OS X Mountain Lion Bible

Summary

OS X comes with Apple's Safari browser preinstalled, so it's the default browser for many Mac users. Like all browsers, Safari lets you enter URLs to go to a specific web address, as well as use hyperlinks on those pages to jump to other pages and use bookmarks to save favorite pages in lists that you can later click to go directly to them. Safari also enables you to see the history of your web visits, so you can go back to web pages you've recently visited. The Bookmarks menu, bar, and page all provide access to bookmarked pages and visited-page histories. Toolbar buttons enable you to navigate back and forth among the pages you've visited in the current browser session.

Safari can display web pages in tabbed panes or separate windows or both. It offers a variety of controls to create, delete, and otherwise manage the tabbed panes and windows. In Safari, you can print and share web pages with other people, as well as save web pages to your Mac and view the HTML source code used in the web pages you view.

Safari enables you to search for text on a web page you're visiting, as well as use your choice of the Google, Bing, Yahoo, and Baidu search engines to find information on the web.

Safari's many preference options enable you to set security, such as blocking pop-ups and preventing some potentially dangerous web technologies from running in your browser. The Preferences dialog box also lets you establish user interface standards such as how new tabbed panes and windows ...