Newest safari forgets homepage

Newest safari does not remember homepage and opens last page even though it was the homepage. All preference settings look correct. How do I get Safari to open with homepage?

Hold down the option key when you quit an app or the shift key when launching an app to prevent Lion from opening "previous" windows.

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Hi, there's something that's been bugging me since the last release of Safari. Very often - probably 70% of the time - I will search something via the Google bar. If I click on a link and then want to go back to the Google search results, when I press 'back' Safari forgets the Google results page and jumps back to the page I was on before that. If I go into history the Google page is there but it's an annoying bug.
I haven't tried unistalling and reinstalling Safari yet as this seems to involve reinstalling the OS (or am I wrong?). The bug seemed to survive the last OS mini update...I think. Just wondering if anyone else had encountered this and if you came across any solutions.
(And yes I know other browsers are available, thank you )

Deleting the Google search window history is easy. Click on the magnifying glass and there will be an option to Clear Recent Searches at the bottom of the drop-down list.
Clearing Safari's address window of addresses is a different matter. There is no way to completely clear the list of suggestions or to turn off URL Autocomplete. Autocomplete gets its data from the cache, History, and Bookmarks. The only way to minimize autocomplete is to periodically clear the cache and History and to go through your Bookmarks and delete old and seldom used ones, including those created when Safari was first installed.
One work-around is to add an extra blank space either before you start typing or when you are done typing in the address. All the various alternatives will then disappear.
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Dear all,
Part of my site relies on liveconnect, which is ok except for Apple users. Despite all Apple's bragging about its prowess in all matters Java, there seems to be no way at all to reach javascript properties and functions from an applet.
Nor is it possible to make tapping into an applet from javascript work with any browser, with the possible exception of their own Safari. If you have the Java 1.4.2 plugin, that is, or so Apple claims.
So I got the plugin, but it seems to no avail. For instead of simply not recognizing an applet as an object, Safari now returns the error that the Object applet does not allow calls. That, however, is simply untrue, as any wintel machine testifies.
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In the applet tag the MAYSCRIPT attribute is present. Including it as MAYSCRIPT="true" or even adding it as a parameter does not make any difference.
Can liveconnect function on OSX.machines at all (version 10.3.4), or can't Apple cut it at all?
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All the essential code was in my original post, it's not that complex. The error reported is exactly as I said:
"Object does not allow calls."
To see what happens, check out:
peptalks.nl/testjava/Applet.html
There, I put a minimal applet plus some javascript tapping into it: Four functions which should return different parts of the applet. The first three return a variable (string), a string constant returned by a method, and a string constant plus a string parameter from a method, respectively, the fourth switches the background color of the applet between red and yellow. The source code of the applet is at the bottom of this post, the javascript can be seen in the source of liveconnect.html itself.
This all works nicely on Wintel machines, but nothing works on apple of course, in any browser.
Another thing: a couple of days ago there was a liveconnect-demo somewhere inside the Apple site itself, which did not seem to work either. Since then, I've tried and tried to find it again, but it seems to have vanished into thin air. All that's left is Apple's repeated and confident but unsubstantiated claim that the newest Safari supports liveconnect.
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import java.awt.Color;
public class Applet extends java.applet.Applet {
public String testvar = "testvar";
public String teststr() {
return "teststr";
public String teststrparam(String s) {
return "teststrparam (" + s + ")";
public void testvoid() {
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Hello!
My Safari always seems to forget the Top Sites I set.
I have set all twelve Top Sites with my favorite Webpages.
When I quit Safari and start it again in the last row of Top Sites two of my favorites are gone and have been replaced by other randomly chosen Webpages.
I already tried to reinstall Safari by deleting the App and loading it again from apple.com.
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This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
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Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Please take this step regardless of the results of Step 1.
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Note: If FileVault is enabled in OS X 10.9 or earlier, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of Steps 1 and 2.

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That's good.
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Open a Finder window. Select your Home Folder in the Sidebar on the left. It has a small house icon. Then open the Library folder then the Preferences folder.
Move the com.apple.Safari.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Desktop. Now launch Safari. If Safari functions as it should, move that .plist file to the Trash.
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zolala wrote:
Your questions are right. You have to know all circumstances, to get a picture.
But, I have totally opposite problem.
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