Mac Notes for June 17, 2014

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Customizing your browser's Top Sites, Bookmark Bar, and Bookmark list
  1. Go to the website you want to add
  2. Click hold and drag the website icon, displayed in the address bar, to the location you want the website to be displayed (book=bookmarks, set of boxes = top sites, bar below web address = bookmark bar)
OR
Hold Command and press D to open the bookmark menu
OR
Click the + to the left of the website address

Customizing the Top Sites
-Click, hold and drag a window to move its location
-hover your mouse on the top left of the website square to reveal x=delete and a pin=save site

Use TABS to have more than one website open at a time
-Click the + on the top right to open a new tab and navigate to the page you want o view.
-Click on the related tabs title to view the page in the tab.
-Click on the small x in the top left of the tab to close the tab.

Using the Bookmark bar effectively
Create a folder to store a group/collection of bookmarks
1. Right click or hold control and click on the grey part of the bookmark bar
2. Choose New Folder
3. Name the new folder
4. Add new websites to the folder by dragging their icon in the address bar on top of the newly created folder

Editing your Bookmark bar
-Right click or hold control and click on the bookmark to edit
Choose to rename or delete
 
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