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Inspired by the Disable Safari 3 warnings about unsubmitted forms hint, I did my own digging, and found how to turn off the warnings about closing a window with multiple tabs. Just quit Safari>, go to Terminal, and type this:
defaults write com.apple.Safari ConfirmClosingMultiplePages 0
To revert, simply replace 0 with 1.
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Disable Safari 3's warning about closing multiple tabs
Authored by: Arlo on Aug 09, '07 07:50:05AM

...or just deselect "Confirm when closing multiple pages" in the Tabs preference :)

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Disable Safari 3's warning about closing multiple tabs
Authored by: stukdog on Aug 09, '07 08:04:56AM

I appreciate this tip. I thought I was the only one seeing that with the 37Signals apps.



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Disable Safari 3's warning about closing multiple tabs
Authored by: osxpounder on Aug 10, '07 01:24:58PM

Thanks for that.

Is there a free plugin or something similar that would automatically restore the currently open windows/tabs the next time Safari starts? That single feature got me hooked on Firefox [via a Firefox extension called Tab Mix Plus], and until I get that on Safari, I'll only use Safari when I'm in a hurry. It's faster, but it doesn't treat me as nicely as Firefox with TMP. TMP remembers the last-opened windows, and the session before that one, and lets me save sessions, too, with names of my choice. TMP is the best thing to happen to me in browser usage since images in HTML.



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Disable Safari 3's warning about closing multiple tabs
Authored by: carla216 on Aug 15, '07 05:29:14PM
remembering sessions: SafariStand might be what you're looking for--and it is freeware. :)

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Disable Safari 3's warning about closing multiple tabs
Authored by: mrmodifier on Jun 26, '08 09:49:33AM

Thanks so much for the terminal command... any time I get to write in the terminal I feel a sense of awesome power come over me - muahahaa! (I've had too much coffee this morning already...)

But seriously - thanks GB! -

"Confirm when closing multiple pages" - indeed does the same thing, which i will probably use from now on, but terminal was still cool.

only way I can figure out how to save sessions in Safari, is under Bookmarks - "Add Bookmark for These (X) Tabs"
X - being the number of open tabs

You could make a folder called Saved, or whatever - and just bookmark em into there...



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