When I go to google.com, or images.google.com and type a search, it automatically changes my address bar to the search query (even though I didn't search in the address bar). I'd rather see the link in the bar so I can then copy and paste that link elsewhere.
OS X Mountain Lion
Try this...
Go to your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Privacy tab.
Where you see Web search: Select Prevent search engine from providing suggestions
Quit then relaunch Safari to test.
Safari 6
In Safari 6 URL address field and google search field are unified into one field.
Apple calls it Smart search field.
The easiest is to drag the favicon from the address bar to wherever you'd like to paste the URL. The favicon is the small icon to the left of the address/search box — for a Google search it looks like a magnifying glass.
This hint from MacOS X Hints gives you an AppleScript method as well.
(It's worth mentioning that I first heard about both methods via Macworld's @DanFrakes on Twitter.)
Carolyn: Thanks for the response, unfortunately it didn't help my particular issue.
dominic23: Ironically it's not so "smart" if it's doing this to me haha. It's a great feature for the general public who don't need to easily extract, copy and paste the link in other areas.
How do I stop Safari 6 from automatically putting my Google search query into the address bar?
