Greg, Until you are able to resolve the problem, I suggest using a simple work-around: - use the blank/empty page option - enter the desired address in a Safari window and d/l the page - add a bookmark in the [Bookmarks... > Bookmark Bar] for your desired home page - now, when you want it, your home page will be only one click away
Regards, Russ Preston On Mar 19, 2006, at 10:20 PM, Greg Schoettmer wrote: > Marta, > I can set Safari up to open in a blank web page. Even if I > reboot the > computer, Safari will remember the input to open a blank page. That > part > works as advertised. > My problem (Safari's problem?) is that I cannot set my opening > page to > whatever page I want. It always opens to http://www.apple.com/ > startpage/. If > I want to always open to Google, or whatever, I should be able to > do that. I > cannot do that on my laptop. Frustrating. > > Greg > > >> Greg, I still don't quite understand, did you set the safari general >> preferences for opening with empty page? This in my computer >> overrides >> the home page, in fact, the setting for the current page is also >> grayed out. >> Marta >> >> On Mar 19, 2006, at 20:54, Greg Schoettmer wrote: >> >>> I?m clicking on the Safari/compass icon in the menu. The Trash >>> Can is >>> separated and further to the right with the other open windows >>> icons. >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> On 3/19/06 8:14 PM, "Bill Micou" <derbywiz at mac.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Here's a guess- >>>> what are you clicking on to open Safari? Could you be >>>> initiating it >>>> by clicking on the springy icon next to the trash? >>>> Bill Micou >>>> >>>> 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 | 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>
