Edit names in Top Sites 7.0.1

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Edit names in Top Sites 7.0.1

Hey everybody,

In the old versions of Safari, namely that ones before Safari 7.0, the Top Sites page have an edit button that enable us to delete, pin, change position and change the site's name. Now, I'm using Safari 7.0.1, which shows the options to pin or delete a site if I hover the mover over it, but I didn't find the option to change its name.

For instance, if I add Rotten Tomatoes to top Sites it shows "Movies | Movie Trailers | Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes" when I want it to show just "Rotten Tomatoes". It occurs with several other sites.

I know it is a minor issue, but, is there a way to overcome it?

Tks in advance!

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jan 3, 2014 11:13 AM

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8383

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Jul 12, 2014 1:28 AM in response to hpmarcus

I find this problem extremely annoying like many of the recent "improvements" made in Mavericks. Do not understand what Apple thinks it is doing....

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Answer 2

Jul 12, 2014 2:59 AM in response to hpmarcus

Go to the Apple Developer forums for assistance.

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Answer 3

Jul 12, 2014 11:31 AM in response to hpmarcus

Ignore my first reply to you.

Open a Finder window. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder

Type or copy paste the following:

~/Library/Safari/TopSites.plist

Click go then move the TopSites.plist file to the Trash.

Quit and relaunch Safari to test. If that doesn't help, delete the cache.

Back to the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder

Type or copy paste the following

~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db

Click Go then move the Cache.db file to the Trash.

Quit and relaunch Safari to test again.

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8383

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Jul 12, 2014 11:54 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Thanks Carolyn, The plist one seems to have fixed it :-)

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Jul 12, 2014 12:08 PM in response to 8383

Glad to hear that. You're welcome 🙂

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8383

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Jul 13, 2014 11:18 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Actually that only worked briefly. Now it's back to the same way. WHAT do they think they are achieving by stupid changes like this ? The lable should be URL only or at least we should be able to edit it. So many completely stupid changes in Mavericks.

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