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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How to get the smaller tabs back in Safari 6?
In Safari 6, tabs became very wide. I donβt like this new behavior.
Is there a way to get the old, smaller tabs back?
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How can I make Safari show the URL when I hover over a link?
Safari doesn't seem to have any status bar in which the URL of a link shows when the user moves the cursor over a link (without clicking) All other browsers I've ever used do this. Is there a user ...
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Why do emoji like π© appear when I use Safari, but not Chrome?
Why do emoji like π© appear when I use Safari, but not Chrome on the same MacBook running Lion? Both browsers use WebKit, and I'd imagine font support comes from the OS, not the application.
For ...
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Safari 6 rendering issues/artifacts (on Mountain Lion)
Final update I just received an email from Apple confirming this bug has been fixed in OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3
I've been having rendering issues with Safari 6 on different systems all running ...
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How can I improve/replace View Source in Safari?
As a new convert to Safari, I am astonished by how unbearably ugly default page source view is.
The font is miserably small and unaliased, leave alone color highlighting.
Is there a way to enhance ...
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Can I disable the Magic Mouse swipe to go back feature in Safari?
I have an Apple Magic Mouse, and in Safari, when I swipe my fingers left and right on the mouse, first the page scrolls left or right if there is a horizontal scrollbar, and then if there is no ...
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How can I get Safari to reopen my last closed tab?
I'm switching back to Safari from Chrome. Now that I figured out how to get Safari to let me navigate tabs the way I want, only one thing remains: I want to be able to reopen my last closed tab with ...
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How to revert Safari 6 Web Inspector?
The new Safari 6 Web Inspector UI is a usability nightmare for me due to loads of tabs/panes with small icons and no labels.
It also seems to complicate common tasks like showing a list of XHR ...
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Is there an option to show the real url when you do search on Safari 6?
Safari 6 integrated an address bar and a search box together. So when you want to search a keyword, you just type into the address box. That's maybe good.
Before, when you type something in the old ...
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Fading of the URL in Safari 6's Unified Search and URL Field
With Safari 6, the omnibar fades the non-server part of the URL, so that the actual server name is more visible. Presumably, this is to reduce phishing attacks.
However, I find that the remainder of ...
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How to disable Acrobat Reader in Safari?
In Safari, the default PDF-Viewer in Safari is "Preview".
Unfortunately, since I installed the Acrobat Reader, this default changed to the Acrobat Reader, which is extremely annoying.
How can I ...
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How do I disable Safari-only mode?
I have no desire to enable Lion's Safari-only mode. I have disabled the guest account but still see the guest login item when I reboot my system.
Is there a setting somewhere I'm missing for ...
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How to mimic Safari 5 Activity window with Mountain Lion, to save FLV video files?
With Safari 5 in Lion, I used the Activity window to save video files.
Safari 6 has no Activity window.
With Mountain Lion, what is the best way to replicate what I could do before?
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Disappearing Alerts - Notification Center not working as per Preference Settings
I'm trying to understand how to get Notifications working properly in Mountain Lion. I understand all the concepts about how to enable them, and configure them etc, but it doesn't seem to work as ...
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Safari reopens last open tabs?
On Lion, if I quit Safari using β Command+Q and then restart it, it reopens all tabs from last time.
In Preferences, I have set that new Windows open with an Empty Page, a setting that worked fine ...
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Is it possible to save http-hosted MP3 files directly onto an iPad?
Is there a way to save an MP3 from a web server directly onto an iPad? I can stream it through the browser, but there is no obvious "save" capability.
Would it make a difference if the MP3 were an ...
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How to fix Safari 6 on Mountain Lion that doesn't show the full URL in the address bar unless I click it?
For instance, Ask Question page URL on this site is shown as apple.stackexchange.com, but when I focus on address bar, it becomes apple.stackexchange.com/questions/ask.
I tried resetting and ...
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Is it possible to export safari's reading list on Safari 5.1?
Subject sums it up. Just curious if there is a trick to be able to export your reading list from Safari, any format. Where on the HD is the info stored? bookmarks.plist?
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How can I clear the JavaScript console in the Safari 6 developer tools?
In previous versions of Safari the JavaScript console in the Developer Tools (aka Web Inspector) had a little 'clear' button at the bottom that emptied out console items, which was useful for getting ...
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How do I truly flush Safari's Cache?
There have been countless times where I run into a problem after I edit HTML on a Mac. The issue derives from me uploading the updated file to my server through FTP, and I'll navigate to the website ...
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What does it mean when a %CPU exceeds (# of cores) x 100%?
Several responses to a question I asked earlier suggested I try Opera kiosk mode, so I decided to download it and give it a try. Once the download had completed and the disk image was being verified, ...
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Is there any way to stop the auto-reloading tabs in Safari 5.1
In Safari 5.1 older tabs will auto-reload after being flushed. This has to be the wonkiest, most unproductive "features". I can't imagine this being done for memory usage reasons as I have plenty to ...
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How to regain features from Safari 5 that are not found in Safari 6?
I upgraded to Mountain Lion, there are a lot of differences in Safari 6.
