9 tips to help you use Safari on a maximum

Built-in browser in macOS has a lot of convenient features, but not all of them known by users. Layfhaker shares the secrets of productive work in Safari on the Mac.

1. Use keyboard shortcuts

Most Safari shortcuts are not different from the keyboard shortcuts in other browsers, but if you never use them, then now is the time to start. Learn and remember the most useful:

• Option + arrow or "Space" - screenful at a time scrolling pages;
• Shift + Command + \ - display of all open tabs;
• Shift + Command + click LMB - Open a link in a new tab and switch to it;
• Control + Tab or Control + Shift + Tab - switching between open tabs;
• Command + 1 - Command + 9 - quick switch to tab from the first to the ninth;
• Shift + Command + T - the opening of last closed tab or window;
• Shift + Command + R - Switch to read mode.

Of course, this is only a small part of the hot keys Safari. The complete list can be found at support page Apple.

2. Watch the video in the "picture in picture"

One of the most exciting features introduced in MacOS Sierra, makes life easier for those who love while working to include video in the background. With the "Picture in Picture" video from YouTube can be convenient to turn to a small window and not occupy valuable screen space.

Video switches in the mini-window mode in two ways. If a website supports this feature, for example, Vimeo, then just click on the appropriate icon in the corner of the video. Otherwise, double-click and make RMB select the menu "Go to" Picture in Picture "mode."

3. Manage sound in background tab

If you are listening to music or watching videos, keeping at the same time a lot of open tabs, determine which tab comes from the sound, it is sometimes very difficult. In Safari, to manage this there are some very convenient chip.

• If the tab plays a sound, then at her, and in the address bar displays the speaker icon, clicking on which the sound is muted.
• If you click on the speaker icon, hold down Option, you can turn off the sound on all other tabs except the active one.
• If you click on the speaker icon, hold down Control, a list of all tabs, play sound.

4. Read more articles in Reader mode

Reading mode in Safari removes banners from the pages and vorstku, leaving only the content. Roughly the same make and the Pocket Instapaper, only in Safari, you can read the text directly on the page without spending time to switch to other services.

Reader mode is activated by pressing the typical format icon in the address bar or the shortcut that you have already had to remember (Shift + Command + R). While reading, you can change the font, background and other settings. Not the iBooks, of course, but enough.

5. Secure your favorite sites and use the reading list

Sites that you visit daily or even several times a day, conveniently mounted on the tab bar: they are reduced to a favicon and will not take place. To do this, open the context menu, right click on the desired tab, and select "Pin tab".

Interesting articles to read that once you do not have the time, very easy to add to your reading list. This function is analogous Pocket and Instapaper with the only difference being that you do not need to use third-party services.

Add article to the list via the menu "Share" or the keyboard shortcut Shift + Command + D. Open reading list through the middle tab in the sidebar or the shortcut Control + Command + 2.

6. Customize Toolbar

As in any other application in Safari, you can customize the toolbar at its sole discretion to add or remove icons to move them or to insert dividers.

The setup menu is invoked by right clicking on the toolbar. Icons also reordered by simply dragging.

7. Add useful extensions

not a lot of extensions available for Safari, for Chrome, but the majority of the most popular and necessary is still there. Among officially supported Apple has a lot of interesting extensions:

• Adblock;
• 1Password;
• Pocket;
• Instapaper;
• OneNote;
• Todoist.

Installed extensions in a single click and immediately appear on the toolbar. In addition to installing extensions from the store, you can also install them manuallyBy downloading from the developer's site and clicking on "Install".

8. Enable debug menu

Hidden debug menu of the Debug, which is typically used only by developers, and provides some useful things for the casual user. To enable the menu, copy the "Terminal" command defaults write com.apple. Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu 1 and restart Safari.

• Media Flags → Video / Audio Needs User Action - these options are turned off obsessive auto play media files on the page. To start an audio or video have to click on it.
• Reset Top Sites / Recompute Top Sites - if you are using a list of frequently visited sites, these options will allow to reset history when Safari inaccurately determine the top websites.

9. Customize your browser by itself

Not all of the standard Safari settings are perfect, so if you do something does not fit, simply reconfigure the browser for yourself. Here are the most annoying moments and ways to fix them.

• Change the default search engine. Familiar to most of us do not use Google search in Safari by default, but it is easy to change the tab "Search" in the settings. Do not forget to put in the same place all the checkboxes smart search for more convenient operation.
• Hide the sidebar and activate the Favorites bar. Takes the place of the sidebar is better to remove the menu "View» → «Hide side menu tabs", but instead to include in the same panel of the favorites menu, which is closer to your Chrome bookmarks.
• Change the behavior of the tabs and windows. By default, new tabs and windows open frequently visited sites, which is not always convenient. Both options can be changed at their discretion in the settings tab "Basic".

You know of other useful functions, or Safari settings? Share your experiences in the comments!