Ever wish you could set more than just one home page for your favorite web browser? Well, you can. In fact, you can set any of the four major browsers—Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari—to load as many “home” or “start” pages as you like, all in separate...
Belinda writes: I have a MacBook Air, almost one year old. Recently I switched from Mozilla Firefox to Safari. When I did that on some sites the fonts are really small. So I use Command + and – to make the fonts larger or smaller. But when I close the site out...
To get back to where you were five pages ago in a desktop browser, you can just glance at your web history or—better yet—click and hold the Back button. But what if you want to jump back several pages in a single bound with Safari for iPhone or iPad? Believe it or...
Jill writes: Whenever I try to open a PDF in Safari, I just get a blank screen. Isn’t Safari supposed to be able to open PDFs by itself? I could’ve sworn it used to. Hi Jill! Yes, Safari can and should be able to open PDF files directly in the browser...
Sick of having Internet Explorer pop up when you really wanted another browser, like Chrome, Firefox or Safari? I know the feeling. Both Windows and Mac systems will open a specific, so-called “default” web browser whenever you click a link in your email...
The latest version of Apple’s Safari web browser offers a new, eye-popping way to view your open browser tabs—provided you’ve updated your Mac to “Mountain Lion,” that is. Just click the new “show all tabs” button in the top-right...
Tired of playing “peek-a-boo” with the bookmarks bar on Safari for iPad? Wish you could arrange your browser tabs any way you want? Want to control the behavior of new tabs? Help is here. 1. Take charge of the bookmarks bar Anyone who uses Apple’s...
Yes, Google is watching you—or at least, it’s watching a “cookie” on your browser that collects anonymous data on the sites you’re visiting, all in the hopes of serving up targeted ads that you’re more likely to click. Now, one way to...
