{"id":27458,"date":"2018-01-21T13:28:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T18:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/?p=27458"},"modified":"2018-01-18T10:29:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T15:29:54","slug":"learn-how-you-can-adjust-web-site-behavior-with-safaris-site-specific-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/learn-how-you-can-adjust-web-site-behavior-with-safaris-site-specific-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn How You Can Adjust Web Site Behavior with Safari\u2019s Site-Specific Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although macOS 10.13 High Sierra was light on new features, it did bring one welcome addition to Safari\u2014site-specific settings. Imagine that you regularly visit a blog that you prefer to read using Safari\u2019s Reader view. Rather than invoke it each time you visit, you can now set Safari to use Reader automatically on that site. Similarly, if there\u2019s a site whose text is too small, Safari can remember your page zoom setting for that site. Neat, eh?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how to make the most of Safari\u2019s site-specific settings. First, load a site whose settings you\u2019d like to customize. Then, choose Safari > Preferences and click Websites in the toolbar. You see a list of general settings in the sidebar at the left, followed by any plug-ins you\u2019ve installed. For each setting or plug-in, you can set what happens when you visit the site you just loaded\u2014or, if you have a bunch of sites open in different tabs, you can customize the behavior for any open site. Here are your options.<\/p>\n

Reader<\/b><\/h3>\n

Reader view displays an article as a single page that\u2019s formatted for easy reading, without ads, navigation, or other distractions. It\u2019s such a significant change that it\u2019s off by default\u2014you enable it by clicking the Reader button to the left of the URL in the address bar. To turn it on for all of a site\u2019s articles, in Safari\u2019s Websites preferences, select Reader and choose On from the pop-up menu next to the site name.<\/p>\n

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Content Blockers<\/b><\/h3>\n

Another way of seeing fewer Web ads is to install a Safari content blocker. Choose Safari > Safari Extensions to open Safari\u2019s Extension Gallery, and then scroll down slightly to find the page\u2019s Search field, where you can search for blocker<\/i>. There are lots\u2014look for one like Adguard AdBlocker that supports Safari\u2019s content blocking API. Once you\u2019ve installed one, select Content Blockers in the Websites preferences. By default, Safari blocks ads on all sites, so choose Off from the pop-up menus for sites whose ad content you want to see.<\/p>\n

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Auto-Play<\/b><\/h3>\n

Little is more annoying than sites that play a video when a page loads, distracting you from the text you want to read. Even worse are those sites\u2014Macworld, we\u2019re looking at you\u2014that auto-play videos that aren\u2019t even related to the page. Safari squelches auto-playing videos by default, but for sites like YouTube, you might want to allow videos to play. You can also choose to stop only videos that have sound.<\/p>\n

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Page Zoom<\/b><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s easy to hit Command-Plus to zoom in on a page, increasing the text and graphics proportionally, but who wants to do that every time you visit a page sporting barely readable words? With the Page Zoom setting, Safari will use your preferred zoom every time you visit a particular site. In fact, you don\u2019t have to do anything other than set a zoom level with Command-Plus when you\u2019re viewing a site because Safari remembers it automatically, as you can see in the Configured Websites section for Page Zoom. To tweak it manually, choose a zoom level from the site\u2019s pop-up menu.<\/p>\n

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Camera & Microphone<\/b><\/h3>\n

Apart from Web conferencing services, you\u2019re unlikely to run across many sites that want to access your Mac\u2019s camera and microphone. That\u2019s why the Camera and Microphone settings default to asking you whenever a site wants permission to record you. If you find it irritating to be asked\u00a0constantly\u00a0by a site you use often, choose Allow from the pop-up menu for that site. And if a site asks repeatedly but you never want to allow it, choose Deny to stop the prompts.<\/p>\n

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Location<\/b><\/h3>\n

Most Web sites that ask for your location want to determine how close you are to particular stores. If that\u2019s information you\u2019re interested in sharing, let them see where you are, by all means. And if you\u2019re using a mapping service that wants your location, it\u2019s entirely reasonable to set its pop-up menu to Allow. But if a site keeps asking and it feels creepy, set it to Deny.<\/p>\n

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Notifications<\/b><\/h3>\n

Are there sites whose new posts you\u2019d like to know about right away? If they support Web notifications and you give them permission, they can post push notifications that appear on-screen and in Notification Center, just your other notifications.<\/p>\n

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The Notifications preferences look different from the others because they show only sites that have asked for permission in the past. Safari remembers your choice, and if the site gets annoying later, you can always take back permission by changing the Allow pop-up menu to Deny. And if you never want to be prompted for push notifications\u2014they can be distracting\u2014uncheck the \u201cAllow websites to ask for permission to send push notifications\u201d checkbox at the bottom of the pane.<\/p>\n

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Plug-ins<\/b><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s impossible to know what plug-ins you\u2019ve installed, but Safari is configured to make sites ask for permission to use a plug-in each time you visit. That\u2019s the safest setting, but for any given site and plug-in, you can use the pop-up menu to give the site access (choose On) or not (choose Off). And if you can\u2019t even remember what a plug-in does, you can deselect its checkbox to disable it.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s it! Some of Safari\u2019s site-specific settings work without any interaction from you, such as your page zoom and notification preferences. Others require a tiny bit of configuration, but that\u2019s a small price to pay for the Web working more the way you want.<\/p>\n

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Social Media:<\/strong> Tired of Web sites with auto-playing videos, too-small text, and intrusive ads? Safari\u2019s new site-specific settings let you customize how you browse individual sites\u2014learn how here:<\/p>\n

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Although macOS 10.13 High Sierra was light on new features, it did bring one welcome addition to Safari\u2014site-specific settings. Imagine that you regularly visit a blog that you prefer to read using Safari\u2019s Reader view. Rather than invoke it each time you visit, you can now set Safari to use Reader automatically on that site. 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