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SafariRestore 5.5.3

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Russell Gray

SafariRestore allows you to automatically restore your previous browsing session. Also useful for saving and restoring browsing sessions. For best results, set Safari to open new windows with an Empty page. On Lion, disable "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps" under "System Preferences:General"

What's New

Version 5.5.3:

More useful error messages
Darkened the text, for better contrast
Updated the copyright notice

Requirements

PPC / Intel
Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
Safari 5.1.2 or later recommended

Glims

+12
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Optimize Safari with an array ...
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+3
Free

Adds functionality to Safari ...
SafariTabs

+1
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Extend Safari tab features.

SafariRestore User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 5.x:

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Alamak commented on 25 Aug 2011

Why should I need this, now that Lion has got this functionality built in?

[Version 5.2]

3 Replies

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John Sawyer Cjs replied on 27 Aug 2011

Then it's for people not running Lion.

Sweetp Productions (developer) replied on 02 Sep 2011

Some people don't like to use Lion's auto-resume, as it's all or nothing. There is no way to be selective about which apps will resume.

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Babalooz replied on 18 Oct 2011

Sweetp Productions: "There is no way to be selective about which apps will resume."

Well: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110724223238674

PorkPieHat commented on 06 May 2011

Sessions is ten times better. (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8247646/sessions/index.html)

[Version 4.13]

2 Replies

+449

sjk replied on 21 May 2011

I mentioned and linked to Sessions earlier.

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Shk747 replied on 26 Aug 2011

no, 11 times better ...

Cosmicrepairdude reviewed on 30 Mar 2011

I've just been trying out this and Sessions for a few days and I find they both remember the tabs from the previous session, but only the last page I looked at in each tab. There is no history for the tabs, ie, I can't click the Back button. "Reopen all windows" in the History menu does the same thing.
Firefox and Chrome remember the entire session, so it's as if I never shut down. How do I get Safari to remember the actual session and not just the last page I looked at?

[Version 4.11]

7 Replies

Cosmicrepairdude replied on 30 Mar 2011

Looks like I've answered my own question - the current version of Glims seems to do this. I was hoping for something more basic, but if it works, I'm happy.
Any other comments are welcome, though.

+151

Mistere replied on 28 Apr 2011

If you want the previous session auto-restored, with history for each tab, Glims is the only thing I know that can do it.

It's a shame too because I'd like to get rid of all input managers and SIMBL plugins and use only Safari Extensions which should cause less problems (or at least rule them out as problems when I'm troubleshooting something) but, I can't because Glims and Safari Cookies are irreplaceable.

Auto-restore functionality should be built-in, come on Apple!

+143

Davidravenmoon replied on 09 Aug 2011

@Mistere, it is built in. Go to "History" -> "Reopen All Windows From Last Session." Thats what I did until I updated to Lion, and now its built into the OS.

Cosmicrepairdude replied on 09 Aug 2011

Davidravenmoon, you seem to have missed the point of this thread, which is that "Reopen All Windows From Last Session", like SafariRestore and Sessions does NOT fully restore the last session, as there is no history for each tab. You have to use Glims to get the functionality that Firefox and Chrome provide, as I said above. I don't know if Lion does this, but it certainly isn't built into Safari.

+143

Davidravenmoon replied on 09 Aug 2011

@Cosmicrepairdude, well I can only test that on Lion, but in Lion I opened four tabs, and on each tab went to four URLs, and then quit Safari. I reopened it, and it opened with those 4 tabs with full history for each tab. I did not have to use the reopen command.

So yes, it is now built into Lion.

Cosmicrepairdude replied on 09 Aug 2011

Finally!
Thanks for checking, DRM.

+151

Mistere replied on 09 Aug 2011

Yea, thanks for checking on that for me too. Now if something could only replace the features Glims adds with bookmarks and tabs I could remove it.

I wonder if it still will remember the entire window's session after a bad crash?

+449

sjk commented on 25 Dec 2010

3.0 sounds a lot more like Sessions, but there's no screen image here or on the developer site for comparison.

[Version 3.0]

2 Replies

Sweetp Productions (developer) replied on 25 Dec 2010

Here you go:
http://cl.ly/2w2c2I0V0S231Y2V1E1g

+449

sjk replied on 25 Dec 2010

Thanks for the quick response, Russell.

+449

sjk tipped on 13 Oct 2010

An alternative to SafariRestore, not listed at MU (yet) so it can't be under OTHER PEOPLE SUGGEST:

Sessions
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8247646/sessions/index.html

[Version 2.15]

3 Replies

+544

Negritude commented on 14 Oct 2010

Note that, Sessions is listed in the Apple extensions gallery. Just an FYI, because most people wouldn't trust downloading something from an unknown Dropbox account.

+449

sjk replied on 14 Oct 2010

Good point about it being in Apple's Safari Extensions Gallery, though I'm not sure most people will care (or even notice) where they download from. But perhaps people downloading an extension like this are more attentive to its origin.

