Unable to Customize Address Bar

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Unable to Customize Address Bar

Yesterday randomly I lost my address and search bar in Safari. I also am unable to drag it back to where it was from the "customize address bar" menu. Is there a way I can reset everything in Safari? Or some other way to retrieve my address bar.

Josh

IBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4)

Posted on Apr 22, 2007 8:30 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 22, 2007 8:34 AM in response to Joshbarnett

Hi Josh

In the Finder, drag to the desktop the com.apple.safari.plist folder found in your User Account>Library>Preferences folder.

Restart Safari. Does the address bar now appear? If not, do you have access to it in the Customize address bar selection? If this works, you'll need to reset your Safari preferences to your liking, plus any custom settings found in the Edit Menu (spelling) or View Menu (status bar, bookmarks bar, custom icons in the "Customize Address Bar" ).

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Answer 2

Rachel R

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Apr 22, 2007 8:38 AM in response to Joshbarnett

In the View menu, is the top option "Show Address Bar" or "Hide Address Bar"? If it's "Show Address Bar" choose that option.

If that's not the situation, can you describe in detail what happens when you try to use Customize Address Bar to drag the address bar back where it belongs?

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