14. Surfing the Web

Configuring Safari Preferences

The default web browser for Mac OS X is the excellent Safari application, one of the best browsers around, which may be why most Mac users stick with Safari rather than switching to a third-party browser such as Firefox. This chapter shows you how to browse the Web using Safari, but let’s first take a tour of Safari’s most useful preferences so that you can get it set up the way you want before heading out on the Web. Later sections in this chapter cover Safari’s preferences for bookmarks, RSS feeds, tabs, and the AutoFill feature.

To get started, select Safari, Preferences (or press image-) to open ...

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