Hidden preferences, files, and URLs in Safari

Enter these in Safari’s URL field in the Address Bar:

Open Safari’s bookmark manager:

bookmarks:

Open the boot drive directory in Finder, or open a specified directory in the Finder:

file:
file:///Sys/Users

List all of Safari’s keyboard shortcuts:

file:///Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Shortcuts.html

 

These must be entered in the Terminal after quitting Safari.

Turn off inline rendering of PDFs:

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES

Enable the Debug menu:

defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1

Full page zoom feature (works in 3.1?):

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitDebugFullPageZoomPreferenceKey 1

Force links that normally open in new window to open in a tab:

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs 1

Enable web inspector tool (requires debug mode to be turned on?):

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true

Show URL for link as tool tip:

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitShowsURLsInToolTips -bool true

Change the length of Safari’s history. To a full year with a maximum of 9999 items:

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitHistoryItemLimit 9999
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitHistoryAgeInDaysLimit 365

Make safari start displaying web page before all pics have finished downloading:

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitInitialTimedLayoutDelay 0.25
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitResourceTimedLayoutDelay 0.0001

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