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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)
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.
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.
System Preferences > General
Uncheck the box beside âClose windows when quitting an applicationâ.
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.
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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.
Thank you, dominic!
Already unchecked - doesn't work
Yep this worked for me Stashu26, thanks. I have El Capitan with the latest updates from last week (August 2016), I think this might of reset the settings for Safari because this is when I started getting the little window upon opening Safari.
the box was already unchecked. I tried the idea of grasping the edge and making it full screen. Then I closed and reopened it and it opens full screen every time. Thanks for taking the time to share your findings.
Thanks, worked a treat
Thank-you, Stashu26, for taking the time to post. Your advice solved my problem! I'm veryđ!
Thank you my friend, this worked a treat for me! đ
Thanks Stashu26 - worked perfectly for me too!
Thanks Stashu26, solved my problem too!
(2012 MBP 15", Sierra)
You are a genius!!! Thank you
Open Safari in full screen by default?
