April 25th, 2012 by akunesh | File in: Safari
If you’re a heavy Safari user, you’re probably aware that Safari automatically opens downloaded files once they have completed downloading. While this is generally a convienient feature, it’s becoming increasingly unsafe as Mac security threats are on the rise. In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to disable auto opening of downloaded media. [...]
November 12th, 2011 by macguy | File in: Safari
If you watch a lot of online movies or television shows on websites, or even YouTube videos, you are probably staring at your Mac’s screen for prolonged time intervals. While Mac notebooks such as the MacBook Pro do have built-in screen dimming controls on the keyboard, dimming the screen in that way does tend do [...]
November 7th, 2011 by macguy | File in: Safari
While Safari has a standard bookmarking function, it also supports direct RSS feed folders and bookmarks. Creating a feed folder in Safari allows you to track news feeds or other webpage posts, directly from within one source. In today’s tutorial, we will review how to create feeds in the Safari web browser. To get started, [...]
June 18th, 2011 by ktmckinsey | File in: Safari
Most Mac users have experienced slow load times on Safari at least once. You open one too many windows or you go to the wrong website, and suddenly you see the “spinning beach ball of death”. Once this colorful spinning wheel appears on your screen, you can only hope that the Safari application doesn’t quit [...]
June 15th, 2011 by akunesh | File in: Safari
If you build websites, you probably test the sites you make. Testing usually requires using mutiple browsers and operating systems. This can get can get annoying over time. Apple aims to fix this problem with the User Agent feature in Safari. User Agent allows you to view the webpage that is currently open in a [...]
May 28th, 2011 by srobles | File in: Safari
When using Apple’s web browser, Safari has a built in search box that can be used with your favorite search engine. In Safari 5, the default search engine can be set to Google, Yahoo or Bing. Once set, typing in the web browser search bar will open the default engine’s home page with the search [...]
May 14th, 2011 by akunesh | File in: Safari
Safari comes preloaded with three different search engines: Google, Yahoo and Bing. All three of these search engines are good for different reasons. If you would like to be able to switch between these three search engines, read on! In this tutorial we will be showing you how to change your default web browser in [...]
May 11th, 2011 by srobles | File in: Safari
As you surf the web using Safari, OS X’s built-in web browser, every page is saved in Safari’s “History.” In addition to individual pages being saved in History, small bits of information are saved about each site to help it load faster the next time you visit. This is called the “Cache.” If you’re using [...]
April 13th, 2011 by akunesh | File in: Safari
Safari is a great web browser, but if you have bad eyesight, this may not be the case. In this tutorial we will be showing you how to change the default font and font size in the Safari web browser. This simple task requires no additional software. Changing Safari’s Default Fonts 1. Open Safari by [...]
March 16th, 2011 by efleming | File in: Safari
The Safari web browser allows users to choose between Google, Yahoo and Bing, but offers no other search engine options. If you want to use Dogpile as your Safari search engine (or Ask or DuckDuckGo or something else entirely), then you’re out of luck, as Safari (unlike Firefox) doesn’t allow you to switch to any [...]
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