Like others suggest, I set mine to 'blank' since I generally don't want a page to d/l without a need at hand.
Regards, Russ Preston On Mar 19, 2006, at 10:39 AM, Greg Schoettmer wrote: > Russ, > No luck. I tried this earlier (and again after this e-mail). > As soon as > I reboot and reopen Safari, I get http://www.apple.com/startpage/ as a > homepage. I cannot find a way out of it. > I really love Apple but I really don't need to see this page > every time > I open Safari. It's starting to feel like a forced marketing > scheme! Maybe > I'll have to go to Firefox or something. > > Greg > > > On 3/18/06 10:55 PM, "R. D. Preston" <preston.r.d at earthlink.net> > wrote: > >> Try this: >> - open browser window >> - enter address for home page and then hit 'return' key to d/l page >> - THEN go to Prefs, and select "set to current page" button >> - dismiss Safari prefs window >> - your home page preference should now be set >> Regards, >> Russ Preston >> >> >> On Mar 18, 2006, at 10:41 PM, Greg Schoettmer wrote: >> >>> I'm using Safari and having some frustration over a very minor >>> issue. >>> The home page is set to apple.com and I want to change it. I go >>> to the >>> Safari/preferences menu, type in another web page address and close >>> the >>> window. If I close Safari and reopen the application, the new web >>> page I put >>> in shows up. GREAT! BUT, after I shut down the computer, restart, >>> and open >>> Safari, it goes right back to the Apple web page. Frustrating.... >>> How do I get the new web page to stay?!??! >>> >>> Greg >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
