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Is it possible to restore old Top Sites view in safari 7.0?

Afraid not, but you can send feedback to Apple >  Apple - Mac OS X - Feedback

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    how do i switch from top sites view to normal view

    Visit the site you want it to be the Homepage.
    Safari > Preferences > General
    Homepage:
    Click the "Set to Current Page" button.
    New windows open with:
    Click the popup menu box and select "Homepage"
    New tabs open with:
    Click the popup menu box and select "Homepage"
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11857

  • Screen Distortion in Top Sites View

    This morning in Safari on my iMac 2.33 with the ATI X1600 chip, using Top Sites View, some sites I clicked on would change to color striping on screen before changing back to the regular web site view. It happened with some web sites and not others. Definitely a bug. This did not happen on my unibody Macbook 13".

    Yeah, a bunch of us are already discussing this.
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2131397&tstart=0

  • Safari 7.0 top sites remain blank

    Dear Safari specialists,
    after upgrading my MacBook Pro 13" 2,53 GHz C2D (2009, 8 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD) from Lion 10.7.5 directly to Mavericks, the following problem arose with Safari: The browser no longer displays preview pictures for my top sites.
    All I can see are black rectangles with a dark grey safari icon in the center of every top site preview:
    Steps I took to isolate the problem:
    1) Pressing CMD+R in the top sites view. This caused the top sites' captions to change to the corresponding websites' current titles. So it seams reloading the top sites works, it just doesn't create preview pictures.
    2) The result made me suspect a permissions problem when writing new preview pictures to the disk. So I checked permissions on the ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/ folder and the "Webpage Previews" folder within. They're read&write for my (admin-level) user. I even changed them to read&write for everyone - but to no avail. I also ran "repair permissions" in the hard disk utility.
    3) I reset Safari using Safari's reset-window in the browser's menu. Everything was checkboxed, still no change. I also tried restarting the system after a reset and before reopening the browser.
    4) I closed Safari and removed the following folders and files:
    ~/Library/Safari/*
    ~/Library/Caches/Metadata/*
    ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/*
    ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.WebKit.PluginProcess/*
    ~/Library/Coockies/*
    ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.*
    ~/Library/PubSub/*
    ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.apple.Safari.savedState/*
    Then I opened Safari again to force the browser to recreate each and every file with correct contents and permissions. Nonetheless, I was greeted with the top sites page containing the same black rectangles instead of website preview pictures. Reloading didn't help, the result was the same as described in 1). So I put the old files back in their former places.
    5) I created a new user account, switched to that one, opened Safari there and tried reloading. Interestingly, the top site previews filled up the formerly black spaces. So in this new user account everything works as expected. Transfering the "Webpage Previews" folder contents to my regular user account even causes the corresponding preview pictures to appear in my regular safari - except the ones that weren't included in the other user account's Safari top sites selection, of course. This doesn't solve the problem, though, because once again the copied previews cannot be updated in my regular safari account. Pressing CMD+R doesn't change them back to the black rectangle state but simply leaves them untouched even though the website visible contents has changed in the meantime.
    6) Going to the console app revealed that during my attempts to reload the preview pictures (see 1) ), the following entries are created in system.log (excerpt):
    macbook-nick.fritz.box com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[1855]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 32 connectx to 2a00:1450:4005:809::101f#443 failed: 65 - No route to host
    macbook-nick.fritz.box com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[1855]: tcp_connection_handle_destination_prepare_complete 32 failed to connect
    [7 more, similar to the one above …]
    macbook-nick.fritz.box com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[1855]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 139 connectx to 2a02:26f0:5::5f64:f929#80 failed: 65 - No route to host
    [8 more, similar to the one above …]
    macbook-nick.fritz.box com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[1855]: tcp_connection_handle_destination_prepare_complete 139 failed to connect
    macbook-nick.fritz.box com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[1855]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 140 connectx to 2a02:26f0:5::5f64:f912#80 failed: 65 - No route to host
    [2 more, similar to the one above …]
    macbook-nick.fritz.box com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[1855]: tcp_connection_handle_destination_prepare_complete 138 failed to connect
    [10 more, similar to the one above …]
    macbook-nick.fritz.box com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[1855]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 157 connectx to 2620:0:862:ed1a::1#80 failed: 65 - No route to host
    macbook-nick.fritz.box com.apple.WebKit.WebContent[1855]: tcp_connection_handle_destination_prepare_complete 157 failed to connect
    I'm not sure what these entries mean. My first idea was that there may be a network problem connecting to my top sites. This wouldn't explain, though, why they all load properly when opened directly in safari by entering their URL or when clicking on them in the top sites view. It also wouldn't quite explain why everything works fine in the second user account (see 5) ). The second thought was that maybe Little Snitch caused some disturbance in my network traffic that blocked Safari from fetching preview pictures (even though Little Snitch also runs in the second user account). But even when turning off all network filtering, the problem persists.
    Now I've run out of ideas. One hypothesis left is that there's a database file hidden somewhere that needs to be updated in order to allow Safari to create a link to preview pictures which are only then created in the Library folder's subfolders. That database file may be corrupted, who knows. Besides the fact that I don't even know if such a database file exists, I have no clue where it coult be found.
    So - any thoughts on this one? Any option I may have missed out on trying?
    Best,
    Nick

