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Sep 24, 2002
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I remember a Safari Tip from an old Macworld Magazine. Maybe 6 months ago, but not exact. It was before panther was released so it was a Jaguar tip.
Let me try to explain what the tip did.
In safari when I type in the address bar it brings you to last page you were at and not the homepage, which I want.
For example if I want to go to the Macrumors homepage, I start typing in Macru and in the address bar comes in automatically https://forums.macrumors.com/ubbthreads/newpost.php?Cat=&Board=UBB25&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=.

This of course was the last page I was at on the Macrumors, but it is annoying when I do this. The tip prevented this from happening, so when I start to type in Macru, it brings up www.Macrumors.com.

I remember I had to lock some file to prevent further changes being made, but I don't remember what I am supposed to lock. I hope it still works in Panther as it was a tip for Jaguar.

Hope I didn't sound too confusing

Any advice?
 
I think I found it!

Find the Form Values file and change the Permission to Read Only and Lock it.

Form Values is in Home>Library>Safari>Form Values
 
excellent tip! i have assured that it works and i will be using it. i think you need to clear your history first though. that was annoying me, but i didn't think there would be a fix...

reality
 
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