Chapter 1

Wandering the Web

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Browsing websites

Bullet Discovering techniques for browsing

Bullet Hiding ads for easier reading

Bullet Taking advantage of tabs

Bullet Customizing your Safari home page

Bullet Searching in web pages

There are many solid and sensible reasons to own a Mac. However, I’d bet good money that if every Mac user was asked to write down their top five reasons for getting a Mac, some variation of “To surf the web” would appear on almost every list. Whether you’re 18 or 80, a world traveler or a homebody, a bon vivant or a penny-pincher, your life probably includes browsing the seemingly endless trove of wit, wisdom, and weirdness that is the World Wide Web.

Happily, your Mac is an excellent web-wandering machine thanks to its sharp screen and its inclusion of Safari, which is the web browser of choice in the Mac world. In this chapter, you get to know Safari and explore its many ...

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