    I found what may be the solution or at least a big step forward. Deactivating the preview picture function and turning it back on again made Safari finally create snapshots for my top sites and fill up the formerly empty rectangles. It worked like this:
    1) Close Safari.
    2) In the terminal application enter:
    defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy -int 2
    3) Open Safari, then close it again.
    4) In the terminal application enter:
    defaults delete com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy
    5) Open Safari again.
    It's still not working exactly like in Safari 5, though. Preview pictures in top sites only seem to get updated when I click on them to visit the corresponding websites. It doesn't seem to happen in the background. So it doesn't present me with a little star icon to notify me of any unread new contents in the top sites view.
    I'll have to dig in deeper to figure out if this is the intended behaviour for Safari 7.0 or if there's still something wrong. Any thoughts on this?

  • Safari Top Sites thumbnail images not updating automatically?

    is it happening just with me, or the automatic update of the Top Sites thumbnail images is not working anymore?

    It is intentional. When on the Top Sites view, hit Command+R to refresh the images. Supposedly this was done because the previews don't do a good enough job of detecting weird login pages and wifi password pages.
    Personally, I'd like it to have an option to go back to updating the images on its own again.

  • Downloaded the latest version of safari. Now the curved page for top sites is gone. How can I get the old one back?, Downloaded the latest version of safari. Now the curved page for top sites is gone. How can I get the old one back?

    I realize it is pure esthetics, but I really liked the curved look to the top sites screen, and would like it back.

    See:
    How do I get my old top site view back?

  • Safari Keeps Adding Top Sites On It's Own

    Hello,
    I have a problem with safari keep on adding top sites on it's own. I've tried resetting it but still no fix.
    Any ideas?

    That's the way Top Sites works. Safari automatically places the sites you use most in the Top Sites view. You can permanently mark a site as a Top Site by clicking the Edit button (bottom left corner in Top Sites), then click the thumbtack icon on a particular site. However, unless you fill the entire view with permanent sites, the remaining space will be fluid, depending on what sites you have used most.

  • Customize top sites, don't add unless approve

    Question sezitall

    I am not clear on your question.
    Possibly you want the 'Pin' option when long pressing on the top sites view? This will allow you to set the site order.

  • Top Site new content indication missing

    I just started using Safari 4 this summer. I like the Top Site thing. However, how do you see when one of the sites in the Top Site view is updated? According to the graphics on Apple's web page, a white star against a blue background should show when a site has new content, but I have never seen that in my Safari. I can see that the sites have new content but I do not get the star indication at all. This happen even if I create a new user account and run Safari 4. Am I missing something obvious here?
    My computers are all updated to the latest software and I do not have any extras installed in Safari except from the usual crap (Flash, Shockwave, Silverlight) and removing that (or Safari preferences) doesn't change anything.

    Hi
    Might be a corrupted preference file causing the update problem. Go to your Finder: Your User Account>Library>Safari folder. There, move the topsites.plist to the trash. Also, in the same Library>Preferences folder, move the com.apple.safari.plist file to the trash. Then restart Safari.
    You'll need to repopulate your top site page. Also, as the Safari preferences have been reset to default values reestablish any of your custom settings.
    Ars Technica has an excellent article about the inner workings of TopSites found here.

