Comments on: Mastering Safari’s bookmarks bar http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/ Insanely Simple Tutorials for the First Time Macintosh User Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:12:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-6093 Scott Haneda Fri, 16 May 2008 01:06:35 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-6093 @kenzie, see the comment above to mike, that should explain it. @kenzie, see the comment above to mike, that should explain it.

]]> By: kenzie http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-6092 kenzie Fri, 16 May 2008 01:02:53 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-6092 well it doesnt exactly say how to gt rid of them, does it? >:/ well it doesnt exactly say how to gt rid of them, does it? >:/

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-6074 Scott Haneda Wed, 14 May 2008 21:59:11 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-6074 @Jeff M, at this time, OS X does not allow enlarging of UI elements. In the future, something called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_independence" rel="nofollow">resolution independence</a> will help with this. Even with that, I doubt you will be able to enlarge one specific portion of an application. @Jeff M, at this time, OS X does not allow enlarging of UI elements. In the future, something called resolution independence will help with this.

Even with that, I doubt you will be able to enlarge one specific portion of an application.

]]> By: Jeff G Mikres http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-6073 Jeff G Mikres Wed, 14 May 2008 21:15:34 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-6073 how do I enlarge the bookmark bar? Thanks Jeff M how do I enlarge the bookmark bar? Thanks
Jeff M

]]> By: kerry http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-4751 kerry Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:10:08 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-4751 What annoys me is that I can't drag individual bookmarks within bookmark bar folders. anyone know a hack? What annoys me is that I can’t drag individual bookmarks within bookmark bar folders. anyone know a hack?

]]> By: Shella http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-4696 Shella Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:27:14 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-4696 Yay! Thank you so much, Scott! You rock :D Yay! Thank you so much, Scott! You rock :D

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-4555 Scott Haneda Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:36:28 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-4555 @Shella, ouch, so you deleted the news bookmark bar item. You can get it back a few ways, once would be to totally reset Safari, which means digging into some prefs files and deleting them, less than ideal. Another is to create a new account, login to that account, and Safari will have the "news" items there, you can go into your bookmark manager, and copy them out, and move them into your other account. For the above, if you look our our post on how to alphabetize your bookmarks, that will tell you in indirectan way, what you need to move out of the new account into the main account: http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/ Probably the simplest way, would be to <a href="http://www.newgeo.com/web/misc/172818-News.zip" rel="nofollow">download this archive</a> I made for you, and unzip it, then just drag it to your bookmarks bar. @Shella, ouch, so you deleted the news bookmark bar item. You can get it back a few ways, once would be to totally reset Safari, which means digging into some prefs files and deleting them, less than ideal.

Another is to create a new account, login to that account, and Safari will have the “news” items there, you can go into your bookmark manager, and copy them out, and move them into your other account.

For the above, if you look our our post on how to alphabetize your bookmarks, that will tell you in indirectan way, what you need to move out of the new account into the main account:

http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-learning-now-to-manage-and-tame-your-bookmarks/

Probably the simplest way, would be to download this archive I made for you, and unzip it, then just drag it to your bookmarks bar.

]]> By: Shella http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-4460 Shella Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:46:24 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-4460 Hi there! I just accidentally deleted my "News" folder on the bookmarks bar! You know the one that's already provided with Safari with all the RSS stuff in it? I right clicked on it and pressed delete, thinking it would delete the (382) RSS links, but it deleted the whole folder itself. Shame on my newbie ways! Please help me get it back! Hi there!

I just accidentally deleted my “News” folder on the bookmarks bar! You know the one that’s already provided with Safari with all the RSS stuff in it?

I right clicked on it and pressed delete, thinking it would delete the (382) RSS links, but it deleted the whole folder itself. Shame on my newbie ways!

Please help me get it back!

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-2217 Scott Haneda Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:13:11 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-2217 @mike, you seem to be dragging to the wrong area. Dragging near anything out of Safari, to the Desktop, will make a "link" or "shortcut" to it. Drag an image, and it will make a copy of that image. You need to be just a bit more accurate with the bookmarks bar. Drag it right into the page in Safari, and it should "poof" away. This of course only applies to those items in the bookmarks bar, not those in your bookmarks manager, those you just delete with the delete key on your keyboard. @mike, you seem to be dragging to the wrong area. Dragging near anything out of Safari, to the Desktop, will make a “link” or “shortcut” to it. Drag an image, and it will make a copy of that image.

You need to be just a bit more accurate with the bookmarks bar. Drag it right into the page in Safari, and it should “poof” away.

This of course only applies to those items in the bookmarks bar, not those in your bookmarks manager, those you just delete with the delete key on your keyboard.

]]> By: mike http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-2075 mike Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:11:48 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-2075 Still a virgin at this computer game,find I am having to re-read every thing, over and over, not your fault it's my age. I keep dragging a book mark off the bar, it sometimes comes and sometimes it will not move.When it does come off the bar it appears on the desk top in a different form, but the original has remained on the bar, but I now have something on the desktop as well; that i am dragging into the trash to get rid of.I'm trying to remove a bookmark but can't seem to do it? Still a virgin at this computer game,find I am having to re-read every thing, over and over, not your fault it’s my age.
I keep dragging a book mark off the bar, it sometimes comes and sometimes it will not move.When it does come off the bar it appears on the desk top in a different form, but the original has remained on the bar, but I now have something on the desktop as well; that i am dragging into the trash to get rid of.I’m trying to remove a bookmark but can’t seem to do it?

