Disable Safari 5 Top Sites feature
Thanks in advance!
iMac 24" 2.8, Mac OS X (10.6), 4GB 320GB Twitter: @webmotiva
iMac 24" 2.8, Mac OS X (10.6), 4GB 320GB Twitter: @webmotiva
steko wrote:
Hi Arimathéia,
locking the "Webpage Previews" folder works, but your system.log will be hogged with error messages for every page you visit.
Best way to completely disable TopSites & Coverflow previews:
Quit Safari & unlock the "Webpage Previews" folder again.
Open Terminal (Applications/Utilities) & paste:
defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy -int 2
then hit return & quit Terminal.
To reactivate:
defaults delete com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy
Excellent, thanks. But will keeping the Previews folder locked make any difference after this change?
Has this been proven to work? Has anyone had any problems with this solution? Does it create any problems?
And why can't Apple just allow Top Sites to be easily deleted? I am about to switch to a new computer but I will NOT be installing Safari unless I can get word directly from Apple that Top SItes can be totally eradicated. I have finally gotten it not to pop up all the time, but it still randomly appears and wipes out what I am doing. I used to be a dedicated MAC fan, but have now switched to an Android phone and a PC computer due to problems such as Top Sites which Apple refuses to even acknowledge much less answer or address.
@William Donelson: Shouldn't make a difference. But why not simply unlock it? ...
@bradywestwater: Doesn't create any problems. Works great here for a long time (now with Safari 5.1 on 10.6.8). It's Safari's own preferences, just hidden (Apple wants to keep it simple…).
Seems with Lion "Disable storage of preview images for web pages" is not working anymore:
http://www.bresink.de/osx/0TinkerTool/details.html
Can anybody running Lion confirm this?
Oddly, though I'm on 10.6.8, in TinkerTool 4.61 this option is checked, but greyed out (not available). Though the Terminal command still works.
Okay, for the record, both command lines given in the above discussion did not seem to work. Safari is still generating pngs and jpgs of each page.
Ah well. If anyone has any further ideas, lemme know.
Still works here.
If you did both commands, you switched it off & then on again…
For those not comfortable using Terminal: download the free TinkerTool:
http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html
Since version 4.7 "disable storage of web page previews" is working again:
The latest version of Tinker Tool has restored the "Disable storage of preview images for web pages," at least for Snow Leopard, which is what I'm running on my computer. But curiously enough Safari still seems to be saving images for Top Sites.
I confess I'm a little wary about using the Terminal command. I don't want to do something that I cannot easily reverse.
I do not understand why Apply has not made it easy for users to turn Top Sites on and off.
Disable Safari 5 Top Sites feature