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Safari's default search engine

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  • 27-07-2012 11:24am
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    silvine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭


    I've set up Chrome's default search engine as Google.ie.

    Is there a way to configure Safari to do the same i.e. use Google.ie rather than Google.com?


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    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    There shouldn't be any need. Google automatically detects your location and defaults to the .ie site. Does for me anyway.

    EDIT: Actually I'm mistaken. It doesn't automatically switch to the .ie site when searching via Safari. Strange that there's no option for this.


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    Liameter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Liameter


    These are the instructions to add "Startpage" for ultimate privacy. I imagine you can do the same with Google.ie if you want the complete opposite of privacy.

    You can add Startpage to the Safari search box via the third party Add-on "Glims". The settings you saved in 'My Settings' will be respected.

    Instructions:

    1. Please download and INSTALL the "Glims" Add-on from: http://www.machangout.com/ and restart Safari
    2. Go to Safari -> Preferences and click on the "Glims" icon
    3. On the left section, click on "Search Engines"
    4. Click the "Add" button at the bottom
    5. In the box that pops up,
    a) type into the "Name" field: Startpage
    b) in "Query URL" field, replace the http://www.google.com/q=#query# with the
    http://startpage.com/do/search?language=english&query=#query#
    (make sure the URL contains '&query=#query#')
    6. Click the "Add" button and scroll till you find the Startpage entry and drag it with your mouse to the top (you could also choose to uncheck all the other search engines)
    7. Close the Safari -> Preferences and restart Safari. Now Startpage should be visible in your search box, type a search term and [Enter]


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