Have the four features below been relocated?
If not relocated, are there fixes?
Activity window (previously: Window -> ...
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How can I keep Safari from re-opening my tabs from my last session?
When I re-open Safari on my Mac Mini, it keeps opening the same tabs that were open before it was quit (or before the Mac OS X was switched off). The result is that it takes too much time to be ...
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Safari is using too much RAM. How can I reduce its memory footprint?
I'm finding Safari (Latest - v5.0.2) to be even more of a memory hog than usual. (Currently using 465mb of RAM with only this tab open, but having been running for a while)
Closing it and ...
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How make Safari download PDF files instead of opening them in-page?
Firefox downloads my PDF files straight to "Downloads", Safari opens them "in-page".
I need PDF files to save to a file, not to open.
Is there a setting make Safari download PDF files instead of ...
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Safari 6: How to change default fonts?
This is probably a duplicate. I can't imagine I'm the first person to notice this.
It seems that Safari 6 has removed the appearance tab from the preferences, and with it, the ability to change the ...
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How can I get rid of Safari 5's “awesome bar”?
Safari 5 came with a copycat of Firefox "awesome" bar, completing text as your type an url with history of previous title pages you've seen, and not just previous URLs.
How to get rid of this ...
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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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How can I set a default zoom level in Safari?
I've got a Mac Mini that I'm using as a Home Theatre PC, and my only real complaint is that I can't set a default zoom level in Safari. It's hard to read all that tiny text from 7 feet away from my TV ...
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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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How do I “copy image address” in iOS?
On desktops, when web browsing you typically right click on an image and choose an item from a contextual menu to display/copy the image URL. In iOS, when you tap and hold down an image, an action ...
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How can I reset the Safari bookmarks in iCloud?
iCloud has duplicated my bookmarks and bookmark folders many times. Now I cleaned all the bookmarks on my Mac but iCloud keeps syncing the old data and the deleted bookmarks reappear. On the ...
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Safari can't connect to https
Safari suddenly can't connect to any HTTPS site because it "can't establish a secure connection".
This is on an administrator account, not a managed account.
A different administrator account is ...
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What's the easiest way to automate logging into a website?
There's this website I need to access about every ten minutes. And apparently it was designed in 1993, by sadists. There is no "remember me on this computer" checkbox. And if you don't interact with ...
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External applications opening Safari links in new window rather than new tab
I've noticed that when an application, such as iChat or Twitter for Mac, sends a link to Safari it opens in a new window rather than a new tab. I can manually force it to open in a new tab by holding ...
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Scroll down in Safari on iPhone/iPad?
When using Safari from iPhone/iPad I can scroll back to the top of the page in one touch by touching the upper bar of the device. Is there any similar trick for scrolling to the bottom of the page? Is ...
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Is it possible to sync Google Chrome bookmarks with Safari?
Is it possible to sync Google Chrome bookmarks with Safari?
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How to make Safari remember my password for sites where autocomplete=off?
Safari will remember my password on most sites, if I ask it to. However, some "high-security" sites disable this functionality. I want to override their override, and have Safari remember my ...
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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 β++ 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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iPad mobile safari printing
I need to print web pages from Safari to a mobile printer in the field using an iPad. I can't seem to figure this out - any ideas, suggestions?
As I understand it, I cannot connect to a printer via ...
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How to troubleshoot multiple apps on Mountain Lion all missing toolbar icons?
My machine awoke from sleep, and third party apps as well as Finder, Preview and Safari's toolbar only shows the blank buttons similar to the image below.
After restart the machine, the problem ...
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Why does only Safari have (nearly) perfect inertial scrolling in OS X?
I'm quite amazed that Safari is the only browser in OS X that manages to get (nearly) perfect inertial scrolling.
Even with lots of flash content on a website, Safari's scrolling is smooth.
There ...
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How can I boot to Safari Only (Chromebook style) in Lion?
How can I boot safari only in Mac OSX Lion Chrome OS style? I heard that there was a key that one had to hold at startup, which one is it?
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Safari opens pdf in browser window, but doesn't auto rotate and there is no control bar
I just recently switched to a macbook pro with mountain lion from macbook with leopard. I had no problems with safari opening pdfs before, but now, what it does is that it opens the pdf, but it ...
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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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Is it possible to upload files to a website from Safari on iPhone?
I'm trying to upload a photo from my iPhone 4 to a website. However, the browse button to display the select file dialog is disabled. Normally this works fine on my Windows PC. Should I be able to ...
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How can I write a tab character in Safari?
I tried using the tab key with the modifier keys, but I didn't get Safari to write a tab character in a text field shown in an HTML page.
Is it possible to do it? If it is possible, how can I do it?
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How can I tell if I'm viewing a secure page in Safari (6.0.2)?
Safari hides the http: or https:, so how can I tell if I'm viewing a page over SSL? Some pages show issuer information in the URL bar, but not all of them. So the ones that show issuer info are ...
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Is it possible to restart an application using AppleScript?
I want to restart Safari and reopen it with some tabs that I specify.
