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March 10th in Safari.

Manually Add Websites To Safari 4 Beta’s Top Sites Page

There isn’t an obvious way to add sites to Safari 4 Beta’s new Top Sites page, but this is a Mac after all, so it occurred to me that drag and drop might work, and it does:

Open the top sites window.
Click the Edit button.
Open the web site you’d like to add to Top Sites in another window.
Drag the want-to-add site’s site icon (it appears to the left of the URL) from the URL address bar into the Top Sites window. …

October 28th in Finder, Safari.

Add a Bookmark To The Downloads Folder

After downloading something, I usually want to go to my downloads folder. I’ve discovered recently that you can put folders into your Safari bookmarks bar. This means that instead of having to click on my downloads folder in the dock, I can simply hit a Keyboard Shortcut and it will open up the Downloads folder in Finder. 

Step 1: In Finder, locate the folder you want to be able to open up from the bookmarks bar.

Step 2: Open up Safari and …

September 5th in Keyboard Shortcuts, Safari.

Quick Tip: Use Keyboard to Move from Tab to Tab in Safari

If you are a keyboard junkie as I am striving to become then you really need to know how to move from tab to tab in Safari. All you need to do is use the Command + Shift keys and then add the left or right arrow to move from left to right. 

 

NOTE: This is not the same as Firefox, in Firefox you can only use the Keyboard for the first 9 tabs.  You need to use Command + 1-9 for …

May 6th in Safari, iPhone.

Want To See What an iPhone Only Website Looks Like without an iPhone

Have you ever wanted to see what one of the iPhone only websites look like? With Safari you can. First, you will need to use Safari in the Developer mode. (WAIT ITS REALLY EASY I PROMISE DON’T LET THE DEVELOPER MODE SCARE YOU) To use the developer mode in safari all you have to do is open the Preferences menu in Safari and click on the Advanced tab.

April 17th in Firefox, Keyboard Shortcuts, Safari, Tips & Tricks.

Open Toolbar Searches In A New Window Or Tab

I like to do my Google searches in the toolbar from either Firefox or Safari. I also like to have the searches open in a new window or tab in the browser that I am using.
To open new the new search from Safari’s toolbar search all you need to do is type in your search terms and instead of hitting enter hit command + enter.
In Firefox the process is much the same, type in your search terms in the …

March 26th in Safari.

Create New Tabs Via Double-Click in Safari 3.1

As of Safari 3.1, double-clicking on a free area in the tab bar opens a new tab. I’ve wanted this feature since it was introduced in Firefox, and now my favorite browser has it, too.

October 11th in Safari.

Inquisitor 3

I came across this very handy Safari Plug-in…. I makes Searching like spot light for the internet. Inquisitor 3Try it out and let us Know what you think.

September 28th in Safari.

Open A New Tab in Safari

The one customization I can not live with out is the plug-in called Tab Mix Plus. There are so many things you can do with this plu-in that i would have to spen a week typeing to tell you about them all. The big on for me is “Force to open new tab” and set that to “links to other sites” and then I enable Single Window Mode.

August 28th in Safari.

Stop Closing Multiple Tabs by Mistake in Safari

If you’re anything like me, you’ve accidentally hit command-Q while in Safari and lost tons of important tabs…. TabStop is a handy utility that causes Safari to warn you before closing a browser window if it includes multiple tabs, so you’ll no longer lose those tabbed sites by mistake.

August 9th in Safari.

Usernames and passwords from the Keychain in Safari!

What absolutely made me switch from Safari to Camino at first is that it remembered usernames and passwords. The usernames and passwords are actually stored in the application Keychain. It looked at first as though it is not possible in Safari. It is actually entirely possible and the only thing is that it needs to be enabled. To enable it:

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