Pages?
I love the Data Detectors in Apple Mail. Open a message that has a date or time in the content, and creating a new Calendar event is a snap. But this feature is not in Safari, so I'm wondering if ...
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How can I have ClickToFlash except for YouTube?
I use the ClickToFlash Safari extension, out of concern for Flash security vulnerabilities and to remove annoyances. However, I do not like its replacements for YouTube video players over YouTube's ...
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Safari Extension for right click menu: Open in Google Chrome?
Is it possible for an extension to add items to the right click menu in Safari? If you enable developer mode, there is a menu item called "Open Page With..." and Google Chrome is a choice if it's ...
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Is there a way to force US keyboard layout in Safari address bar?
I keep typing in Russian keyboard layout into Safari address bar by accident.
This drives me mad because I usually end up loading domain-for-sale pages.
Is there an extension or program to switch ...
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How to make Safari remember zoom level per site?
Safari's default font size is not large enough for my eyes so I have to press ⌘++ for a while on every website I visit. I could've used CSS to set the default zoom level in Safari but I want different ...
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Safari extension to get rid of Google redirect links in search results?
I'm looking for a Safari extension that can rewrite the google search results so that it gives you the direct URLs rather than the long jumbled redirect links that often pop up.
If you're wondering ...
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Dynamically (automatically) change the “download folder” in Safari
Saft -- the (now seemingly defunct as of Safari 5.1) Safari plugin -- had the ability to change the name of the download folder (and create said folder if it didn't already exist) that Safari uses ...
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Keywurl for Safari 5.1 / Lion
Has anyone made Keywurl work with Safari 5.1 after their Lion upgrade?
I tried updating the MaxBundleVersion without luck:
http://hacketal.com/making-keywurl-work-with-safari-5
I'm not interested ...
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What workarounds are there for websites that block Safari Reader?
I just opened Ars Technica's review of Lion intending to read it with Safari 5.1's Reader but it appears to somehow block Reader. I tried the following with no success:
changed the extension on the ...
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Teach Safari to ignore case if necessary when opening local html file
I'm using Safari to read the HTML documentation that came with something. Many of the .html files contain links to others amongst themselves where the case of the URL does not match the name of the ...
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Extension for Safari to enable Google Translation WITHOUT adding a button?
In the safari extensions there is a cool extension to use google translate on the current web page: "Translate".
However I don't like the fact it is adding a button to the bar. I would like to make ...
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Is there a Safari Extension that automatically tracks my daily time usage on Safari?
I am looking for an extension in Safari that automatically tracks my time in Safari. Specifically, I want:
1) When I start Safari, the timer automatically starts/resumes.
2) When I stop Safari, the ...
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Safari is not showing style sheets
For some reason, starting yesterday, Safari will not show ANY style sheets for any webpage I visit. I updated today to Safari 5.0.5 thinking that might help, but it didn't.
I restarted, and that ...
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My Safari extensions are not showing!
Has anyone else had this problem?
My Safari extensions have stopped working and are not shown.
I find it impossible to install any extensions.
Here is an example:
http://tinypix.com/r/qzrvwj/7
I ...
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can I run two versions of safari side by side
On a freshly intalled computer rather then importing my old safari bookmarks (ea wih migration assistant) I want to start anew with no bookmarks. However, from time to time I would like to browse ...
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Where is the SafariStand menu/preferences?
Inspired by this answer I installed SafariStand (after installing SIMBAL) (following instrtuctions in the read me file
How To Install
- Install SIMBL 0.9.5 or later ...
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Can I combine the address bar and the Google search bar in Safari?
The only reason I am using Chrome over Safari is the cool feature Chrome has namely the address bar acts as the search bar as well. Is there a way I can enable this feature in safari as well?
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How can I figure out if a Safari extension is using unreasonable memory/cpu?
How can I figure out if a Safari extension is using unreasonable memory/cpu? I'm not really experiencing any unreasonable sluggishness, but I am starting to pile up on the extensions and was ...
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Are there Greasemonkey scripts for Safari?
There's the wonderful Greasemonkey to run user-defined JavaScript on web pages.
Is there such a thing as Greasemonkey for Safari? Or would one instead write a Safari Extension to customize behavior ...
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How can I automatically start the Safari Reader?
Is there a way to tell Safari to automatically use Reader when it recognizes an article which it is able to display with Reader?
Right now I have to manually click the Reader button at the right side ...
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Can Safari remember my tabs from last time?
I want my previous browsing tabs to be restored when restarting Safari. I can do this in Firefox and Chrome. Is there a setting or an extension for this?
EDIT: So it turns out I was killing (word ...
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Search tool for Safari
I'm using Keywurl now, but since Safari 5.0.1 there are also supported extensions for search. I'd like to add any search url format and assign it to a shortcut.
e.g. g macbook air is google "macbook ...
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Sending link in Safari via IM
Does anyone know of a Safari mechanism (extension in Safari 5, perhaps), that will allow a person to send the current URL via instant message? Ideally, it would pop up a list of contacts.
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Italian language dictionary for Safari
Is there a way I can add the italian language to Safari's built in spelling support?
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Do all Safari 5 Extensions work on windows / mac?
I wold like to download some safari extensions, but I'm not sure if I should be looking for ones specifically written to run in Windows. Should I be looking for platform specific extensions?
