Video Tutorials, News and Insights for Apple Users

The new Safari Reading List feature allows you to quickly and easily save web pages for future viewing. You can add pages to your Reading List in various ways, and they will be marked as read when you get back to them. They will also sync with iOS 5 devices. They are similar to bookmarks, [...] (Read More, 11 Replies)

Take a look at four extensions that you might find useful. You can discover web page-specific keyboard shortcuts. You can select and jump to links using only your keyboard. You can lock tabs. You can make it easier to generate shortened URLS. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. On [...] (Read More, 2 Replies)

Take a look at four free Safari extensions that you may find useful. You can add a customizable toolbar, view multiple pages in one long page instead, print specific areas of a page and see your incoming Gmail at the top of the Safari window. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi, this is Gary with [...] (Read More, 10 Replies)

You can change how pages are loaded in Safari, and alter them after they load with Safari extensions. You can prevent images and Flash content from loading when you are on a slow connection, but click to view that content on demand. You can also mark up a web page and send it via email. [...] (Read More, 7 Replies)

Learn how Safari extensions can make it easier to shop online. You can get free extensions that will show you prices at different sites, allow you to navigate product information and even add to your Amazon wish list from other sites. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) On todays episode let me show you some Safari [...] (Read More, 4 Replies)

Your browser temporarily stores images and data in a cache on your hard drive to speed up reloading web pages. But sometimes you may wish to clear your cache to load fresh content. Learn about the cache and how to clear it on the Mac in Safari, Firefox, Chrome and on the iPhone, iPod Touch [...] (Read More, 3 Replies)

Some newer Macs may not come with Adobe Flash installed. You can install this popular browser plug-in yourself by going to Adobe’s site and downloading it. Flash allows you to view some video, game and other interactive content in your web browser. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. On [...] (Read More, 9 Replies)

The Safari AutoFill feature allows you to quickly fill in web forms using data stored in your Address Book contact and from information you have filled out in web forms before. You can see what information is stored by AutoFill in Safari preferences. You can find the passwords used by AutoFill in the OS X [...] (Read More, 5 Replies)

Take a look at the Downloads folder and the Safari Downloads window. Learn how to locate files you have downloaded and keep the Downloads folder clean. Also see how you can save files to other locations. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. On today’s episode, let’s take a closer [...] (Read More, 5 Replies)

Apple updated Safari 5 today with full support for Extensions. You can now browse a gallery of extensions that will add toolbars, buttons and other features to the Safari web browser. Learn how to add, remove and set preferences for them. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. On todays [...] (Read More, 3 Replies)

If you have been hearing the term HTML5 and wondering what it really means, then watch to find out. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. On today’s episode, let’s take a look at HTML5. So what is HTML5? HTML5 is a set of standards. Standards are used to develop [...] (Read More, 19 Replies)

Learn about Safari 5′s new features, including address bar enhancements, Safari Reader, Bing search, performance enhancements and extensions. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi this is Gary with MacMost Now.In today’s episode lets look at the new Safari 5.This episode of MacMost Now is marqueed by Gazelle.com.Gazelle is the easiest,fastest way to sell or recycle [...] (Read More, 13 Replies)

You can use Find to search within a Web page in Safari or any browser. This simple technique can make it much easier to locate information. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi this is Gary from MacMost Now, In today’s episode I’m going to show you how to search inside of web pages with Safari. [...] (Read More, 3 Replies)

You can use the Safari Bookmarks Bar to store you more often accessed bookmarks. But you can also use folders there to store larger numbers of bookmarks and groups of related bookmarks. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi this is Gary with MacMost Now. On today’s episode let’s look at bookmark bar folders on Safari. [...] (Read More, 6 Replies)

Go beyond bookmarks by using your Safari History as an endless bookmarking system. The trick is to learn how to search your history to find pages you have visited hours or days ago. This powerful feature of the Web browser is often overlooked by new Mac users and long-time users alike. Video Transcript (Click to [...] (Read More, No Replies)

You can customize your Safari toolbar by adding a variety of buttons and re-arranging them. You can also revert to the default set. You can specify which buttons stick around when the window shrinks. Interesting additions include a New Tab button, an Add Bookmark button, Mail and Print buttons and Zoom buttons. Video Transcript (Click [...] (Read More, 4 Replies)

Find out how you can use the Web to translate pieces of text or whole Web pages. Learn how to use the two main translation services: Babel Fish and Google Translate. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. On today’s episode,let’s learn how to use the web to translate text [...] (Read More, No Replies)

Gary Rosenzweig looks at three ways to save and view Web pages outside of Safari, from his new book the MacMost.com Guide to Switching to the Mac. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi this is Gary with MacMost Now. In today’s episode, let’s look at saving web pages from Safari. So in Chapter 10 of [...] (Read More, No Replies)

The free program Fluid allows you to create applications that display a single site in a Safari-like browser. You can use it to turn sites like Gmail into applications, and also access lots of advanced browser functionality not present in Safari. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. Today, lets [...] (Read More, 1 Reply)

Learn about the different options in Safari’s security preferences, such as fraud alerts and disabling plug-ins, JavaScript and cookies. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. On today’s episode let’s talk about Safari browser security. So being secure while browsing the web is important enough for Safari to have an [...] (Read More, 1 Reply)

Take a look at the Top Sites feature of the new Safari 4. It gives you a 3D preview of your most visited sites which you can customize to suit your needs. You also get a searchable coverflow view of your browsing history. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Gary Rosenzweig: Hi this is Gary with [...] (Read More, 2 Replies)

Take a look at some of the new features in Safari 4, including Top Sites, cover flow for your history, and smart search. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. On today’s episode let’s take a look at the new Safari 4 Public Beta. So yesterday Apple released Safari 4 [...] (Read More, 6 Replies)

The new version of the Safari Web browser includes a feature that will alert you if you go to a suspected malicious Web site. Learn more about this protection and how you can further protect yourself against phishing attacks. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi, this is Gary of MacMost Now. Today let’s look at [...] (Read More, 1 Reply)

http://macmost.com/ Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at some alternatives to using Safari or Firefox on Mac. They include Camino, Flock, Opera, Web Kit Nightly Builds and OmniWeb. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi this is Gary with MacMost Now. Today let’s take a look at some web browser alternatives. So if you’ve got a Mac [...] (Read More, No Replies)

Gary Rosenzweig shows you how to create a special home page for your browser with iGoogle. You can include news and information that you can quickly see at a glance. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi , this is Gary from MacMost Now. Today I’m going to show you how to create your own homepage [...] (Read More, 1 Reply)

Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at the FireFox 3 browser for Mac. New features include smooth zoom, better bookmarking and site identification. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hello everybody, this is Gary with MacMost Now, the show for Apple enthusiasts. Today I’ll look at FireFox 3. FireFox is the “other’ browser. For most people, “other” [...] (Read More, 5 Replies)

Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at the snap back feature of Safari that allows you to temporarily mark Web pages and search results to return to them quickly. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi, this is Gary Rosenzweig, On this episode of MacMost Now. Let’s take a look at an obscure, but upmost feature of [...] (Read More, 1 Reply)

Gary Rosenzweig takes a look at what is new in Safari 3.1, including style-sheet animation, embedded Web fonts and the video tag. Video Transcript (Click to Expand) Hi this is Gary Rosenzweig. Not too long ago, Apple introduced Safari 3.1, a small upgrade to our favorite browser. This upgrade included a couple of new features [...] (Read More, No Replies)