34 articles tagged Safari — page 2 of 3.
How many times have you opened a webpage, and immediately had to pause a video ad? Unwanted auto-playing videos are always frustrating, but if you’re in public then they can also be embarrassing, as your Mac suddenly starts blasting the video’s audio to everyone around you. If you’re wearing headphones then these advert may even […]
Don’t you just hate it when you open a new tab, only to get a blast of noise that you weren’t expecting? In the worst case scenario you’re in a public place, or had your headphones plugged in and the volume turned up to max, and now you’re desperately flicking through tabs, trying to find […]
Plenty of apps use your location to help them provide more relevant suggestions in response to your questions and search terms. For example, ask Siri “where can I get a coffee?” and it’ll return a list of coffee shops in your immediate vicinity; search for “curry” in Maps, and it’ll stick a little red pin […]
The Internet pretty much revolves around the concept of searching for things. Whether you’re typing a query into a dedicated search engine, hunting for a particular product on sites like Amazon or eBay, or looking for answers on websites such as Wikipedia, Stackoverflow or IMBd, searching is one of those tasks that you’ll typically find […]
Whether it’s an MP3, a PDF, a word processing document or something more obscure, every file has a default application associated with it. Whenever you double-click a file, macOS responds by opening this file in its default app. You see the same behaviour with links: if you click a link to a website, then macOS […]
Whenever you enter a password anywhere online, most modern web browsers will ask whether you want it to remember this password. While this feature can make your life easier, sometimes you might not want your web browser to remember your passwords. Perhaps you share your Mac with other people and don’t like the thought of […]
There’s a huge range of Safari extensions out there that you can use to modify, customize and generally improve your browsing experience. From blocking ads, to managing passwords and even helping you share content to your favourite social networks, in this article I’ll be showing you how to find and install the extension that provides […]
Ask your typical Mac user to name the piece of software they use the most often, and chances are they’re going to say their web browser. But the more time you spend surfing the web, the more information your web browser gathers about you and your browsing habits. Most of this information is beneficial, helping […]
Many Apple users worldwide have reported issues with both Safari on the Mac and on iOS crashing today. The problem seems to be related to Safari’s search suggestions feature, see below for how to disable this feature. How to disable search suggestions on OS X Open Safari preferences from the menu (or by using the […]
Updated 27/1/16. Many Apple users worldwide have reported issues with both Safari on the Mac and on iOS crashing today. The problem seems to be related to Safari’s search suggestions feature, see below for how to disable this feature. How to disable search suggestions on OSX Open Safari preferences from the menu (or by using […]
Apple has added a fair few new features to its new version of OS X, El Capitan, even though the main focus is on performance. There are little tweaks and streamlined ways of interacting here, there and everywhere, and thankfully Safari hasn’t been left out. Safari is of course the default browser on the Mac, and […]
Have you tried opening a PDF file in Safari only to encounter a blank page like this: Well here is a simple fix to get PDFs showing again. First quit Safari then head on up to the Finder menu and select GO then chose the Go To Folder option (You can also access this by […]
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