How do I clear Autocomplete in Safari - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

zero2 · 02-24-2005, 10:38 PM

In safari, when I type in for example www.google.com, a longer address will automatically appear, usually it's previous websites I visted for ex. when I type in www.google.com the following appears http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

I tried, clearing cache, and clearing any other option I could find, but the same thing happens again when I type in google.com. Is there a way of clearing this forever, or not having each url saved like that?

I also have another question, is there a program similar to Little Snitch, for the PC?

Redlemon · 02-25-2005, 06:40 AM

There seems to be varying info on this, but the following might help:
Macworld: Mac OS X Hints:

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Safari, like many other browsers, tries to help by autocompleting URLs as you type them, basing its choices on your prior viewing habits. While this is useful most of the time, it's frustrating when you want to load a site's home page and Safari takes you to the subpage you last viewed. If you'd like to limit these autocompletions, start by choosing History: Clear History, and then quitting Safari. In your user folder, go to Library: Safari and locate the history.plist file. Select the file, choose File: Get Info, and then click on the Locked option. Now close the window.

When you relaunch Safari, autocompletion will still work as expected on bookmarks, and it will also work for URLs you visit in the current session. But the next time you quit and restart Safari, the autocompletion data will vanish -- it can't be written to the locked .plist file. To return to normal autocompletion, deselect the Locked option in the history.plist file's Get Info dialog box.

I don't know Little Snitch.

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zero2 Junkie	How do I clear Autocomplete in Safari In safari, when I type in for example www.google.com, a longer address will automatically appear, usually it's previous websites I visted for ex. when I type in www.google.com the following appears http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search I tried, clearing cache, and clearing any other option I could find, but the same thing happens again when I type in google.com. Is there a way of clearing this forever, or not having each url saved like that? I also have another question, is there a program similar to Little Snitch, for the PC?