If you’re a die-hard Safari user, you may want to check out one of Firefox’s best features – Greasemonkey. Using the free software SIMBL and GreaseKit, you can run most of the scripts created for Greasemonkey – in Safari. And Mailplane. And all WebKit apps. So now you can use the genius that is Folders4Gmail while using Safari.
- First up – download SIMBL and install it (installation consists of clicking ‘next’ a bunch of times).
- Exit Safari if you’re using it.
- Next, download GreaseKit. To install it, drag the GreaseKit.bundle file to ~/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins
note: if you don’t have a SIMBL/Plugins/ folder, just create it, then drop GreaseKit.bundle into it.
- Now re-open Safari. You should see a GreaseKit entry in the Safari menu bar.
- Head on over to http://userscripts.org and find a Greasemonkey script to try out. Again, I’ll recommend Folders4Gmail. When you find one you want to install, click the Install this script button.
- You’ll see a bunch of javascript fill up your browser window, and a Safari dialog box will appear asking you to confirm the installation. Click Install.
- Your GreaseKit menu will now include the installed script.
- Check to make sure the script works in Safari by actually using it. In this case, I installed Folders4Gmail, and it works exactly as it should. Note: I installed 5 random Greasemonkey scripts using GreaseKit and all of them worked perfectly – if you find one that doesn’t, please feel free to leave a comment here.





It’s not working, The simbl folder didn’t show up. So, I created the folder and put GreaseKit in it. But GraseKit isn’t showing up in my toolbar. Help?
bonjour j’ai fait l’installation c’est ok par contre j’ai essayé d’installer doa power tools et la ça marche pas ???
It’s not working for me.. I’m stuck at step 4. When I open safari, I don’t see “greasekit” anywhere. I made sure the folders were in the following order( as the directions had stated): Library/Application Support/SIMBL-09.9/Plugins/GreaseKit.bundle
help?
@val: Try renaming the folder “SIMBL-09.9″ to just “SIMBL” (minus the quotes).
In Safari 5.1 (in Lion) I can’t install any scripts. They just open as a text.
Same here. Safari in Lion Dev GM, the scripts don’t save. Just get the text file.
I have successfully installed this WHOLE thing… and I would LOVE to create a NEW user script, but am saddened by the fact that it won’t let me create new ones… just instals ones other people have made… how do I get around this?
I installed everything correctly but when I click “Install” on the UserScripts page the javascript shows up but no dialog comes saying install or anything.
I’m left with a page of confusing text…
Please help…
The simbl folder didn’t show up, so, I created the folder then the plugin folder and put GreaseKit in it. But GraseKit isn’t showing up in my toolbar. Can you help me please?
After I click install the script! The safari dialog box never comes up asking if I want to install.
Same as above – installed just fine – I get the Greasekit menu. When I “Install” a script, I am not prompted for script installation confirmation – just see the script code itself. Am running Safari with Mac OSX 10.7
I’ll just copy Vacman’s post as it says everything for me…”Same as above – installed just fine – I get the Greasekit menu. When I “Install” a script, I am not prompted for script installation confirmation – just see the script code itself. Am running Safari with Mac OSX 10.7″
Vacman Brett and all –
Yeah it seems at some point in Safari’s development, something in this process “broke”. I’ll investigate. I’m currently running the latest OS X along w/ the latest Safari. I’ll contact the dev and see if there are plans to update or if there’s a new workaround etc.
I don’t see the greasekit in my tool bar
help?
Install button didn’t work for me on Safari 5.1.2 (7534.52.7).
When I clicked on that button, the source of script was shown in my Safari.
I saved it (Command+S) as Page Source and renamed it to it’s original name.
Then I copied it in this folder :
~/Library/Application Support/GreaseKit
and in Safari’s menu, in GreaseKit, I selected : Reload all user scripts.
and it worked