Safari is a Webkit-based web browser, default on OS X. There is also a Windows port. Popular questions Clearing all HTML5 local storage objects and cookies Force a full page reload without using the mouse Print Preview option on Windows version of Safari Deleting specific HTTP authentication ...
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How do I turn off Safari's bookmark bar shortcuts?
How do I disable the Cmd1, Cmd2, etc. keyboard shortcuts for bookmarks in the bookmarks bar in Safari 5?
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How to disallow redirects to specific sites?
I would like disallow all redirects to specific sites (e.g. loomia.com).
How can I do this?
A browser-independent solution is preferable, of course, but if that's not available, I am looking for a ...
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How do I resize the Safari browser window
I'm trying to resize my Safari browser to be a specific height/width. In Firefox I use the Web Developer Toolbar, and in IE I user their developer tools.
How do I do this in Safari? I've already ...
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Safari Self Control won't unblock websites
I added some sites to Self Control.
Now that the time period is up, I cannot access these sites anymore, like I couldn't during the time.
I tried restarting Safari and emptying my cache, along with ...
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Searching for partial words on Safari
I have run into a pretty annoying problem on Safari on Mac. If I search for part of a word that doesn't start at the beginning of the word, Safari can't find it.
For example, the COTS Demo Flight 2 ...
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Access bookmarks bar with keyboard shortcuts a la Safari
Pretty much the only reason I still choose to use Safari over Google Chrome is the ability to access your bookmarks with keyboard shortcuts. For the first 9 bookmarks in your bookmarks bar, you're ...
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Close tab by double-click in Safari
How can I close a selected tab by double-clicking on the tab header in Safari?
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Safari iOS soft wrap text on zoom in
Is there a way to get Safari/other browsers on iOS device to soft wrap text on zoom in with gestures ?
On iOS devices, I tried Safari, Opera Mini, Mercury Browser, but none soft wraps the page on ...
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Where can I find a good free password protected app/service which prevents access to any adult material through the browsers?
Where can I find a good free password protected App/service which prevents access to any adult material through the browsers?
I need to block all adult sites and adult content from Firefox, Chrome ...
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Chrome and Safari Freeze
I'm running Windows 7 Enterprise x64. I installed Chrome and Safari, but both processes freeze on startup. What could be preventing these processes to start?
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No Safari Developer Certificate, Windows 7
I've added safari developer certificate to 'Personal' and 'Trusted Root Certification Authority' but extension builder still shows:
No Safari Developer Certificate
I'm using windows 7. Any ...
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What's up with my Mac's scrollbars in Safari?
In Safari only, the horizontal scrollbars in any and all situations are being drawn with both ends turned upside-down. Why is this happening?
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Mac 10.6.8 and Safari 5.1.5 Flash Issues
Can't get flash to work in Safari but it works in Firefox. I've un- and reinstalled flash. Suggestions?
Notes: Running Mac 10.6.8 and Safari 5.1.5
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Safari crashing because of .tmp file
Safari is crashing because of the module GamehouseTheDa.tmp – now this is new since I created a Battle.net account. What causes the crash and what can I do to fix this problem?
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OS X Lion Safari Flash plugin issues
I'm using OS X fully updated and patched, along with Safari.
A few weeks back I started noticing a Flash problem: Every time I load a youtube video, the CPU consumption goes up to 100% on one core and ...
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What is the largest image a browser can display?
What is the largest image a modern browser can handle?
I would suspect somewhere in the 6000x6000 range or 4096x4096 pixels (which is the limit for device independant bitmaps under winapi)?
I tried ...
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How to change TAB font size in ANY BROWSER
I just can't work near pc anymore my eyes hurt - I am developer. I use browser a lot.
I tried all of them: IE, Safari, FF, Chrome - they all are bad at the most simplest thing - large font size for ...
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When I download a text file in safari the results are displayed in the browser not sent to a file
When I download a text file in safari the results show up in the browser. In Chrome and FireFox the results are sent directly to a file on my computer. Is there a way to make Safari do that same ...
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Can Safari 5.1 for Mac OS display favicons for bookmarks in the Bookmarks Bar?
When bookmarking a web site, most contemporary browser will display the site's favicon next to the bookmark, both in the bookmark view and the bookmark toolbar.
This is a useful feature. In the ...
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How to configure MIME type associations for Safari 5.1?
I want to edit the MIME type settings for Safari so I could use MediaWiki's method to automatically edit text in an external editor, or more specifically, so I can change the associated application ...
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Open an XFDF file in OS X Lion
I'm having the same issue as reported here:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2814352
Basically Safari refuses to open an XFDF file.
It either goes into an infinite loop and crashes, or it just gives ...
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How to get rid of Community Toolbar in Safari?
Every time I start Safari or Finder an error appears:
We're sorry, but the Safari browser version you are currently using does not support the community toolbar.
How do I delete this toolbar? ...
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Chrome won't find Gmail on Lion 10.7.3; Safari won't launch at all
Recently did a clean install of 10.7.3. Use Chrome, Firefox, and occasionally Safari. Things are fairly OK on all applications (previous upgrade without clean reinstall ended me up with all kinds of ...
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MacKeeper has hijacked my Safari Browser
MacKeeper (http:// mackeeperapp.zeobit.com) has hijacked my Safari browser. I have had to open Firefox, in order to get to the internet. I would rather use Safari, since that is where my bookmarks ...
