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Q: Backspace key in Safari no longer goes back a page

In Snow Leopard pressing the Backsapce key (the one that moves the cursor from the right to the left to erase a character) when I was in Safari would take me back to the last visited page. This no longer works in Safari and there is no way I can find to switch this very useful behaviour back on.

 

Is it me or is this no longer possible?

 

TIA

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 17, 2013 4:59 PM

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Q: Backspace key in Safari no longer goes back a page

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  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 17, 2013 5:03 PM in response to Basilisk
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    Nov 17, 2013 5:03 PM in response to Basilisk

    I don't know if there is some hidden setting that you can enable, but cmd-left arrow will go back and cmd-right arrow will go forward.

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 17, 2013 5:51 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Nov 17, 2013 5:51 PM in response to Barney-15E

    Secrets has an option to re-enable it: http://secrets.blacktree.com

    I can't make the defaults command work, but the Secrets prefpane will enable it.

    Screen Shot 2013-11-17 at 7.51.34 PM.png

  • by bajansixfooter,

    bajansixfooter bajansixfooter Dec 15, 2013 8:59 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Dec 15, 2013 8:59 PM in response to Barney-15E

    Wow.  That was the perfect answer - very cool stuff, this Secrets.  Just updated and lost the delete shortcut.  I don't know how to thank you or give you points here, so consider this reply as my thanks.

  • by francespreston,

    francespreston francespreston Jan 21, 2014 1:01 AM in response to Basilisk
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    Jan 21, 2014 1:01 AM in response to Basilisk

    Have just spotted this thread regarding backspacing, and being a newish Macbook Pro users, unsure how to go about using this information.

     

    I couldn't find the dialogue box illustrated by Barney.

     

    Any advice please about locating this on my Mac?

     

    Thank you

  • by tickledcoral,

    tickledcoral tickledcoral Jan 25, 2014 9:54 PM in response to francespreston
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    Jan 25, 2014 9:54 PM in response to francespreston

    -francespreston,

     

    After clicking the link in Barney-15E's post, click the link at the top PrefPane 1.0.6 to download. UnZip the file, and open. If your MBP tell you it can't open it because it's an unknown developer, you'll have to go into System Preferences > Security & Privacy and Open Anyway (you should see towards the bottom that you tried to open Secrets). After that, Secrets should open itself. Find Safari on the left, scroll down under Safari 6, click the NO for backspace thingie, and change it to YES. Relaunch Safari, and it works!

  • by francespreston,

    francespreston francespreston Jan 25, 2014 11:24 PM in response to tickledcoral
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    Jan 25, 2014 11:24 PM in response to tickledcoral

    Thank you for your reply.

     

    I clicked the PrefPane link and the file landed in Downloads.  Do you open the file by double clicking as nothing seems to happen?

     

    I looked at System Preferences, and don't see a download under any of the tabs. 

     

    Can you advise what I have done wrong?

     

    New to Macs, aving been used to PCs previously.

  • by francespreston,

    francespreston francespreston Jan 26, 2014 12:20 AM in response to francespreston
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    Jan 26, 2014 12:20 AM in response to francespreston

    Following your instructions, have now downloaded and installed Secrets, and located the 'backspace' line.

     

    Do I just type YES to replace the NO which is already stated?

     

    Thank you

  • by francespreston,

    francespreston francespreston Jan 26, 2014 6:07 AM in response to Basilisk
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    Jan 26, 2014 6:07 AM in response to Basilisk

    Have changed NO to YES, and backspace now works!

     

    Thanks very much for advice and instructions.