How to Restore & Restyle Safari
Safari is Apple Computer's native web browsing software available standard on new Apple computers and as a download for other operating systems. Prior to Safari's development, Apple computers relied on Macintosh versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Today, Safari is a modern customizable web browser featuring a range of personalization settings. Should you wish to restore Safari to its original settings, you can do so using certain built-in options. Safari can then be restyled from default to your tastes.
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Instructions
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Restore Safari to Original Settings
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Start Safari . Click "Safari", and then "Reset Safari" from the menu bar.
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Check all the boxes and click "Reset".
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Start a new Finder window and open the "(user)" folder, then the "Library" folder, and then the "Safari" folder, where "(user)" is the name of the computer.
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Move every file except "Bookmarks.plist" to the Trash.
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Use the same Finder window to open the "(user)" folder, then the "Library" folder, and then "Preferences". Locate files called "com.apple.Safari.plist", "com.apple.internetconfigpriv.plis" and "com.apple.internetconfig.plist" (without quotation marks) and drag them to the trash. If "com.apple.internetconfigpriv.plist" cannot be found, skip it.
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Restart Safari. It will now be using its default settings.
Restyling Safari
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Open Safari. Click "Safari", and then "Preferences".
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Click the "Appearance" tab to adjust Safari's default fonts.
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Click "View", and then "Customize Toolbar" to add and remove buttons on the Safari toolbar.
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Click "View" again and select either "Hide Bookmarks Bar", "Hide Status Bar", "Show Tab Bar" or "Hide Toolbar" to apply that setting.
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