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Apple Releases Safari 6 Update for OS X Lion

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Alongside OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, Apple has released the updated version of Safari to OS X Lion (10.7). It is available in OS X Lion's Software Update. According to Apple, the new Safari contains new features, including:

- Smart Search Field. Safari now has one field for typing both searches and web addresses.
- Offline Reading List. Safari saves entire webpages in your Reading List so you can catch up on your reading even when you don't have an internet connection.
- Do Not Track. Safari can send the websites you visit a request not to track you online.
- Password pane. Manage your saved website logins with the new Password pane.
- Baidu. The leading Chinese search engine Baidu is now a built-in option for Chinese users.
For more information about Safari, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5275

Safari 6 for OS X Lion also includes improvements to stability, compatibility, usability and security, including changes that:

- Make the swipe to navigate gesture work with PDFs.
- Restore the state of Reading List when Safari is launched.
- Fix an issue that affected full screen video in webpages that have positioned content.
- Restore the user's previous cookies after Private Browsing without requiring a Safari relaunch.

Article Link: Apple Releases Safari 6 Update for OS X Lion
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2012/07/25/apple-releases-safari-6-update-for-os-x-lion/
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reubs

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Jun 22, 2006
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I noticed there's an iWork update, too, and it makes all of them compatible w/ iCloud once Mountain Lion is installed. That's really good news; no need to pay for an upgrade to that suite.
 
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Tar Sniffer

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Apr 11, 2012
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Is it just me or does the Reader button look uncomfortable now?
Also, Safari feels much snappier! ;)
 
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Raftysworld

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Okay this meme is just getting old now. Can we actually discuss the changes in Safari 6?

On a side note, does anyone think that the prevalence of the number 6 in recent products (iOS6, Safari 6) implies that the 6th generation iPhone will be called the iPhone 6?
 
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jake0112

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May 29, 2012
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Oh wow, over 2 gigs of updates. Looking forward to one search field in safari - long overdue in my opinion.
 
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AirThis

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I've opened part of a page in Dashboard, but it won't go away. Guess I'm safari 6 challenged. :D

Edit: never mind, just figured this one out. It's just like any other widget. Duh... :)
 
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beltzak

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Aug 18, 2006
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So no Safari 6 for Snow Leopard

Yeah great support for Snow Leopard Indeed.

A happy happy Mac Pro 1.1 user. Have fun with Apple.
 
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Edgecrusherr

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I was hoping, though not expecting, that Snow Leopard would at least get Safari 6 as its last version...guess not.

Good thing playing around with Chromium last week. Looks like it's my SL browser of choice.

Sorry Apple, Lion/Mt Lion doesn't cut it in my production environment! (Print company).
 
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G2244

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It appears there is a Windows version possibly? On my work Windows machine when I run apple software update it says new software is available but shows nothing in the list to select.
 
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madrag

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I'm a bit nervous about the smart search, because I type my URLs without http and I wonder if it will start searching for the URLs instead of going directly to them, and vice-versa :confused:

I haven't got Lion to test it, anyone can give some thoughts on their experience on the unified address/search?
 
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jrichard012

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My download went through immediately. When I go to install, it says my hard disk is used for time machine backups. After disabling TM, and doing a restart, I get the same message when I go to the screen where you select where to install.
 
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blackboxxx

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And nobody noticed that Apple just quietly killed Safari for Windows? Good riddance.

That leaves iTunes as the last remaining Apple software for Windows.
 
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