Safari browser is most popular browser among Mac users. It’s generally stable, and will work excellently in Apple computer. It’s not only stable, but also faster and energy efficient. This means that it will take just a handful of your computer resources while running its services, and ultimately prolonging your notebook’s battery life.
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The Mac's native web browser Safari used to have a 'Reset Safari' button that returned the browser to its original, default state, but that one-step option was removed in Safari 8 with OS X Yosemite. Restoring Safari's default settings subsequent to Safari 8 is now a multi-step process that includes removing history, clearing the cache, disabling extensions and plugins, and more.
Sometimes due to number of reasons, your Safari browser may crash, hang, or redirect you to unwanted sites. In this case resetting your browser to its default setting is the best option to get rid of all these issues. How to reset Safari Browser in Mac Below method is no longer working jump to Old Method – Not working now Here, in this article we will guide you how to reset your safari browser. Resetting your browser means cleaning everything in your browser, including saved passwords, bookmarks, saved pages, browser history, cache, etc. However, Safari gives you the option not to reset the entire browser by allowing you to unchecked some options. The operation will take some few seconds, but will take more time especially if your browser had too much content stored in it. Launch your Safari browser as usual.
On the top left part of your browser, click “safari” to pull down its menu. Click on “ Reset safari” option. A dialog with a list of options then will pop up. Select the appropriate options. Depending on the reason for resetting your Safari browser, choose the relevant options. The operation cannot be reversed, hence confirm your selection before hitting the reset button.
If your browser had a malware or browser hijacker, the best option is to select the entire list to reset everything. Click the reset button. As the old method is not working now in Safari. Apple have removed the reset option, now you can just use the clear history, clear cache and clear all website data functionality to reset the safari. See below method 2 to reset safari browser.
Method 2: Clear history and remove website data in Safari to reset it 1. Clear history in Safari. Open Safari Menu. Click on the Clear history. Select the period or select all history and click on Clear History. Clear website data to reset safari.
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Click on Safari menu and select Preferences. In preferences click on Privacy Tab. Click on manage website data. In another opened window click on Remove All button. To reset home page in Safari open up the safari menu – preferences - General - set homepage.
Reasons for resetting your Safari browser If your browser has been infected with a browser hijacker, a reset operation will be necessary. Popular symptoms that a browser hijacker or adware is preset in your browser include uncalled for website redirects, change of homepage or search engine without your consent, advertising pop ups or banners that appear frequently while browsing and browser pop ups that recommend you to download software. Reset Safari Browser. If you were using a public computer to browse for important or confidential information, a browser reset is necessary to clear all your history and cache. This is because the browser keeps information such as history, cookies and cache for the websites you accessed.
If your safari browser constantly hangs are becomes unresponsive from time to time. This could be as a result of a buggy plug-in or malware attack.
FAQ: Q: Why Safari has removed the Reset option? A: We didn’t found any official statement regarding this issue. But we believe that I think there is nothing special to resetting the browser now. And users can use clear history or website data as per their requirement. Techsupportall.com is an independent website. Any brand name, trademark, image used on this website are for reference only. We disclaim any ownership, right of such third party products or copyrighted material unless otherwise specified.
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With the public release of macOS High Sierra, Apple introduced some additional features to its native Safari web browser. Here we'll cover just what they are and how you can customize them to make your web browsing experience a more enjoyable one. Individual Website Settings One of the most welcome new changes in Safari 11 is the ability to customize a range of settings for individual websites. Once these options are set up for a site, Safari applies them automatically so you don't have to bother with them again.
Navigate to a site you frequently visit. Right-click on the URL or website name that appears in the address bar, and select 'Settings for This Website'. Alternatively, click Safari in the menu bar and you'll see the same option under Preferences. Select your preferences from the drop-down pane that appears below the address bar to control how the website behaves, either by checking the boxes or selecting a setting from the available options. Safari's built-in Reader mode strips online articles of extraneous web page furniture to make them more readable. Reader is usually enabled by clicking an icon that sometimes appears in the far left of the address bar, but you can check 'Use Reader when available' to switch to this by default. The box next to 'Enable content blockers' lets you set whether to activate any ad-blocking extensions you may have installed, while the Page Zoom setting lets you adjust the size that website fonts and images display, allowing you to make them easier to read and navigate.
With the Auto-Play setting, you can prevent websites from playing video the moment you visit a page, which should make browsing a lot less infuriating. The options are Allow All Auto-Play, Stop Media with Sound, and Never Auto-Play. The last three options in the preferences pane let you choose whether to allow or deny the site access to your Mac's camera and microphone, and whether to enable location detection. If your preference is likely to change from time to time for these, set them to 'Ask', and Safari will query you whenever access is requested by the site. Safari Website Preferences Tab Helpfully, Apple has added a new tab to Safari preferences for you to keep track of your individual website settings. You can access it at any time by clicking 'Preferences' In the Safari menu bar and selecting the Websites tab.
Here you'll find lists of websites that are currently open as well as ones you've customized in the past, categorized by individual settings, where you easily can adjust them. You'll also see an additional setting in the General column listing your preference for websites you've visited that have prompted you about receiving Notifications. Intelligent Tracking Prevention Another new feature Apple has added in the latest Safari is Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP).
Apple's own testing has found that popular websites can harbor more than 70 cross-site tracking and third-party cookie trackers that all silently collect data on users while making the browsing experience increasingly sluggish. To solve this, ITP uses local machine learning to identify cookie types and partition them or purge the cross-site scripting data of suspect ad trackers, without affecting the functioning of helpful cookies like those containing localized data or login details, for example. The feature should increase user privacy as well as boost overall browsing speed. You don't need to do anything to enjoy the benefits of ITP – it's on by default.