]]> By: Julius Hjulian http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-1201 Julius Hjulian Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:33:25 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-1201 Thank you for the "Quick keyboard access tip. Thank you for the “Quick keyboard access tip.

]]> By: Eleanor http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-1044 Eleanor Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:49:09 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-1044 The president of our user group sent your website to all the members. I really appreciate all your help! We all need to go over the basics and then some. Always learning something new or to refresh our memory! Thanks again for all the time you put into this! Eleanor The president of our user group sent your website to all the members. I really appreciate all your help! We all need to go over the basics and then some. Always learning something new or to refresh our memory!

Thanks again for all the time you put into this!

Eleanor

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-985 Scott Haneda Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:43:52 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-985 @wahy, Next Safari post will talk about this deficiency, and how to best deal with it. It is not perfect, but we will do our best to teach you some ways to make the process a bit cleaner. Check back in a few days and see how we do. @wahy, Next Safari post will talk about this deficiency, and how to best deal with it. It is not perfect, but we will do our best to teach you some ways to make the process a bit cleaner.

Check back in a few days and see how we do.

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-968 Scott Haneda Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:31:18 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-968 @JohnH, Font sizes on OS X is something that troubles me as well. As it is now, unless the application developer makes efforts to allow font size changes, you are more or less stuck. Office allows you to increase the "view percentage", Photoshop allows you to alter some of the menu font sizes. I find it hard to read the text on tabs at times, since 10.5 at least, the drop shadow is a bit blurry for me. There are smatterings of data on how Apple is working on something called resolution independence. The Developer Tools package even comes with an application to test it out. When that sees common use, you will be able to adjust the display of all items in OS X. In the mean time, it is something you have to live with. @JohnH, Font sizes on OS X is something that troubles me as well. As it is now, unless the application developer makes efforts to allow font size changes, you are more or less stuck.

Office allows you to increase the “view percentage”, Photoshop allows you to alter some of the menu font sizes.

I find it hard to read the text on tabs at times, since 10.5 at least, the drop shadow is a bit blurry for me.

There are smatterings of data on how Apple is working on something called resolution independence. The Developer Tools package even comes with an application to test it out. When that sees common use, you will be able to adjust the display of all items in OS X. In the mean time, it is something you have to live with.

]]> By: wahy http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-945 wahy Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:41:29 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-945 i cannot find a way to add a folder in the fly, what i meant by that, if i'm about to add a new bookmark and found out that there is no appropriate folder for this new bookmark, i have to cancel the addition and creat the new folder first and then add the new bookmark. This should be a basic of a pattern to add something into a container: if i don't have the container, then let me create that one. i cannot find a way to add a folder in the fly, what i meant by that, if i’m about to add a new bookmark and found out that there is no appropriate folder for this new bookmark, i have to cancel the addition and creat the new folder first and then add the new bookmark. This should be a basic of a pattern to add something into a container: if i don’t have the container, then let me create that one.

]]> By: JohnH http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-830 JohnH Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:30:28 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-830 Great website and information for the new Mac user! I was wondering what the process is to increase the font size in the bookmarks area of Safari. I understand how to increase the font size for web pages, but the default font size for the listing of saved bookmarks in Safari is pretty small. Thanks! Great website and information for the new Mac user! I was wondering what the process is to increase the font size in the bookmarks area of Safari. I understand how to increase the font size for web pages, but the default font size for the listing of saved bookmarks in Safari is pretty small. Thanks!

]]> By: JimB http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-817 JimB Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:53:00 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-817 @Scott, email address fixed/I crossed my two different emails; tough gettin' old ;) @Scott,
email address fixed/I crossed my two different emails; tough gettin’ old ;)

]]> By: Scott Haneda http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-772 Scott Haneda Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:58:45 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-772 @JimB Yes, bookmarks are near useless, as they get in a state of mess, and totally lose their value. About all I can do in a future post is suggest methods of organization and hope people follow them. Safari having the ability to search bookmarks does indeed help though. In a day or so, I will show a few organizational tactics to get people in the habit of keeping bookmarks organized. P.S. Jim, any chance you can pop in a real valid email address when you post a comment? They are not shown on the website, and not even stored anywhere, but I do get a copy of your comment via email, and when I try to reply to you, it bounces back as invalid. @JimB
Yes, bookmarks are near useless, as they get in a state of mess, and totally lose their value. About all I can do in a future post is suggest methods of organization and hope people follow them.

Safari having the ability to search bookmarks does indeed help though. In a day or so, I will show a few organizational tactics to get people in the habit of keeping bookmarks organized.

P.S. Jim, any chance you can pop in a real valid email address when you post a comment? They are not shown on the website, and not even stored anywhere, but I do get a copy of your comment via email, and when I try to reply to you, it bounces back as invalid.

]]> By: JimB http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-771 JimB Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:53:09 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-771 I meant to say~I used them in the bookmarks manager but didn't know I could have them on the bar...you are right, bookmarks get unorganized. ...I osxhelp is already on the bar;) thx I meant to say~I used them in the bookmarks manager but didn’t know I could have them on the bar…you are right, bookmarks get unorganized.

…I osxhelp is already on the bar;) thx

]]> By: JimB http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safaris-bookmarks-bar/#comment-769 JimB Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:49:51 +0000 http://osxhelp.com/mastering-safari-part-6-the-bookmarks-bar/#comment-769 Bookmark folder? How'd I miss that~THANKS!!! Bookmark folder? How’d I miss that~THANKS!!!

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