safari Archives - MacSparky https://www.macsparky.com/blog/tag/safari/ Get More Productive with Your Apple Gear Thu, 05 Jan 2023 23:04:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.macsparky.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-MacSparky-Logo-2022-Slate-White-32x32.png safari Archives - MacSparky https://www.macsparky.com/blog/tag/safari/ 32 32 Finding Love for Safari Tab Groups (MacSparky Labs) https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2023/01/finding-love-for-safari-tab-groups-macsparky-labs/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 23:04:48 +0000 https://www.macsparky.com/?p=13824 The new Safari Tab Group features are really useful. In this video, I demonstrate how I’ve been using tab groups to use Safari contextually and some additional tab group features… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?

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]]> The new Safari Tab Group features are really useful. In this video, I demonstrate how I’ve been using tab groups to use Safari contextually and some additional tab group features…

This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?

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]]> Safari vs. Chrome – RAM Usage https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2021/03/safari-vs-chrome-ram-usage/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://macsparky.wpengine.com/2021/03/2021-3-safari-vs-chrome-ram-usage/ I get why a lot of folks use Chrome. It’s multiplatform. It’s way easier when using Google apps. You may like the UI better. But one thing you can’t deny is how the Safari team prioritizes RAM and battery, and the Chrome team most definitely does not. Morten Just dug into the numbers, but the... Continue reading →

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]]> I get why a lot of folks use Chrome. It’s multiplatform. It’s way easier when using Google apps. You may like the UI better. But one thing you can’t deny is how the Safari team prioritizes RAM and battery, and the Chrome team most definitely does not. Morten Just dug into the numbers, but the chart that stood out most was this one.



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24 times the RAM usage per tab. Yikes!

This reminds me of an email I received from a Mac Power Users listener. He and his wife bought matching MacBook Airs. His ran fine. Hers always ran with the fans on. (This was before the Apple silicon M1 model.) They couldn’t figure it out. They thought her machine was a lemon, but it passed every Apple hardware test. Then she switched browsers from Chrome to Safari. Problem solved.

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]]> OmSave — OmniFocus Plugin for Safari https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2021/01/omsave-omnifocus-plugin-for-safari/ Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://macsparky.wpengine.com/2021/01/2021-1-omsave-omnifocus-plugin-for-safari/ Recently, I discovered a clever Safari plugin for OmniFocus users called OmSave. You’ve always been able to create links to Safari pages in OmniFocus, but this plugin takes it a step further to a customizable template. I wasn’t sure at first whether it was a gimmick or useful. After spending a few weeks with it,... Continue reading →

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]]> Recently, I discovered a clever Safari plugin for OmniFocus users called OmSave. You’ve always been able to create links to Safari pages in OmniFocus, but this plugin takes it a step further to a customizable template. I wasn’t sure at first whether it was a gimmick or useful. After spending a few weeks with it, however, I find it firmly in the useful category.



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