 This is a question that we get asked so regularly. What are the steps that are involved in downloading and installing software like Adobe Flash on the Mac? iTandCoffee Club member Sandra F asked this question this week in relation to Adobe Flash, which needed updating so that she could watch an ABC iView program on her Mac.
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I was on a website yesterday that started one of those annoying videos that automatically plays.
I really dislike the intrusion of the noise of these videos, and the waste of my internet data that goes with streaming them. While I can simply 'mute' the autoplay video - by clicking the little speaker symbol that appears in the Safari address bar (on the right) - I would rather completely stop these videos from playing automatically. In MacOS High Sierra, there will be a setting that makes it easy to turn off this 'autoplay' for each page you visit. But if you can't wait for High Sierra, there is a way to turn off 'autoplay' on earlier versions of MacOS (or OS X). Here is an article that describes how to do this. It definitely works! I have enjoyed the peace and quiet it has brought to my own web browsing! 
A question asked at a recent 'Keeping your Kids safe on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch' session at a local primary school was "What effect does the limiting of Safari content in Restrictions on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch have on 'Private Browsing'".
The question relates to the feature of Safari that allows you to put your Safari browsing into a 'private' mode', where the history of your web browsing is not retained, and no 'website data' or 'cookies' are allowed. 7/8/2016 2 Comments What do you do if your Safari session is 'locked up' by a nasty screen that won't go away? In another recent article on the blog, I told the story of a young man whose Mac Safari session had appeared to be under attack - locking up and preventing him from doing any web browsing.
Even if he closed Safari, even when he restarted his Mac, he could not stop this nasty screen taking over his browsing session. This is a form of Malware, and to stop it occurring, it is necessary to access Safari Preferences and Remove Website Data ... However, how do you get into the Safari preferences if this screen keep taking over and preventing any selection of Safari options? Find out how to resolve this sort of problem in this week's Handy Hint, for iTandCoffee Club Members. 3/6/2016 0 Comments Does your Safari have a black or white background on your iPad or iPhone? What does this mean?This week, I met with an iTandCoffee Newsletter subscriber and iTandCoffee Club member who had been having issues when clicking on links in iTandCoffee newsletters. He was finding that, even though he entered his login details an told Safari to 'remember' is details, each time he click on a 'members-only' link, he was being forced to enter his login details again. This was making it almost impossible for him to read iTandCoffee articles. Well, it turned out that the problem was that his Safari app was in 'Private Browsing' mode, and that this was causing his problems. What is Private Browsing Mode? If the background behind your Safari search bar (at top) is black, it means you are in 'Private Browsing' Mode. If not, you are in 'Normal Browsing' mode. The first image below shows a Safari session in Private mode, whereas the next shows normal browsing.
But, what does it mean to be in 'Private' vs 'Normal' browsing mode? Find out more in this week's Handy Hint for iTandCoffee Club members by selecting the below button. If you are not yet a member, why not Join Today? Membership only costs $30 per year. 20/5/2016 3 Comments Do your kids tell you that you should use Chrome on your Mac instead of Safari? I have lost count of how many times recentlyI have seen clients who have Macs and are running Chrome as their web browser.
Most of the time, when I ask them why they are using Chrome, they tell me it is because their kids told them that it is so much better than Apple's built-in web browser, Safari. These clients have no real reason to prefer Chrome over Safari - the are just taking the advice of the supposedly tech-savvy younger generation. Well, guess what?! The younger generation don't always know best on technology matters. I do not use Chrome on my Mac. I use Safari. Why? My Mac is an Apple device, and Apple has built Safari to work on my Mac - so I am happy to use Safari. I have never found Safari limiting and, since it closely matches the Safari App on the iPad and iPhone, it offers a consistent 'experience' between the Mac and the iPad/iPhone. Chrome is a very 'power hungry' app and can drain you Macbook battery more rapidly than Safari. As an intensive user of my web-browser on my Macbook, I do not want to see my battery usage wasted. Quite often, IT suipport people who are not familiar with Mac will blame Safari for issues that they can't resolve - and recommend the Mac owner download and use Chrome instead of Safari. Personally, I have never found a website that does not work with Safari. For the majority of iTandCoffee clients, I would recommend sticking with Apple's standard Apps for Mac, and therefore sticking with Safari - despite what the kids (or Grandkids) and 'Windows-only' people say. For those interested in reading more, here are some articles comparing web browsers. 28/11/2015 0 Comments What are all those squares I see in Safari on my iPad and iPhone when I tap the Search bar? This question comes up at every iTandCoffee class about Safari.
What are those squares that appear when you tap the 'Search or Website Address' bar at the top of the Safari screen on you iPad or iPhone (or even on your Mac). Well, these are your 'Favourite' websites. If you see the set that are shown on in the image here, you may think "They are not my favourites!".  It is such a common occurrence at iTandCoffee to see a client's computer littered with duplicate files in the Downloads area.
This is usually the result of multiple attempts to download a file, software upgrade or some other content, where the Mac user is not aware of where that download went, or what to do with it! This Mac handy hint will help you with this problem, by showing you where those files go and what to do with them! This handy hint is available for members of The iTandCoffee Club. (Make sure you have signed in - use the link in the right-hand sidebar if you haven't yet.) Not yet a member of The iTandCoffee Club? Why not join today. You'll get access to iTandCoffee's ever-growing library of Handy Hints, special members-only information sessions and other special offers advertised from time to time. A couple of other Safari Handy Hints for Mac 18/6/2015 0 Comments Easily accessing your frequently used websites in Safari on your iPad and iPhone Most of us have a set of websites that we want (or need) to visit on a regular basis. For example, our bank's website, Taste.com (or other favourite recipe site), or perhaps a school website. To make it easier to access your favourite websites on your iPhone and iPad, tell Safari which websites are actually your 'Favourites'. That way, every time you tap the Search field at the top of the Safari screen, you will see you list of Favourite websites and be able to just tap one that you need. This will save you typing its web address or Google-ing it each time you need it. On your iPad, you can also enable something called the 'Favourites Bar' so that you can always see your favourite websites listed across the top, and just tap the name to go to that website. Find out more about these feature of Safari on your iPad and iPhone in the below Handy Hints These hints will be available to all readers of the iTandCoffee newsletter for the week from July 19th 2015, after which it will only be available to iTandCoffee Club members. Not yet a member of The iTandCoffee Club? Find out more here! Come along to an iTandCoffee Class for more great tips like this! This is one of the great tips we cover in the Introduction to the iPad and iPhone series of classes. The next series will start on July 14th 2015 - click here for more details or to book. For details of other great iTandCoffee classes, check out the class schedule here. Related Article (available to all readers)Related Handy Hints (available to iTandCoffee Club members only)
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