Safari 5

Macworld's Safari 5 Coverage

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  Apple Safari 5 Tough competition has only made Safari 5 even better. It's still the fastest, sleekest, all-around best Web browser in the business.
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  Ten Safari shortcuts you should know Save time using your browser by learning these essential keyboard shortcuts for both Snow Leopard and Lion's Safari.
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  How to delete your Mac's Web browser history This tutorial will show you how to clear your browser history in each of the most popular Web browsers for the Mac.
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  Apple releases Safari, Snow Leopard security updates Don't have an iOS device to update? Well, don’t fret: Apple hasn’t left the Mac out in the cold--Safari, Leopard, and Snow Leopard all have patches ready and waiting for your download.
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  Learn the basics of Web browser security Danger lurks around every corner on the Web, but it turns out that browsers are well equipped to provide savvy users with the clues they need to protect themselves from those who prey on the denizens of the Net.
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  Digital certificate theft shines spotlight on Safari limitation Safari users are at risk from a potentially serious security problem, according to software developer and research firm Intego. Luckily, there are some simple steps that you can undertake to protect your computer.
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  Safari, Internet Explorer hacked first at Pwn2Own Apple's Safari and Microsoft's Internet Explorer both fell to the first hackers who tried their luck on the browsers at Wednesday's opening day of Pwn2Own.
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  Apple releases Safari 5.0.4 update While everybody with a compatible iOS device is busy downloading the iOS 4.3 update released Wednesday, Apple also issued an update to its Safari 5 Web browser.
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  Researchers: Apple to patch Safari before Pwn2Own Apple will patch its Safari browser before the Pwn2Own hacking contest kicks off next week, security researchers hinted Thursday.
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  How to manage Safari's Top Sites Top Sites is one of Safari 5's biggest features, but adding, managing, and removing your favorite or most-used sites from it can be a little confusing. We'll help you clear it all up.
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  Protect your privacy: browse the Web safely When you browse the Web, it’s like you’ve allowed a bunch of companies to implant a tracking device in your arm and a small camera in your head, recording where you go and what you look at. Thanks to ad networks, search engines, ISPs, and social networks, your online activities are tracked, analyzed, and sold.
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  Bulk of browsers found to be at risk of attack About eight out of every 10 Web browsers run by consumers are vulnerable to attack by exploits of already-patched bugs, according to security risk and compliance management provider Qualys.
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  How to create a Safari extension If you know a little bit about HTML, CSS, and JavaScript you're already well equipped to create a Safari extension. Since Apple's documentation can seem intimidating, here's a tutorial to walk you through creating your first extension, using any custom CSS or JavaScript code you write.
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  Pwn2Own organizer predicts Chrome will survive first day Google's Chrome will likely survive the first day at next month's Pwn2Own hacking challenge, but may fall the next when the rules change, the contest organizer predicts.
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  Which browser prints best? When reproducing HTML on paper, not all browsers are equal.
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  Apple releases Safari 5.0.3, Safari 4.1.3 Apple on Thursday released Safari 5.0.3 and 4.1.3, bring bug fixes, interface tweaks, and a whole host of security patches to its Web browser.
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  Xmarks browser sync starts pledge drive to stay alive The Xmarks browser bookmark sync service is soliciting pledges from potential customers willing to pay at least $10 annually, saying that it will reconsider staying in business if it collects 100,000 promises.
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  Restart Safari plug-ins, not Safari Sometimes Safari will hang because a plug-in (commonly Flash) is hanging. Here's a way to make Safari responsive again without completely closing it.
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  Clean up Web pages Safari Reader can't Safari's Reader feature is a nice way to remove extraneous graphics and other elements from Web pages, leaving only text to read. But it doesn't work on all Web pages. Here's a way to do the same thing on any page you want.
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  Safari vulnerable to AutoFill security bug (again) The researcher who discovered a security flaw with Safari's AutoFill feature earlier this year says the bug is back.
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  Bugs & Fixes: DNS prefetching can cause Safari problems DNS prefetching -- added as part of the Safari 5.0.1 update -- can occasionally result in slow performance, partially-loaded pages, or "cannot be found" messages for Web pages. Ted Landau takes a closer look.
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  Apple releases Safari updates On Tuesday Apple issued minor updates to its Safari Web browser: Safari 5.0.2 for Leopard and Snow Leopard (OS X 10.5.8 or later) or Windows (XP, Vista, and 7) and Safari 4.1.2 for Tiger (OS X 10.4.11).
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  Get 25 great Safari extensions We've scoured the Web and tested innumerable Safari extensions. Here are some of the most useful.
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  Hands on with Safari extensions Now that Safari 5 has been out for a while, we take a closer look at Safari's new extensions feature: how to install and use extensions, how to update extensions, and how to troubleshoot issues with misbehaving extensions.
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  How to get rid of Web browser cookies When random sites started displaying his Facebook profile picture and welcoming him by name, Kirk McElhearn decided it was time to do something about his Web browser cookies. Here's why you might want to delete cookies and what to expect if you do.
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  Apple releases Safari 5.0.1, introduces Extensions Gallery Apple on Wednesday released Safari 5.0.1, an update to its popular Web browser. Most prominently, this version activates Extensions by default and introduces the Safari Extensions Gallery.
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  Safari AutoFill hack can give up personal info A simple trick in Web forms can trigger Safari's auto-fill feature, which is designed to help users fill in Web forms more quickly by automatically inserting information from their personal Address Book card.
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  Save space in Safari with hotkeys Is your Bookmark Bar or Bookmark menu getting too crowded? You can relieve some of that crowding by assigning hotkeys to some of your bookmarks.
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  Apple soliciting Safari extensions for upcoming gallery Apple has sent an e-mail to Safari extension developers inviting them to submit their works to its forthcoming curated gallery, which will launch “soon.”
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  Inside the Celtics' infosecurity playbook The Boston Celtics' VP of technology explains how using the MacBook Pro and cloud-based services helped improve the franchise's IT security.
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  Google's Chrome passes Safari in U.S. browser share Google Chrome is now the third-most-popular browser in the U.S., behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox, but ahead of Apple's Safari for the first time, Web analytics firm StatCounter says.
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  Apple opens Safari Extension program to submissions Apple finally endowed its browser with official extension support. Later this summer, the company will open a curated gallery of extensions, so it is now accepting developer submissions to prepare.
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  Three Safari 5 secrets Since Safari 5 was released, MacOSXHints.com readers have been submitting tips for the new browser. Here are three of the best.
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  Reload accidentally closed tabs in Safari 5 Safari 5 adds a number of flashy features. But for many people, the capability to reopen a tab you accidentally closed may be the most welcome.
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  Safari 5 packs dozens of security patches Lost among the announcement of all that's new with Apple's latest release of Safari is the fact that it includes a whopping forty-eight security patches.
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  Benchmarks: Safari 5 shows JavaScript boost When Safari 5 was released last Monday, Apple claimed that the "world's fastest" Web browser is now faster. Macworld Lab performed a performance test on the new Safari, and our results didn't exactly match those claimed by Apple, we did find a boost in performance.
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  First look: Safari 5's extensions Safari 5's extensions, which allow developers to create software that augments the browser's built-in features, are perhaps the most prominent new capability in Apple's latest browser update.
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  Safari 5 to add Safari Reader, extensions, more Apple on Monday released Safari 5, the latest update to its popular Web browser for Mac and Windows. The new version adds several features, including Safari Reader and a new extensions capability.