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Open Safari in full screen by default?

Is there any way to set Safari to open full screen? Mail, iTunes etc all open full screen, just safari seems to open in a small window, I know its easy to click the expand button, would be just nice to set it as default.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Nov 21, 2014 11:33 AM

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Posted on Apr 7, 2016 3:52 PM

What I finally did was open Safari and grab the edges and stretch them out to full screen. I noticed when I did this the "minimize" button between the red and green open and close buttons at the top left turned yellow. It has previously been grayed out. Safari now opens "full screen" and I still have the menu bar visible at the top of the screen.

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Apr 7, 2016 3:52 PM in response to peterfromwesterham

What I finally did was open Safari and grab the edges and stretch them out to full screen. I noticed when I did this the "minimize" button between the red and green open and close buttons at the top left turned yellow. It has previously been grayed out. Safari now opens "full screen" and I still have the menu bar visible at the top of the screen.

Apr 17, 2015 11:31 PM in response to peterfromwesterham

I found that if you quit Safari (while being in Full-Screen mode) with cmd-alt-q instead of cmd-q it opens in Full-Screen, but you have to remember to always close it with cmd-alt-q


I'm on Mavericks


Edit: It opens also the last website you have opened, sadly... it is like the option to "close windows when quitting applications" but only for Safari.

Jul 30, 2016 2:27 AM in response to erika.windchime

As a brand new Mac owner and OS X user, this was one of the first issues I noticed after setup. Initially I assumed I was just not proficient with the OS and settings yet, until I searched online for a solution and discovered discussions such as this one. I am astonished to learn that such a basic function is missing.


Even dominic23's solution is just a 'band-aid' fix, as it only opens the last full screen window that was open, while I want a fresh new instance of Safari to open in full screen mode. So far I did the same thing as Stashu26 suggested, which functions closest to the desired effect, as there does not seem to be a proper solution via a simple settings option.


Please do not get me wrong, I do like everything else about OS X and Safari so far. I am mainly just curious if it is an intentional design choice, and if so, what the reasoning behind it is.

Open Safari in full screen by default?

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