Safari
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Safari settings
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Configuration Keys (53)
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| Key | Type | Description | Default | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PFC_SegmentedControl_0stringrequired | string | — | Default: — | Range: — |
DidShowWhatsNewInSafaribooleanHide What's New in Safari Prompt | boolean | If enabled, hides any What's New with Safari prompts. | Default: false | Range: — |
HomePagestringHomepage | string | Homepage URL. | Default: "http://www.apple.com/startpage/" | Range: — |
NewWindowBehaviorintegerContents of New Windows | integer | Policy for new window contents. | Default: 0 | Range: Homepage (0), Empty Page (1), Same Page as current window (2), Bookmarks (3) |
NewTabBehaviorintegerContents of New Tabs | integer | Policy for new tab contents. | Default: 0 | Range: Show Homepage (0), Show Empty Page (1), Show Same Page as current window (2), Show Bookmarks (3) |
TabCreationPolicyintegerOpen pages in tabs instead of windows | integer | Policy for when to create a tab instead of a window. | Default: 0 | Range: Never (0), Automatically (1), Always (2) |
CommandClickMakesTabsboolean⌘-click opens a link in a new tab | boolean | Open command-clicked links in a new tab rather than a new window. | Default: true | Range: — |
OpenNewTabsInFrontbooleanWhen a new tab or window opens, make it active | boolean | Select a tab when it is created. | Default: false | Range: — |
HistoryAgeInDaysLimitintegerHistory Age Limit | integer | Policy for when to automatically remove items from History. | Default: 31 | Range: After one day (1), After one week (7), After two weeks (14), After one month (31), After one year (365), Manually (365000) |
DownloadsPathstringDownloads Location | string | File system path (can start with ~) where downloaded files will be saved. | Default: "~/Downloads/" | Range: — |
DownloadsClearingPolicyintegerDownloads Clearing Policy | integer | Policy for when to remove items from the Downloads window. | Default: 0 | Range: Manually (0), When Safari quits (1), Upon successful download (2) |
AutoOpenSafeDownloadsbooleanOpen Safe Downloads Automatically | boolean | Automatically open downloaded files that are of certain well-known safe types. | Default: true | Range: — |
ShowOverlayStatusBarbooleanShow Status Bar | boolean | Controls whether mousing over a link displays the full URL that the link will follow | Default: false | Range: — |
Show Full Website Address | boolean | Full URL Path is Shown in Search Bar | Default: false | Range: — |
WarnAboutFraudulentWebsitesbooleanWarn about Fraudulent Websites | boolean | Alert the user that the site they are visiting is known to be malicious | Default: false | Range: — |
Advertising Privacy Protection | boolean | Manage advertising settings | Default: false | Range: — |
Prevent Cross-Site Tracking (WebKitPreferences) | integer | Manage cross-site tracking and resistance from data brokers | Default: — | Range: 1 |
WebKitStorageBlockingPolicyintegerPrevent Cross-Site Tracking | integer | Manage cross-site tracking and resistance from data brokers | Default: — | Range: 1 |
ConfirmClosingMultiplePagesbooleanConfirm Closing Multiple Pages | boolean | Display a confirmation alert when multiple pages are closed at once. | Default: true | Range: — |
Suppress Default Web Browser Prompt | integer | When Safari is quit for the first time, if it detects it is not configured as the default browser it will present a prompt to the user to choose whether to keep the current default browser or change it to Safari. Enable this preference to suppress this prompt. | Default: — | Range: Suppress (1) |
Suppress Default Web Browser Banner | integer | Suppresses the "Make Safari your Default Browser?" banner when Safari is launched and is not already set as the default browser. | Default: — | Range: Suppress (2) |
Bookmarks Menu Includes Bookmarks Bar | boolean | Include the Bookmarks Bar bookmarks in the bookmarks menu. | Default: true | Range: — |
Bookmarks Menu Includes Contacts | boolean | Include the Contacts bookmarks in the bookmarks menu. | Default: false | Range: — |
