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1. 10.7 - Disable Reading List's icon in bookmarks bar

   $ defaults write com.apple.Safari ProxiesInBookmarksBar ‘("Top Sites")’
   

   and back

   $ defaults write com.apple.Safari ProxiesInBookmarksBar '("Top Sites","Reading List")' 
   

2. 10.7 - Restore "contains" to default search type

   By default, the test search in Safari for Lion only finds words starting with a string, instead as words containing the string.

   To revert the default as in Snow Leopard:

   $ defaults write com.apple.Safari FindOnPageMatchesWordStartsOnly -bool FALSE
   

3. Change history depth

   $ defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitHistoryItemLimit 2000
   $ defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitHistoryAgeInDaysLimit 30
   

4. Download several URLs

   Paste these URLs in the "Downloads" window.

5. Enable Safari web inspector

   $ defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitDeveloperExtras -bool true 
   

   see webkit.org

6. Import Internet Explorer favorites

   $ defaults write com.apple.Safari IEFavoritesWereImported NO
   

7. Keyboard shortcuts

   ... are listed in /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Shortcuts.html

8. Link to a man page

   x-man-page://ls
   

   the man page for ls will open in the terminal

9. Open a man page in the Terminal

   x-man-page://ls

10. Open all links in a new tab

    $ defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true
    

11. Open an URL in a new tab

    Type the URL and hit cmd-enter.

12. Prevent Safari from displaying PDF files

    $ defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES
    

13. Show debug menu

    $ defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu YES
    

14. Text shadow

    use the text-shadowproperty

    http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/text.html#propdef-text-shadow