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Camino or Safari Cache Location
I'd like to know where the default Java applet cache location is for either Safari or Camino on a Mac, because I'm trying to replace the minecraft.jar for classic with a survival test jar I got off ...
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How can I go the right page in Safari?
E.g., HERE's a thread, @0x8badf00d gave a link to the OP, however, when I clicked the link in Safari, I went to https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/navigation/ instead. Why Safari redirected the ...
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Safari Top Sites thumbnails are not logged in
The thumbnails on Top Sites page in Safari are generated as if I'm not logged in on these sites. For instance, I'm logged in on Facebook but the thumbnail displays the Facebook login page.
Is there a ...
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Is there any way to force Safari to use a different UserAgent on a per site basis?
Background: I use Safari 5.1.3 on Lion 10.7.3 on my 13" MacBook Air. I don't have Flash installed and have no intention of installing it. I frequently visit the BBC News site, which has a lot of video ...
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Safari cookies constantly in flux
I've noticed that on Safari in Windows 7, I seem to be logged out of many sites (including Stack Exchange) very regularly. Even stranger, when I go to my Privacy preferences, the label under "Remove ...
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Get safari's search bar to use https?
In Safari, I have set my homepage to: https://www.google.com
So, when I search from the homepage, my search results route over HTTPS and I also see my +1s
However, if I use the Safari's right-side ...
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I've just installed Safari in Windows 7, but how can I execute it?
I've just installed Safari in Windows 7, but how can I execute it?
I can't find it in the Start menu..
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Google Search Results Hijacking in OS X
I'm noticing an occasional browser hijack for search results when I first click on a session in Google Search. I'm taken to a website not intended that's only in an ip address format that's another ...
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How to pause TTS in Mac Safari when not using full VoiceOver mode?
I normally use OS X in visual mode, with just the cursor and fonts a bit bigger.
But when reading long web pages I do like the Text-To-Speech feature. You highlight some text and then a hot-key ...
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How can I limit Safari's RAM use?
Safari uses a lot of RAM. Especially when you add Safari's use to WebProcess's use: it comes to about 1.5 GB of memory (for me, anyway). How can I limit the amount of RAM Safari and WebProcess use?
I ...
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How can I set Safari to clear cache and cookies on startup?
Is there a way I can set Safari to clear cache and cookies on startup? Maybe a flag I could use when launching the application, or perhaps even a bash or applescript that would delete files on the ...
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Is there any way to have Safari 5 (OS X) ask before exiting?
I don't have an option in Safari Preferences-tabs for a prompt asking if I really want to close the window. Where else might this exist?
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Increase Safari cache size
My ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db is currently about 150MB. Is there some way the maximum size (or the maximum time files are kept in the cache) could be increased?
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Safari and searching history
Again I try to find some website I just visited in the last hour using "show all history" and I can't find it.
I've used the search feature in the top right and also manually checked the list but ...
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PDFs in Safari - Can they be annotated (setting Preview as the default viewer)?
Is it possible to annotate PDFs displayed in Safari browser (setting Preview as the default viewer)?
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Change default user agent in Safari for Windows
I am testing a web site for use with an iPad, and am currently using the developer tools in Safari for Windows to switch the user agent to iPad. My trouble is that I have to close and open Safari many ...
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webkittowebprocess.exe error message
When I try to open a particular website in my safari browser I get a error message that says that web kit to web process exe has had a problem and then says do i want to report to microsoft or not. I ...
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.mp4 video plays in Safari desktop but NOT Safari iPad
I'm redoing my website with HTML5 video and have it working fine on the desktop already.
However, on the iPad, it loads, but does not play. For the video I'm using the iPad defaults in Adobe Media ...
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Is it possible set Private Browsing or Incognito as default, and log in to access history/stored logins?
I love private browsing and I always set up a private or incognito browser when I am letting others use my computer for a few minutes.
I think it would be fantastic if private browsing was enabled ...
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Set SOCKS proxy for Safari
Is it possible to specify the SOCKS proxy for Safari in OS X Lion?
I've got an address and port number I have to fill in there but I can't find the settings in the browser...
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How do I block access to my local storage
How do I Block access to my local storage (no cookies/ no storage/ no databases).
Mac OS X 10.7.2
Safari 5.1.1
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How do I fix this missing font?
At some point (years ago?) my safari starting not having some fonts. Example is this page: http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/deploying/others/
How can I fix this?
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Safari Bug? » Double sound track when launching a YouTube video in Safari 5.1
I am desperate... Please help me with this problem
Every time I launch a YouTube video in Safari [5.1 (7534.48.3) / Lion OS X 10.7.1] the YouTube page is served and the video starts (sound included). ...
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How do I make Safari automatically use a particular client certificate for an entire site?
Using client certificates with Safari present a number of problems:
Safari asks to select a client certificate on each page of the site (annoying)
Safari might even re-ask you to choose a ...
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Safari bookmarks sidebar
Is it possible anyhow to have a bookmarks sidebar (like the one in Firefox) in Safari in OSX Lion? The way bookmarks work now in Safari is very clumsy when you have thousands of bookmarks.
If not ...
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Why does zooming in with trackpad sometimes not work on Safari?
I have OS X Lion and like to use Safari, however, sometimes I can zoom in and out with trackpad and then it just stops working. Why? Can I fix this?
