For some unknown reason I am now unable to set my 'startup page' to be a blank page.
I am forced to see an APPLE products page - no matter what I try in the Preferences window.
Up until this incident - which started last night [29/05/13] - I have had no problem setting my Safari start up page to be 'blank'.
Looking for some direction / help.....Much Thanks
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
When you change the settings in the preferences window, then close and reopen the window, are the changes reverted? Or are they just ignored?
Mostly ignored, particularly if I fully 'quit safari' rather than just close the browswer window.
Also, I can not get Safari to accept my request that 'desktop' is where I want my downloads to go to - not to 'downloads'. This is a minor annoyance when compared to my original query.
Thanks.
Back up all data.
Triple-click the line below to select it:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Reveal
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Quit the application if it's running. Move the selected item to the Desktop, leaving the window open. Relaunch the application and test. If there's no change, quit again and put the item you moved back where it was, overwriting the one that may have been created in its place. Otherwise, delete the item you moved.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
Again, thanks.
Using the Apple knowledge I have, I could not find a 'file': com.apple.Safari.plist
under:
Macintosh HD
-- Library
-----Preferences
[Is this because the file is a hidden file?]
So, I followed your second idea, which was:
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*If you don't see the contextual menu item,
copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return
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I then:
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"Quit the application if it's running. Move the selected item to the Desktop, leaving the window open. Relaunch the application and test. .....Otherwise, delete the item you moved << And so I did.
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I believe it works OK now. Much Thanks.
I want you to know that the bad file I threw away - as per your words - was 1.3 MB.
The good file Safari created in its place is just 2 KB!
Does tthis file size difference provide you with an idea of 'what was wrong'
The old file was corrupt. You'll have to re-create your Safari settings.
Before your last note, I had successfully 're-created' my desired settings, including the direction to have my downloads go to my desktop.
Thanks again for your help!
Safari 6.0.4 - can no longer set 'start page' to 'blank'
