Archive for the ‘ Safari ’ Category

QuickTip: Reopen Safari Tabs from Last Session


If you’re looking to repen the tabs you had open during your last Safari session, all you need to do is select History -> Reopen All Windows from Last Session from the Safari menu.

You can also install Glims, which will do this (and many other things) for you automatically whenever you launch Safari!

QuickTip: Seeing a File/Folder/Page/Document/E-mail’s Path

Today’s QuickTip is very simple and very useful.

To view the path of something on your Mac, all you need to do is right-click (or Control-click) its title, located in the top of its window:

QuickTip: View Path

Right- or Control-click to view a file, folder, webpage, document, or e-mail's path


It’s that simple, and it works on the following types of windows (and maybe even more!):

  • Folder windows (Finder)
  • Webpages (Safari)
  • iWork files (Pages, Numbers)
  • TextEdit files
  • E-mails (Mail)

This little trick is handier than a pair of gloves, and it’s particularly useful when:

  • Finder windows are opened from your last session because the back/forward buttons won’t remember how you got to the folder you’ve opened;
  • Webpages are reopened when you start Safari (click History -> Reopen All Windows from Last Session), and you want to go to the current page’s parent page;
  • You have a file open but forgot where it’s located;
  • –and the list goes on!

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QuickTip: Navigate Safari Tabs

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To move left through your tabs, just hit the comma (,) key. To move right, hit the period (.) key. This tip works when your cursor is outside a text box or a form field.

If you’re currently inside a text box or a field, you can use Control + Tab to move one tab to the left, and Shift + Control + Tab to move one tab to the right. It’s that easy!

QuickTip: Open Safari downloads

Do you ever download a .zip file with Safari, then find it in your downloads folder and double-click on it to extract it? Today’s QuickTip gets Safari to open “safe” files for you once they’re downloaded (e.g., .dmg, .zip).

Open "safe" files after downloading

Click the checkbox, and Safari will open archives and images for you once they've downloaded

To turn on this option, click Command + , (or go to Safari -> Preferences) and click the “Open ‘safe’ files after downloaded” checkbox. That’s all there is to it!

QuickTip: Safari’s Bookmarks Bar Shortcuts

Today’s QuickTip will show you how to access the URLs in your Safari bookmarks bar with lightning speed.

For each of the first nine bookmarks in your bookmarks bar, Safari has assigned it a keyboard shortcut. What is it? That’s easy! For the first bookmark (not folder), it’s Command + 1, for the second, it’s Command + 2, and so on.

In this example, Command + 1 would open the ‘Weather’ bookmark, and Command + 2 would open the ‘Analytics’ bookmark. It’s that easy! If you use Command + T to open a new tab in Safari, and then use the bookmarks bar shortcuts, you’ll be able to open multiple bookmarked pages very quickly, each in a new tab. Try it out!

Safari's Bookmarks Bar

To load your first bookmark bar item, press "Command + 1", for your second, "Command + 2", and so on

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