+186

Maclover1.1 replied on 15 Nov 2010

THANKS !!!

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Yaba_daba_do reviewed on 10 Sep 2010

This is great that I found safariRestore 2.11, I have a bone to pick. Your app.worked great till I
decided to clean out my cache? I believe that's why it does not work anymore? If I remember right “ B-4 I deleted it “ up in the upper right corner you ask for a donation? your kidding me right? you must be use to writing apps for the other company that just don't work. I have sent
a compliant to Apple asking how can this be, that they allow things on there web site that don't work! If it makes you feel any better I have found 2 others that don't work either. So far the 6 others I am using work great! Oh,I did give a couple of stars for effort!

[Version 2.11]

1 Reply

+227

Bollywood (developer) replied on 11 Sep 2010

i cleaned out my Safari cache, as you did, and didn't see any difference....
sorry it didn't work out for you.

have a good day!

Wikno tipped on 21 Jun 2010

Why does this have to use "locationd" to connect to mac-services.apple.com:443 every 10 seconds? Seems a little excessive to me... what is it doing? port 443? isn't that usually used for login/id? I don't need my computer talking to apple anymore than it absolutely needs to. Aside from this program, apple may not be microsoft or google, but they're still a for-profit company. I like my privacy, if only for the principle.

[Version 1.9]

+66

Iliketrash commented on 17 Jun 2010

How many piecemeal hacks to Safari will it take to equal OmniWeb? OmniWeb has an entire workspace manage built in--you can save any number of browsing sessions and recall them at any time with complete restoration of the workspace including window sizes and positions.

[Version 1.9]

4 Replies

+227

Bollywood (developer) replied on 17 Jun 2010

I tend to agree, this feature should have been built in.... along with many others.

+449

sjk replied on 17 Jun 2010

SafariStand's "Create Shelf from Current Workspace" and Bookmark Shelf may currently be the closest thing to OW workspaces.

+721

Robotank replied on 17 Jun 2010

You have a good point. Safari has always lacked several essential features that could be found in OmniWeb and iCab, among others. I used to use OmniWeb as my default browser, but development on it is next to non-existent, and has been for some time. It needs a major update, but the much-discussed OmniWeb 6 is nowhere in sight. Now that Safari officially supports extensions, it will be easier to bring up to speed with OmniWeb's advanced features without having to use too many unsupported hacks. If OmniWeb 6 ever appears, I'll probably switch back to it, but I'm not holding my breath.

+66

Iliketrash replied on 18 Jun 2010

I agree that OmniWeb could use a (minor) update, but it is still (for me) far more useful in its present state than _any_ other Mac browser. I always take a look at nearly every new browser update, including Firefox, Safari, Camino, Shiira, Chrome, etc., but OmniWeb's deep and useful (and "grown-up", as opposed to glitzy) feature set always (so far) draws me back.

And development has definitely not stopped--look at the many recent updates in the "Sneaky Peak" program. A recent update, for example, is dated June 10, 2010, and includes the statement, "Also include Safari 5 as an available agent to spoof."

However, I do hate it when companies convert a paid product into a free product because their motivation is substantially reduced. Similarly, I'm always suspicious of freeware because it lives right next door to abandonware.

+30

Bonobo reviewed on 13 Jun 2010

Works as advertised. Only critique I'd have is that the windows are all the same standard size and not what they were, but that's a minimal issue.

Thank you.

[Version 1.5]

+30

Bonobo commented on 13 Jun 2010

Sadly, this doesn't work on my Mac (10.6.3, Safari 5).

What it does is this: Opens my standard Home Page, and in a second tab, the extensions page of SweetP Productions. What gives?

[Version 1.5]

1 Reply

+30

Bonobo replied on 13 Jun 2010

OK, so after a restart and after deleting a few other Safari extensions (so I don't know what the reason for not functioning was :-/ ) it works, thank you! My bad for jumping the gun, sorry.

+35

Fromage-Head had trouble on 24 Mar 2011

I've noticed a severe performance hit lately with this extension, giving me a lot of spinning beachballs each time i open a new page or click a link.
Disabling it makes my navigation smooth again.

(safari 5.0.4 - Mac OS X 10.6.6)

[Version 4.11]

2 Replies

Sweetp Productions (developer) replied on 27 Apr 2011

try reseting SafariRestore, from the Settings Tab. See if that helps.

+35

Fromage-Head replied on 05 May 2011

No more problems apparently. Thanks !

+58

Thomas1977 rated on 19 Jan 2012

[Version 5.5.3]

+40

Stephen_Fry rated on 03 Nov 2011

[Version 5.5.1]

Downloads:8,403

Version Downloads:605

Type:Internet : Plug-ins

License:Free

Date:19 Jan 2012

Platform:PPC / Intel

Price:Free

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