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Set the default Internet browser application

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Previously it was easy to tell the operating system which application you wanted to surf the web with by changing a setting in the System Preferences area. This setting is now hidden...inside Apple's default "Safari" web browser. To switch to using a different program for surfing the web, launch Safari, go to the "Edit" menu and choose "Preferences". In the "General" section of the preferences window, you can change your default browser by selecting it or choosing in the pop-up menu as shown.
Last Updated Tuesday, 11 March 2008

Keyboard scrolling in Safari

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When you're trying to read a long web page, do you scroll up and down with the scroll bar? Give away all that wrist-straining fine mouse movement and use the keyboard.

First, click on the page and then use the Space bar to scroll down and Shift-Space to scroll up. 'Command [' will take you back a page and 'Command ]' will take you forward.

You can get around very quickly with these few keyboard commands.

Oh, and in Internet Explorer use Space for down, Option-Space for up and 'Command [' and 'Command ]' for Back and Forward.

Last Updated Tuesday, 30 November 1999

How do I block ads when using Safari?

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PithHelmet is a piece of freeware (free software) that helps with this...

http://www.culater.net/software/PithHelmet/PithHelmet.php
Last Updated Tuesday, 30 November 1999

How do I add greater search engine functionality to Safari?

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AcidSearch is an excellent program to use to do this...
http://www.pozytron.com/?acidsearch

As well as Inquisitor...
http://www.inquisitorx.com/safari/
Last Updated Tuesday, 30 November 1999

How do I get web links in Safari 3.1 to open in a tab?

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By default, the way to do this is:

• Go to the Safari menu and choose "Preferences"
• In the "Tab" section, make sure that the option is ticked in the image that you see below

Now, when you come to a link, hold the "Command" key (the key on your keyboard that matches that funny symbol) and then click on a link. In other words, the process is not completely automatic.

BUT !!!!

The ability to have all links that open in a new window, open in a new tab instead can actually be activated in Safari 3.1. Here's how....

• Open up Terminal (located at....Applications/Utilities/).
• Copy and paste this into the terminal window:
• defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true
• This will set Safari to open all links in a new tab thus having a single window instead of windows all over the place. 

Last Updated Tuesday, 25 March 2008