Chapter 1
Wandering the Web
IN THIS CHAPTER
Browsing websites
Discovering techniques for browsing
Hiding ads for easier reading
Taking advantage of tabs
Customizing your Safari home page
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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