Goshdarn, I'm getting even more swiss-cheese-for-brain than I thought! :-(
OK...On 3/16/11 2:45 PM, Dan wrote:
At 12:53 PM -0400 3/16/2011, Yersinia wrote:
G4s and a G3 iBook running OS X Tiger
How do you disable Top Sites entirely?
It is annoying that Apple didn't provide a clear interface in Safari.
Very very poor / inconsiderate design on their part.
It is a multi-step process. ( to expand upon Andy's reply ).
Yeah, I'd already done what Andy suggested but it didn't work. So now,
on to...
0. Launch Safari and close its windows.
Done.
1. Safari's preferences, General tab. Select something other than
"Top Sites" in the new windows and tabs pop-ups. For performance
purposes, I prefer "Empty Page".
Already had it this way -- it was on Andy's list too -- BOTH new pages
and new tabs set to open to empty pages.
2. Safari's preferences, Bookmarks tab. Uncheck "Include Top Sites".
Unchecked -- already was, however.
3. Bookmarks window. If the webpage preview thingy is showing, grab
its size slider and push up until it vanishes.
Ummm, hmmm -- what bookmarks window? The one you get when you click
Bookmarks, then Show All Bookmarks, or the one in Preferences? I didn't
see a webpage preview thingy, or anything that I recognized as one, or
any kind of slider, in the first, and in Preferences it's all checkboxes
no icons or sliders.
4. Reset Safari dialog. Check "Reset Top Sites" and "Remove all
webpage preview images" and "Empty the cache". For an added
performance kick, check "Remove all website icons". Then hit the
Reset button. Wait about 10 seconds and quit Safari.
Hmmmm, OK. I do Reset Safari frequently anyway (already set to Reset Top
Sites, Empty the Cache, Clear Downloads Window, Remove Other Autofill
form text, and yes, Remove all webpage preview images). OK, time to add
Remove all website icons. Done. Result of restart: Still have the Top
Sites apparently working, with the original ones Apple programs in there
it looks like. I suppose I'll need to do that Bookmarks window thingy
you suggest once you tell me what it is, and try again, and then if
necessary,
If the above doesn't crush that @#$% feature, then look into wiping
out prefs files.
Right. LOL
You are always a help, Dan. I am sorry I'm so unstable at times!
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