Safari Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple unveils vew version of Safari that syncs tabs, supports gestures

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 11th, 2012)

During its presentation on OS X Mountain Lion, Apple unveiled a new version of Safari that'll improve your desktop browsing experience. The new Safari will have the "fastest javascript engine of any browser on the planet" and "lightning fast ...

Apple shows off iCloud integration in Mountain Lion

by Mike Schramm (Jun 11th, 2012)

Tim Cook is currently demoing iCloud's integration in Mountain Lion onstage at the WWDC Keynote in San Francisco. iCloud, Apple's cloud sync service, has been a big hit on iOS already, with 125 million iCloud users registered and using the ...

Inkling for Web puts iPad books in a browser

by Steven Sande (May 30th, 2012)

We've discussed Inkling's interactive digital textbooks numerous times here on TUAW, both in terms of the products the publisher has released and in comparison with Apple's own iBooks Author-created textbooks. Now the company has announced a way ...

More updates: Safari 5.1.7 will block out-of-date Flash plugins, tech note updated on FileVault bug

by Michael Rose (May 9th, 2012)

It's a busy Wednesday in the software mines of Cupertino, as Apple followed up the release of OS X 10.7.4 with a patch to the Safari browser and a tech note detailing how to back out from the password/plain text issue in legacy FileVault accounts ...

Xcode 4.4 and Safari 5.2 seeds pushed to developers

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 18th, 2012)

In addition to the third developer's preview of OS X Mountain Lion, developers on Wednesday also received new builds of Xcode 4.4 and Safari 5.2. AppleInsider has release notes for both, with Xcode 4.4 having enhancements for Objective-C language ...

Safari 5.1.5 update fixes issue when running in 32-bit mode

by Steven Sande (Mar 26th, 2012)

Software Update just alerted me that Safari 5.1.5 is available. As noted on the screenshot above, the only information from Apple was that the update "contains a fix for an issue that could affect website usability when running Safari in 32-bit ...

Security Alert: Safari for iOS 5.1 reportedly vulnerable to address bar spoofing

by Steven Sande (Mar 22nd, 2012)

Users of iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch devices running Safari on iOS 5.1 should beware of a security issue that involves address bar spoofing. The issue was discovered by David Vieira-Kurz of MajorSecurity.net, and involves "an error within the ...

Safari 5.1.4 now available, fixes issues and improves performance

by Steven Sande (Mar 12th, 2012)

Heads up! Safari 5.1.4 is now available for immediate download. The update, measuring 46.4 MB in size, is available for OS X Lion and Snow Leopard. Windows users can also get the update. What's new? According to Apple: Safari 5.1.4 contains ...

Friday Favorite: Lazarus Extension for Safari saves your form text

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 16th, 2011)

Don't you hate that sinking feeling you get when you spend five to ten minutes filling out a form -- and then you lose all the data because of a hiccup in your Internet connection, or because of Safari's tab reloading quirks? Before that happens ...

Gmail's web app adds multiple accounts, mobile signature

by Mike Schramm (Sep 22nd, 2011)

I do have my Gmail account connected to my iPhone's Mail app through IMAP, but occasionally there are still times (mostly when searching my archived mail) that I need to use the mobile Safari web app version of the popular mail service. So it's ...

Mobile Safari still dominates mobile browsing

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 2nd, 2011)

Mobile Safari continues its reign as the dominant mobile browser according to new data from web analytics firm Net Applications. Mobile Safari grabs a respectable 53% of mobile browser usage share, while its closest competitor, Opera Mini, grabs ...

Safari browser growth outpaces Chrome in July

by Steven Sande (Aug 1st, 2011)

Apple's Safari browser is gaining usage share dramatically, with its largest increase ever during the month of July. Net Applications provides metrics on a regular basis showing how various web browsers are faring in terms of usage, and the July ...

OS X Lion Bug: Safari guzzling massive amounts of RAM

by Chris Rawson (Jul 27th, 2011)

After installing OS X Lion last week, one of the things I've noticed is that Safari tends to run away with enormous amounts of RAM over time. A subprocess called "Safari Web Content" will sometimes use over a gigabyte of RAM. Since my Mac maxes ...

1Password, Lion and that new Safari extension

by Dave Caolo (Jul 25th, 2011)

1Password version 3 was recently made available with Mac OS X Lion compatibility, enhanced keyboard shortcuts and, most notably for Safari users, a new Safari extension. The new extension borrows heavily from its Chrome counterpart and represents a ...

Lion: Restoring Safari's download list keyboard shortcut

by Steven Sande (Jul 23rd, 2011)

Oh, those poor Mac OS X Lion developers. They work their tails off to get a new version of OS X out to us, and then people immediately find things that they liked better in the old version. Red Sweater Software founder and über-geek ...

Safari 5.1 brings Reading List, gestures, full-screen and more

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 20th, 2011)

Another expected update today was Safari, and right on schedule 5.1 is now available. The new features include Reading List (similar to the venerable Instapaper) and multi-touch gestures beyond what was previously supported (earlier versions of ...