6 Safari useful options for the Mac, which will make your web browsing more convenient

Safari is noticeably different from its rivals Chrome and Firefox: it does not have an abundance of different settings and pile extensions and plugins. Instead, Apple is more concerned about the reduced power consumption, ease of interaction, smooth interface and optimal configuration settings. Initially, Safari is set so as to satisfy the majority of ordinary users, but by changing some of the default settings, you can significantly improve the usability of it. How do you learn from this article.

1. Setting options start page

The first thing you'll see, opening a new window or tab - this is the home page. Sure looks like Apple.com masterpiece and the official website of Apple nice to see, but it will be useful to customize the start page based on your preferences. This can be done in the settings tab main — Open in new tabs (windows). There are several options:

• to open a blank page;
• to open the same page;
• open the homepage;
• open Top Sites;
• open bookmarks;
• open all the sites of the Favorites (This applies only to new windows)

If you are using Top Sites, In the same section, adjusts the number of displayed thumbnails. By default, Safari shows the 12, but you can easily install the 24 or 6, depending on your preference.

2. Pop-up Blocker

In older versions of Safari pop-up blocker has been available from the application menu. In the latest versions of Apple removed it from there, but still it is supported. To enable this option, go to the tab Security settings and put a check next to the corresponding item. After that, the sites will not be able to open pop-up windows without your permission, it will be very useful and prevent blockage of screen space with all sorts of promotional offers and other spam.

3. Reset (clear) the data sites

All the sites that you visit often, keep your cash, configuration and specific data which are necessary for faster downloads. If this data is corrupted, the sites may be displayed incorrectly or not fully loaded. In this case, should help Remove all data from web-sites (Found on the tab Confidentiality), But note that this option may result in removal of your critical information.

If you want to delete the data of specific sites manually, you press the button More (It appears when you hover over the button Delete everything…).

4. Fine-tuning the plugin

By analogy with the previous point, many sites use plugins to display the content. The most harmful of the plug-in - is, of course, Adobe Flash, as far as possible it is better not to install. The whole point of his gluttony - at active use, charge the battery of your Mac will melt before our eyes. So, it is possible to prohibit the launch of certain plug-ins for different sites (at your discretion). To do this, go to settings — Security and click the button Set up a website ... against the item Internet Plugins. In the sidebar will display a list of installed plugins and the right of the list of plugins, where the drop-down menu you can specify the behavior of the selected plug-in for a particular site. In the lower part there is another drop-down menu that specifies the behavior of the plugin for all other sites.

5. Includes an additional menu item - Development

This hidden menu by default can be enabled in Safari preferences, see SupplementsBy putting the appropriate checkbox. With it, you can get quick access to features like clearing the cache, the cache off (in this case, Page will always be loaded from the server, instead of using a local cache), the activation of WebGL, change user agent, and others. Almost each of these actions are assigned keyboard shortcuts, for more convenient operation. Here is the complete list of features:

6. Include the use of Tab to navigate through the page

Initially, when the Tab key is pressed, we move between text input fields, and various buttons, and if you hold the key at the same time ⌥, The navigation will be on all objects including links (pressing ⏎ immediately opens the selected link). But you can change this behavior and do exactly the opposite. To do this, go to settings and tab Supplements put a tick against the item Press Tab to highlight all of the objects of the page.

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As you can see, Safari has enough hidden or imperceptible at first glance the options, which change can be very positive impact on the user experience. If you know any more useful options, share them in the comments.