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How do I fullscreen browser content in Google Chrome?
View → Enter Full Screen (⌃⌘F), then View → Always show toolbar in full screen (⇧⌘F).
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Force URL link to open with a specific browser
Finicky - Always open the right browser
Is a free and open-source tool for that with a bunch of different settings and rules, it can:
Write rules to open urls in any browser
Rewrite and ...
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Stop iPhone sharing open tabs via bluetooth
This isn't iCloud sync, it's Handoff, a part of Continuity.
This allows nearby devices signed into the same Apple ID to share information 'live' between them, so you can start work on one then ...
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How to run chromium-browser from the command line?
To open Chromium from the CLI use
open -a chromium
open -a /Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium
open /Applications/Chromium.app (or the respective path to Chromium.app)
/Applications/...
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How to save PDFs from web for offline reading on an iPad?
You can technically install one of the many PDF viewers for iOS from the App Store, save the PDFs within the app, and you are good to go. As long as the PDF is saved locally, you won't need an active ...
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Why can't browsers resolve localhost?
First check name resolution with the system resolver:
dscacheutil -q host -a name localhost
If you get an output like:
name: localhost
ipv6_address: ::1
name: localhost
ip_address: 127.0.0.1
the ...
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Is CSS injection possible on iPad using Safari?
To inject a custom CSS into a webpage on iPad you can use the app Shortcuts. First, you need to create a new shortcut:
Open Shortcuts
Select Create Shortcut > Web > Run JavaScript on Web Page
Use the ...
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How can I browse the web on very old versions of Mac OS?
This answer was last updated in February 2021, and may become outdated as time goes on. As of this writing, however, all software listed is actively maintained with security patches. On OS's which ...
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Set different default browser for different apps on macOS
I have looked for a solution to this several times in the past and just found three different options today. I'm going to list them in the order I recommend them, as I am sure there are reasons you ...
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How can I connect my old iPad 2 to WiFi?
make sure your router is running in WPA2 or WPA2/WPA3 Transitional mode. Your ipad is not compatible with WPA3, so needs WPA2. I have seen comments that the Transitional mode can cause issues, so ...
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Why are links opening in a non-default browser?
MacOS references the app by its bundle identifier, which is the case of FireFox, is org.mozilla.firefox.
Unfortunately, this does cause problems for multiple versions of the same app.
Historically, ...
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Increase text size on iOS Safari
New Answer: Base on this and this
Bookmark this page
Navigate to your bookmarks and edit the bookmark added in Step 1
Change the name to "Increase Text Size"
Replace the URL with the code labeled "...
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Can i have a state in OS X where there is no default browser
A number of apps will let you do approximately this, but as far as I'm aware only Choosy ($10) has the flexibility to decide which to use based on which browsers are open. (All of these apps are ...
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Using Chrome on macOS without address bar & menu like kiosk mode
It's basically the same thing in macOS. Provide the path to the Chrome binary and use the flags as normal, such as:
/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --app=https://gmail....
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How can I find files recently downloaded from the Internet?
For some browsers (e.g. Safari, Firefox), you can access your recently downloaded files directly from the Download icon within the browser.
Safari, Firefox, Chrome allow to access recent downloads ...
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Is there a quicker way to "Right click + Copy Image" on any browser on Mac?
Drag and drop is the quickest. You can drop to the end of any existing line, or in an empty line…
The circle indicates click or hold.
You either need the screen space to be able to see both at once, ...
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How to access icloud.com on Chrome for Android?
This restriction can be bypassed by changing your browser's user agent. This can be done by clicking the "..." menu and selecting "Request desktop site". Apparently Apple only blocks Chrome for ...
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Swipe between pages doesn't work and unable two fingers scrolling up/down
What worked as well for me was switching off two finger swipe from the trackpad settings ('Swipe between pages' setting), then turning it on again directly after. A lot more convenient than logging ...
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Safari history disappears despite settings
This is size limit imposed by Safari.
A sqlite database can obviously be larger than 80M; it is only limited by the amount of available storage space, but technically it has an upper file size limit ...
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AppleScript find the user's set default browser?
For OS X 10.10 and later, use the following example AppleScript code:
set defaultBrowser to do shell script "defaults read \\
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple....
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What DNS resolver does safari use?
Safari uses the macOS systemwide DNS resolvers.
You can print the current resolvers configuration using scutil --dns.
grg♦
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Why are my older Macs suddenly unable to establish a secure web connection?
The security certificates that these computers had when they were last updated have expired, leaving no replacement. Older versions of macOS (appears to be 10.11 and earlier) do not have the updated ...
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OSX app to paste and save HTML content?
Although this is an old question, it's still relevant, and here is the answer:
pbpaste -Prefer rtf | textutil -stdin -convert html -output outputfile.html
This uses the built-in OS X pbpaste utility ...
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Open Browser on Login
To configure an action like Open Browser on Login follow these steps:
Go to System Preferences->Accounts and select your user account in the left column
Then Select the Login Items tab on the right. ...
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Open Browser on Login
Simple.
defaults write loginwindow AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary -array-add '{ "Name" = "Website" ; "Path" = "/path/to/file.webloc"; "Hide" = 0; }'
This command will do exactly what @jasubal's ...
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Is there a modern browser for iOS 10.3.3 capable of supporting ES6+ Javascript?
From what little I know about ECMAScript Safari on iOS (which all browsers must use for rendering web pages, as @Mark pointed out in his comment) some things are supported but many are not. And your ...
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Is Internet Explorer 11 mode available in the new Microsoft Edge for Mac browser?
No. Microsoft Edge team confirmed here that IE Mode is only going to be supported on Windows:
IE mode will be supported where IE11 is currently supported so yes, it is Windows specific. Thanks!
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iPad 1st generation, using as full screen browser (kiosk mode)
Yes, there's a possibility of full screen mode by adding the web site to the Home Screen.
You do that by opening the web site in the Safari browser. Then click the "arrow out of the box" icon just to ...
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How to disable URL sharing
It's called Handoff & is part of Continuity, enabling seamless working between all your devices.
As far as its underlying structure, Continuity uses Bluetooth, WiFi & internet connectivity, ...
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