Newbie Question

Clint Butler · Apr 9, 2011

I just bought my first Mac after hearing tons and tons of other people in my field tell me how great it is for what I do. As such I have a bunch a newbie questions that I am researching in all the help menu's and such. But one I can't seem to find it how to resize the Safari windows. I have a 27" IMac and want to have a couple Safari windows open at the same time and view the whole web page without have to scroll left and right.

Does anyone know how to do that?

Regards,
Clint

BrianLachoreVPI · Apr 9, 2011

Just grab the bottom right corner of the Safari Window and size to your preference.

Clint Butler · Apr 9, 2011

BrianLachoreVPI said:
Just grab the bottom right corner of the Safari Window and size to your preference.

Ok, I must be half retarded because when I click and hold on the bottom right of the window where the three slashes are it doesn't do anything.

Edit: HA figured it out, Thank you!!!

BrianLachoreVPI · Apr 9, 2011

Enjoy your new iMac

Cougboy17 · Apr 9, 2011

Hi, I know this doesn't have to do with this question, but how do I ask a question? Sorry to interupt. Thanks

BrianLachoreVPI · Apr 9, 2011

In the forum you'll see a button in the top left corner that says new thread as shown below.

Click that and fill in the topic of your question - something catchy and attention grabbing

and then ask away.

chas_m · Apr 9, 2011

Hi Clint:

Another (and in my opinion MUCH better) way to have multiple windows open in Safari is to use Tabs. You can turn them on in the preferences and read about them in Safari's help file, but basically tabs rule and you'll wonder how you ever got along without them.

Safari Tabs - Enabling Tabbed Browsing In Apple Safari Browser For OS X - About Web Browsers

lekhraaj · Apr 10, 2011

how to make safari remember the tabs i open...as i have multiple tabs opened and when i close they are gone ...again i have to start fresh

CMartucci · Apr 10, 2011

lekhraaj said:
how to make safari remember the tabs i open...as i have multiple tabs opened and when i close they are gone ...again i have to start fresh

Chrome can do that. Not sure about Safari.

What you can do is create a folder in your bookmarks comprised of the websites you visit most often. Then, in Safari > Preferences, you can tell Safari to open this folder whenever you open a new window.

chas_m · Apr 10, 2011

lekhraaj said:
how to make safari remember the tabs i open...as i have multiple tabs opened and when i close they are gone ...again i have to start fresh

Two methods:

1. Under Bookmarks, there is an option to Add a Bookmark for These Tabs. You can put this in your bookmarks bar if you like.

2. Alternatively, you can set up a folder (in your bookmarks bar or elsewhere) of all the bookmarks you want to open and choose "open in tabs" to have all the bookmarks in the folder open in tabs:

lekhraaj · Apr 10, 2011

thanks but like in chrome or firefox when we close multiple tabs it says do u want to remember...that kind of option i am looking for in safari...i tried but couldnot get hold of it...its time consuming in opening all these saved tags...right now i use almost 22tabs

thnk

robduckyworth · Apr 10, 2011

lekhraaj said:
thanks but like in chrome or firefox when we close multiple tabs it says do u want to remember...that kind of option i am looking for in safari...i tried but couldnot get hold of it...its time consuming in opening all these saved tags...right now i use almost 22tabs

thnk

have a look in safari extensions gallery, i think there is one that does this.

lekhraaj · Apr 10, 2011

cool man....there are other things that i was looking for and now installing...never going to use mozilla or chrome...**** with them

chas_m · Apr 10, 2011

Also, the "Top Sites" function works in a much cooler way than the "multiple tabs" idea. You can edit the "Top Sites" to be the specific ones you want rather than just the most frequently visited.

Greg55 · Apr 10, 2011

chas_m said:
Also, the "Top Sites" function works in a much cooler way than the "multiple tabs" idea. You can edit the "Top Sites" to be the specific ones you want rather than just the most frequently visited.

Is there any other place where the top sites will show up at except in the bookmarks tab on my main menu when I have Safari open, I have the book Switching to the Mac by David Pogue, looks like in one of his illustrations that the top site is displayed in the web page just below the bookmarks. Also I don't understand the keyboard commands, I can't seem to get anything to work when I use the command key plus whatever other key is supposed to be used for a certain command. I'm confused! And also a little frustrated

BrianLachoreVPI · Apr 10, 2011

Greg55 said:
Is there any other place where the top sites will show up at except in the bookmarks tab on my main menu when I have Safari open, I have the book Switching to the Mac by David Pogue, looks like in one of his illustrations that the top site is displayed in the web page just below the bookmarks. Also I don't understand the keyboard commands, I can't seem to get anything to work when I use the command key plus whatever other key is supposed to be used for a certain command. I'm confused! And also a little frustrated

I'm not sure I fully understand your question. If you're in Safari - hold down the command and option keys and then press 1. It will open top sites. Cmd + T will open a new tab with Top Sites.

Greg55 · Apr 10, 2011

Thanks Brian- I am new with the Mac always used PC and hope I will never go back, not to mention also I'm almost 56 years old LOL. I found it. Thanks for all the help.

BrianLachoreVPI · Apr 10, 2011

Greg55 said:
Thanks Brian- I am new with the Mac always used PC and hope I will never go back, not to mention also I'm almost 56 years old LOL. I found it. Thanks for all the help.

Hehe - no worries. There are plenty of folks around here with a few gray hairs

Mine just falls out. Enjoy the Mac - don't be shy about asking questions.

MightyGem · Apr 11, 2011

how to make safari remember the tabs i open...as i have multiple tabs opened and when i close they are gone ...again i have to start fresh

If you want to reopen those tabs the next time you open Safari, go into History and choose "open windows from last session".

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