Bookmarks Menu Includes Bonjour | boolean | Include the Bonjour bookmarks in the bookmarks menu. | Default: false | Range: — |
Bookmarks Collections Include Contacts | boolean | Include the Contacts bookmarks in the Collections column of the bookmarks view. | Default: true | Range: — |
Bookmarks Collections Include Bonjour | boolean | Include the Bonjour bookmarks in the Collections column of the bookmarks view. | Default: true | Range: — |
AutoFillFromAddressBookbooleanAutoFill web forms from contacts | boolean | Autofill web forms using info from Contacts. | Default: true | Range: — |
AutoFillPasswordsbooleanAutoFill Passwords | boolean | Autofill user names and passwords in web forms. | Default: false | Range: — |
AutoFillCreditCardDatabooleanAutoFill Credit Cards | boolean | Autofill credit cards in web forms. | Default: false | Range: — |
AutoFillMiscellaneousFormsbooleanAutoFill Miscellaneous Forms | boolean | Autofill web forms using previously-typed text. | Default: true | Range: — |
Enable Plug-ins | boolean | — | Default: true | Range: — |
Enable Java | boolean | — | Default: true | Range: — |
Enable JavaScript | boolean | — | Default: true | Range: — |
Allow JavaScript to Open Windows Automatically | boolean | — | Default: false | Range: — |
Ask Before Submitting Insecure Forms | boolean | Display a confirmation alert when an insecure form is submitted from a secure site | Default: true | Range: — |
Private Browsing | boolean | Prevent Safari from keeping track of most user activities. | Default: false | Range: — |
BlockStoragePolicyintegerBlock cookies and other website data | integer | Policy for blocking cookies and other website data. | Default: 2 | Range: Always (0), Never (1), Third Parties except sites you visited (2), Third Parties (3) |
SendDoNotTrackHTTPHeaderbooleanDo Not Track | boolean | Send "Do Not Track" HTTP Header | Default: true | Range: — |
Display Images | boolean | Load and display images when a webpage is loaded. | Default: true | Range: — |
Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage | boolean | Highlight links and form controls as you press the Tab key. | Default: false | Range: — |
IncludeDevelopMenubooleanShow Develop menu in menu bar | boolean | Include the Develop menu in the menu bar. | Default: false | Range: — |
Default Text Encoding | string | The name of the text encoding to use for webpages that don't specify a text encoding. See http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets | Default: "ISO-8859-1" | Range: — |
Minimum Font Size | integer | Minimum font size used for any webpage text. | Default: 9 | Range: 1 – 99 |
Default Font | string | The font family used when a webpage does not specify a font. | Default: "Times" | Range: — |
Default Font Size | integer | The font size used when a webpage does not specify a font size. | Default: 16 | Range: 1 – — |
Default Fixed-width Font | string | The font family used when a webpage specifies a fixed-width font. | Default: "Courier" | Range: — |
ExtensionsEnabledbooleanEnable Extensions | boolean | Allow extensions from the App Store to be enabled/disabled. This will only apply after Safari's first launch unless the "Disable Extensions Immediately" key is also set | Default: true | Range: — |
Disable Extensions Immediately | boolean | Necessary for extensions to be disabled from first launch | Default: false | Range: — |
Allow Notifications | boolean | Allow websites to request permission to send notifications | Default: true | Range: — |
Default Fixed-width Font Size | integer | The font size used when a webpage specifies a fixed-width font. | Default: 13 | Range: 1 – — |
DefaultDatabaseQuotaintegerDefault Space for Database Storage | integer | Default space reserved for database storage. | Default: 5242880 | Range: 0 MB (0), 1 MB (1048576), 5 MB (5242880), 10 MB (10485760), 50 MB (52428800), 100 MB (104857600), 500 MB (524288000) |
Print Backgrounds | boolean | Print background images and colors. | Default: false | Range: — |
PrintHeadersAndFootersbooleanPrint Headers and Footers | boolean | Print the URL, date, page title, and page number in headers and footers. | Default: true | Range: — |