Soon after realizing my MacBook Pro battery life was greately extended by using Safari, I realized that the download speeds for Apple's browser were really, really, really bad. So bad that I'll open up Chrome (a MacBook battery hog) to download larger files and then close it once the download is complete. Or, in cases where I can easily copy the download URL, I'll open up a terminal window and use the wget command for really speedy downloads. I am convinced this dogged speed was by design—in order to keep battery usage to a minimum. Even with that bit of conspiracy theory in check, there are things you can do to help Safari speed up the downloads. Although these tips won't have you seeing magical results (with Safari downloading as quickly as either Chrome or Firefox), you will see some improvement. With that said, let's get to the tips.

The question pertains to receiving a “” file either as an attachment or otherwise, on a and how to read that file.

We show how to download any video on your Mac, whether it's on Netflix, YouTube, Vimeo, iPlayer or Amazon Video A lot of video these days is distributed by streaming, which means that viewers need. Speaking of Safari, how to download any video in this browser on mac? Step 1 Make sure that you are using the most recent version of Safari on your Mac. Open the video you want to download from YouTube and start it.

Clear that cache This is the biggest culprit. Unlike other browsers, Safari doesn't handle it well when a cache becomes too large. It's a rarity that Chrome or Firefox will trip up, due to cache. Safari, on the other hand, not so much.

Enabling the Develop menu in Safari. Now that you've enabled the Develop menu, close the Preferences window and click Develop Empty Caches. Your cache has been cleared (without taking down your history as well). SEE: (Tech Pro Research) Set static IP and DNS addresses On any network you have control over (such as your home or company network), you can give your MacBook a boost by setting static IP addresses. To do this, follow these steps: • Click on the Network icon in the top bar • Click Open Network Preferences • Select the network to be configured • Click Advanced • In the resulting window, click the TCP/IP tab • Select Manually, from the Configure IPv4 drop-down • Fill out the necessary information ( Figure B) Figure B. Adding static DNS addresses. Click OK and you're done.

Reset Safari What if you've been using Safari for quite some time and neither of the above tips makes any difference? It could be that Safari simply needs a reset. Unfortunately, the latest iterations of Apple's browser saw the Reset Safari entry removed from the Safari menu and the only really dependable way to do this is via the command line. To do this, close Safari, open up the terminal window, and issue the following commands: rm ~/Library/Cookies/* rm ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/* rm ~/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari/* rm ~/Library/Safari/Downloads.plist rm ~/Library/Safari/Form Values rm ~/Library/Safari/History.plist rm ~/Library/Safari/HistoryIndex.sk rm ~/Library/Safari/LastSession.plist rm -rf ~/Library/Safari/LocalStorage rm ~/Library/Safari/TopSites.plist rm ~/Library/Safari/WebpageIcons.db That should do it. Understand, this resets Safari to factory defaults, so you'll lose all saved data and any configurations. But sometimes a reset is the only way to get Safari to behave.

Use this only as a last-ditch effort. It may be in vain I still believe that Safari suffers from slower download (and upload, for that matter) speeds by design (to save precious battery). Because of this, you might find that all is in vain, that nothing you can do will speed Safari's download speeds sufficiently. Microsoft expression studio 4 ultimate for mac. So when I'm not connected to power, Safari is my browser of choice. When I need to download or upload a larger file, I tend to head over to Chrome. Also see • (TechRepublic) • (TechRepublic) • (TechRepublic) • (TechRepublic) • (ZDNet).