This tutorial will cover some of the most common tasks when learning a new browser. Examples include “How to customize the Toolbar”, “How to clear the cache, history and cookies” and “How to force links to open in a new Tab”…
Safari 3 (which is currently in beta) is no longer a Mac-only browser. You can download a Windows version from http://www.apple.com/safari/, though you may want to wait a few days as there have already been a few security holes discovered.
If you’re wondering why you’d want yet another browser - for those of you who aren’t currently Mac users but are planning on buying an iPhone, it’s Safari that you’ll be using on that device. You might as well get used to it now 
The installation is very straight forward - similar to most programs you’ll just click next a few times and that’s about it.
- How to customize the Toolbar
- How to clear the cache, history, cookies etc
- How to add the status bar
- How to force links to open in a new Tab rather than a new Window
- Start by selecting View and then Customize Toolbar…
- From here you can drag items to your Toolbar, and just as importantly, out of your Toolbar. If you’re used to having a Home button, you may wish to add it.
How to clear the cache, history, cookies etc
- Select Edit and then Reset Safari…
- From here you can choose which items you wish to delete, clear or reset.
- One of the first things you might notice about Safari is that it doesn’t have a ’status bar’ at the bottom of the browser window by default.
- To add it, just click View and then Show Status Bar
- And now it’ll appear at the bottom of Safari.
How to force links to open in a new Tab rather than a new Window
- If you set Safari as your default browser, when you click on link to a web page from inside another application (like your email program, or a Word document) it will open in a new Safari window. To have that page open in a new tab rather than a new Window, select Edit and then Preferences…
- In the Open links from applications: section, choose in a new tab in the current window.
- That’s it - from now on when you click on web links from inside emails, documents etc, they’ll open in a tab, rather than a new window.
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Despite setting Safari for Windows prefs to open links from other applications in a new tab instead of a new window - they open in a new window. Drives me nuts.
Any ideas?
Thanks for tutorials,
But i had a bad experience for it as it requires loads of memory and seems too slow.
Randy -
So sorry for the delay in responding. Similar to my comment for Harry, that might have been a bug that has since been resolved. I can’t confirm that for SURE, because when I open links from other apps they open in a new tab - but I’m using the latest version…
Harry -
Which version were you using? They’ve updated it, twice I think, since the initial launch - and fixed a number of bugs since then.
How about opening links from web pages in a new tab, instead of a new window? That seems more important. Its like I’m using IE 6
After downloaded the new beta version for windows, I am wondering is there any creammonkey (or like s/w) for safari at windows.
How do I increase text size of toolbar?
despite setting Safari to be my default web browser it keeps defaulting to IE - any advice?
Every time i open a link in my e-mail or to lead into another website my window comes up small i get tired of stretching it or clicking the corner box to enlarge it. It never use to do this until i had my computer reformatted.Let me know how i can adjust this problem.
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