by on November 5, 2009 Leave a Comment

Change Your Default Web Browser

Firefox is my go to browser of choice in OSX. Some people argue that Safari is faster but for me, the flexible plug ins allow me to do things that I just can’t do in Safari.

When you install Firefox and run it for the first time, it will ask you to make Firefox the default browser. If you do this, you may at some point wish to go back to your default browser. It’s easy to do, just follow these steps.
Set Default Browser

  1. Launch Safari
  2. Select Preferences from the Safari menu
  3. On the General tab, select your preferred browser from the Default web browser dropdown list
  4. Close the Safari Preferences
by on September 13, 2009 Leave a Comment

Put Your Favorite Sites in Safari’s Top Sites Window

The recent version of Safari 4 contains a feature called Top Sites which allows you to see thumbnail images of favorite sites. Apple includes pages that it thinks are top sites by default. This video tutorial from Mac Gadget Review shows you how to customize the page.

If you are interested in making Top Sites your home page this tutorial shows you how to do that as well.

by on June 23, 2008 2 Comments

Where do my downloads go?

You use software called a web browser to view content on the Internet. There are many types of web browsers. Windows bundles Internet Explorer with their operating system. Apple’s OS X is no exception. Apple bundles the Safari web browser.

Safari let’s you view content on the Internet. From time to time, you may wish to download and install new software. This brief video shows you how you do this.

When you download software it is saved in a Downloads folder by default. Downloads is found in your home directory and it is also placed in the Dock as a stack. After a files finishes, click the stack to reveal the software you just downloaded.

There is a great companion post over at OSX Help which discusses what to do once the file is downloaded into your system.