Safari 1.1.1 Preferences

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Description: This site contains a walk through and explaination of the preferences for Safari version 1.1.1 (Mac OS 10.3.x).

  1. To open preferences click on the Safari menu and choose Preferences.
  2. The first preference is the General pane. These are the items contained in the General pane:
    1. Default Web Browser: Allows the user to pick the default web browser.
    2. New windows open with: Allows the user to choose home page options including a default address, empty page, same page, or bookmarks.
    3. Home Page: Web page address for the home page.
    4. Save downloaded files to: Defaults to desktop. Can change folder to any other folder.
    5. Remove download list items: Options for when to remove downloaded files from the download manager. The option are Manually, when safari quits, upon successful download.
    6. Check box for opening safe files after downloading. Safe files include movies, pictures, sounds, PDF and text documents, etc.
    7. Open links from Applications: choices are in a new window or in the current window.

  3. The Default Web Browser menu allows the user to select the default web browser from the ones installed on the Mac.
  4. The Home Page selection allows the user to adjust which page he or she wants to have as the home page.
  5. The Save downloaded files to menu defaults to the desktop. Use this selection to change the download folder if desired.
  6. The Remove download list items determines when downloads will be deleted from the download manager.
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