  • Please change the view in the top sites, the 6.1 upgrade has reverted back to a plane two dimensional view, which is a little plain. Can I revert back to an older version via my time capsule save?

    Please change the view in the top sites, the 6.1 upgrade has reverted back to a plain two-dimensional view, which is a little dated. Can I revert back to an older version via my time capsule save? C'mon Apple upgrades supposed to leap into the future not the past. :-(

    Please change the view in the top sites, the 6.1 upgrade has reverted back to a plain two-dimensional view, which is a little dated. Can I revert back to an older version via my time capsule save? C'mon Apple upgrades supposed to leap into the future not the past. :-(

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    Hi All,
    We have a list in subsite and we are creating a view for that list which we are showing in one of the top site home page. We have taken care of changing the web and list guid of list view webpart when we added on top site. Its working fine but some time
    shows error "list does not exist" but when we refresh the error goes. Is it known issue or if there is any workaround for this? because we cannot go live with this random error.
    Rohit Pasrija

    try these links:
    http://mroffice365.com/2012/01/sharepoint-display-a-list-or-library-from-subsite-to-the-top-level-site/
    http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/37140/display-list-or-library-on-another-site-as-webpart

  • What happened to the view on Top Sites?

    Just updated mac to 10.8.5 and the new view for top sites is completely different.  IMO, very bland, generic looking.  Is there a way to get the more dynamic view back?  Thanks

    Please refer to one of the many,many other threads in this forum on that topic. Tabs on top were only in the Safari 4 beta version, not Safari 3.
    Just scroll down the thread page under Safari and you will find all you need to know.
    Cheers

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    From the Safari menu bar, select
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  • In iOS Safari, I've lost the option to view 'Top Sites'

    Hey all,
    You know that when you create a new tab in iOS6 Safari for iPad, a page pops up with '+' signs to which you can attach pages. It's a mobile version of the desktop Safari's Top Sites, right?
    Except on mine I've lost this. Ever since I mistakenly clicked on a site's button saying 'make this page your homepage', I now only see a blank screen when I create a new tab instead.
    Can anyone suggest a way for me to get the previous type of page back please?
    Thanks!

    Yes, I've seen this reply to other people who've asked a similar question, but I can swear that until yesterday I was seeing a page with '+' signs on it when I opened a new tab.
    And I'm running Safari on iPad with iOS6.0.1...
    Just saying is all...

  • Questions on privacy and safari, browser history; top sites; private browsi

    In one thread someone suggested that those concerned about the privacy of their web browsing and its history try Private Browsing. What are the consequences of Private Browsing? Does Private Browsing interfere with some of the web page features or javascript from working when I'm trying to access a page that has java or Flash? Will my bank's website load ok etc? I guess I was a little worried it would stop the showing of the last page visited and if so then hopefully that won't stop some sites from functioning.
    Is Private Browsing the best way to go all around for those concerned about privacy loss in Safari or does it not really help much? I wonder why it isn't the default.
    I want to be able to use my browser to access sites that don't load well when I use Firefox with NoScript, such as bank sites, but I do not want my browsing history to stay in view constantly, and I'm also upset at seeing it want to "learn" my browsing habits and try to suggest sites for me without my setting it to do this.
    For this reason I will be setting Firefox or any other browser I feel is more private than Safari, possibly Camino, to be my default browser. I will probably only be using Safari when a site won't work without it, same as when I used to settle for Internet Explorer on my windows computer when Firefox didn't work.
    I'm also concerned that I can't get that Google search bar out of my browser. I don't want Google keeping tabs of every site I visit. I'm not sure if Google has access to tracking every place I go if I never put any text into the Google search bar or how far into bed with Google Apple has now gone but I'm afraid of the privacy invasion possibilities.
    Perhaps Google gets no info if I do not type anything into the google search bar. I wish I could drag it off the menu bar however. (If I want to go to google, I know how to type google.com for crying out loud).
    I hope Apple will hold the line on its partners re: privacy in products like iPhone and Safari that work with its partners regardless of their tendencies to disrespect privacy.
    Does anyone know if the fact that this Safari software wants to learn what my favorite sites are affects outside parties including Apple, Google, and/or others possibly getting access to info on my browsing habits?
    If i allow the Top Sites page to work, will it just be something I MYSELF have access to the info on or are the URLs of my favorite sites reported to Apple, Google, or others?
    Does hitting RESET clear things out in this regard? I'd like to use these tools if I could be sure that using Safari doesn't turn the computer into a spyware tool for outside entities, commercial interests and governmental interests to mine data from.

