Safari Right Click Menu Options

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Safari Right Click Menu Options

Ever since I updated to Safari 5.0.3 at home, I no longer have all of the numerous drop-down options for saving images when I right click with my Wacom Stylus or my mouse. I only get 3 options. I also have Safari 5.0.3 on my Mac at work, but I still have all of my drop down menu options. There aren't any preferences I can change for this, so what can I do? It's very aggravating to not be able to save pics right to the folders I have set up. I can only download them to the desktop or drag them to opened folders. What gives?

Thanks.

iMac 27", Mac OS X (10.6.5), i7 Core, Wacom Intuos 4

Posted on Nov 29, 2010 9:14 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 29, 2010 9:18 AM in response to TB Creative

HI,

I no longer have all of the numerous drop-down options for saving images when I right click with my Wacom Stylus or my mouse.

Disconnect the tablet, restart your Mac. Launch Safari and see if the drop down menus function as they should. If so, then re connect the tablet, open System Preferences, select the orange Ink icon. You may need to reset your Wacom tablet preferences.

Carolyn 😉

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Nov 29, 2010 9:18 AM in response to TB Creative

Oh, I can also open the image in a new window and use cmnd/save to save the pics to folders, but it's more steps than I should have to make.

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Nov 29, 2010 9:19 AM in response to TB Creative

No, it has nothing to do with my tablet. It does the same thing with my mouse. I also have a Wacom tablet at work and don't have this problem there.

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Nov 29, 2010 9:20 AM in response to TB Creative

Try following my instructions above and see if that helps.

🙂

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Nov 29, 2010 9:23 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

What do I do after I select the Ink icon? I don't have the handwriting turned on, but what should I do when I open Ink?

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Nov 29, 2010 9:24 AM in response to TB Creative

Click: Restore Defaults.

See if that makes a difference.

🙂

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Nov 29, 2010 9:44 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Okay, next time I'll trust you right away! 😉 That worked! Just disconnecting the tablet and restarting worked without opening the Ink preference. I haven't changed any preferences since the Safari update, so it's weird it happened at home and not at work, but I'll chalk it up to another one of those oddities you can't quite explain...

Thanks so much for your help!

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Nov 29, 2010 9:55 AM in response to TB Creative

You're welcome. I have a Wacom Intuos tablet... I'm familiar with the drill 😉

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Nov 29, 2010 10:29 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Thank you for the star. 🙂

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Nov 30, 2010 9:35 PM in response to TB Creative

It was working correctly, until today when I restarted my computer. What is going on?! This is ridiculous that Safari would keep dropping my menu options when I right click using my Wacom Tablet, after a restart! I tried the technique above, but the menu options are still missing. It didn't work this time. Now what?

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Nov 30, 2010 9:48 PM in response to TB Creative

The right click menu only gives me 3 options with my Mac mouse as well. I unplugged my tablet, restarted, opened Safari with my Apple magic mouse and tried right clicking to get the multiple menu options when saving a picture (non-Flash image) and I only get 3 options, leaving out Save As.

I've had so many frustrating things with Safari...I may just switch over to Firefox or Google Chrome.

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Dec 3, 2010 6:56 AM in response to TB Creative

Forget it. No one replied, so there must not be an answer to this...Safari $ucks...I'm going to stick with Firefox.

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Answer 13

Jan 5, 2011 10:27 PM in response to TB Creative

no.. i am having the same problem (though without a wacom). I downgraded to safari 4 and still the problem persists.

What ive found is that i have FULL contextual menus when in my first open window.. though as soon as i open a TAB.. the contextual menus are limited as described.

I think it must be a OSX 10.6.5 Problem???

HELP!!!! SOS!!!!

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