Safari History Prefs....help

so, without thought or reason, i downloaded/installed safari enhancer. well, i didn't like it, so i chucked it. but, now the length of time that safari will maintain it's history is short and annoying. how can i restore this? anyone?
thanks.
truly byrdbrain

Hello,
Open Terminal (Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities) and type in one of the following:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitHistoryItemLimit 9999
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitHistoryAgeInDaysLimit 365
The first command's number can be changed to how many number of history items you want in the history.
The second command's number tells you how many days of history to keep. Obviously, you need only enter one command.
Hope this helps,
-Ryan

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