With the release of Safari 5, Apple introduced a much-requested feature — extensions.
Extensions are a better way to add those little missing features than the old and complex plug-in approach. Extensions have been available on Firefox and Chrome for a while and finally are available for Safari too.
However, Apple currently labels it as a developer feature, which needs to be enabled before extensions are available.
Ingredients:
1. First of all, make sure you have Safari 5 downloaded and installed on your system. You can check this by clicking on the ‘Safari’ menu from menu bar and then choosing ‘About Safari‘.
2. Now, click the ‘Safari‘ menu again and choose ‘Preferences…‘.
3. In the preferences window, select the ‘Advanced‘ tab and click the checkbox for ‘Show Develop menu in menu bar‘.
4. Click the newly added ‘Develop‘ menu in menu bar and choose ‘Enable Extensions‘.
5. In the preferences window, select the newly added ‘Extensions‘ tab and click the switch to turn on the extensions.
6. If you want to hide the ‘Develop’ menu, just go to ‘Advanced‘ tab once again in the preferences window and click the checkbox for ‘Show Develop menu in menu bar‘ to remove it.
NOTE: Extensions will remain enables until you choose to disable them from the ‘Develop’ Menu.
7. To install an extension, just download it and double click the downloaded file, then ‘Install‘ from the pop-up window in Safari.
8. To uninstall an extension, just click ‘Uninstall‘ after choosing the appropriate extension from the ‘Extensions‘ tab in preferences window.
NOTE: You can manage the downloaded extensions and update them under the ‘Extensions’ tab in the preferences window.
Apple hasn’t currently released it’s Extensions Gallery so to keep yourself updated about the latest extensions, check out https://safariextensions.tumblr.com/
