This is a post inspired by a status update in Facebook. I think it’s nice that Safari lets us get away with so many great new words – most of them reflections of the digital age. Kudos to Apple for the coolest spellchecker around! (if it could just learn not to turn itself off for [...]

Here it is: Set “New Windows open with” to blank page. Set “New Tabs open with” to blank page. This preference should be somewhere fairly obvious in your browser preferences. Safari’s preference window is shown below. Maybe I’m an idiot, but it took me a few months to lament about how Safari was stuck whenever [...]

Why online backup?  The answer is simple: Time Machine, external disk, or CD – DVD backups are only as secure as the media they are on, and the location they are in.  Time Machine backups, despite being wickedly convenient, are likely going to be backed up to your home location. This means that a fire, [...]

Safari is a good browser. No, Safari is a GREAT browser. I use it exclusively and have for about 3 years.  For me, it beats Firefox hands down.  Safari 3 was fast and efficient and, from what I can see after today’s release, Safari 4 is even faster.  It’s got a nice streamlined look, with [...]

Here’s a common problem. You log onto Facebook, Google, your Bank account and numerous other places several times a day. You use your browser to do so, and you may have your browser “remember” the login and password. This is handy, and saves typing passwords over and over again. It also prevents passersby from seeing [...]

Here are mine. What are yours? 1) The “Reset Safari” problem Let’s say I want to change which parameters that get reset when I choose to “Reset Safari”. As it is right now, I can only have those parameters changed if I DO the action of resetting Safari. In other words, I have a list [...]