    Barry Hemphill wrote:
    Hello r:
    If you think Safari, Firefox, or anything else will mask your browsing habits from someone who really wants to know, you are not being realistic.
    I tend to discount justifications of privacy encroachments I sometimes encounter to the effect of "snooping is done by certain commercial and governmental parties as the way things 'just are', so shut up and don't worry". Customers who do not air their concerns and questions cannot have any expectation that the developer will be aware of their concern if they sit mute.
    I sometimes pay for additional software to protect my privacy. I also use Firefox with Noscript and adblocking third party software rather than just sit with what the big corporations leave me with; there is a third party program for Safari I tried called PithHelmet for example, but then it seemed to not be loaded with the new Safari update and its developer dud not provide me any communication (although I got help here on how to find the program so I could remove it); so I may not use Safari as much compared to whatever browser I find has better privacy and security measures.
    If you go to the Safari help menu and enter +"private browsing,"+ you will find a complete description of what that function does for you. In answer to one of your questions, it is not a default because one loses a good deal of functionality. I would be most perturbed if that was made the default.
    Ok, I will try to learn the functionalities lost, thanks.
    You can set the history to be deleted after one day (or longer). If you are concerned, it is quite easy to clear history before you sign off.<</div>
    I've been using RESET to clear my history in the past; I assume it still works although Reset doesn't seem to permanently make certain cookies with future expiration dates go away permanently, which I find come back later even without my visiting a site for weeks and this was happening in the previous version of Safari too.
    You can remove the Google search box (or anything else) from the menu bar. Right click on it. One option is +"remove item."+
    That doesn't work in terms of just removing the Google search bar at the top right, I see.
    I did not want to lose my blank for typing a URL; I only want the thing out to the right that says Google on it, which seems to use Google's search engine to go away. I certainly hope that every time I type a URL into the blank at the left top (which is not the part over to the top right that says Google and a magnifying glass) that I'm not having Google track my URLs I visit like they would if I put a search term into the blank at the top right, but maybe it does since the two are forcibly linked.
    I guess I'd have to try Command L - Open Location in the Find menu if I want to try to go to a URL without using the URL blank at the top left I normally type in. I would only want to go to that trouble if typing in the top left blank for URLs results in Google tracking my URL visits like they certainly would if I typed in the top right google tool bar and hopefully Open Location does not result in the same issue.
    if i allow the Top Sites page to work, will it just be something I MYSELF have access to the info on or are the URLs of my favorite sites reported to Apple, Google, or others?
    I seriously doubt that Apple (or anyone else) is "reporting" anything about you to anyone. As you are no doubt aware, most web sites store cookies on your system when you visit that site. The information stored varies, but you can, of course, block cookies if you wish.
    I have the ability to block cookies, and I use Noscript a lot too with Firefox (although that set up does not always work with a few webpages here and there, so sometimes I have to use Safari or Camino). I use Safari less and less because there is no Noscript type of third party software for it. The only time I feel I have no choice but to use Safari on my Mac is when I go to my Mobileme account.
    My concern is of Top Sites "learning" my favorite sites and displaying to me the names of a lot of suggested URLs, as to who else is receiving that data; hopefully no one. Maybe I'll get to where i find info explaining that Apple and Google aren't collecting data about my "top sites" if I use that feature.
    It's just that there has been an increasing amount of privacy intrusion in the commercial realm combined with a corporate arrogance in terms treating consumers as though there is no need to make any assurances or explanations to consumers to help them trust the privacy. Instead we get browbeaten by various parties about how stupid or obvious we are if we ask a question to remind the corporation it's an issue to those of us who want to feel comfortable with the privacy of the software we use.
    I'll try to use the Feedback form to ask as well.
    At the risk of stating the obvious, it is quite easy to find out all sorts of information about an individual if one is interested. If you are really concerned, I suggest you severely limit your use of the Internet.
    I may well limit my use of the internet if what you say is true that there is no way to do any reading on the internet without being spied on by commercial and governmental interests.
    thanks

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