Whichever browser you use, when making a certain search, it will do so in the search engine that you have left as the default. In the case of Safari, lets us select three different search engines so that, when we write a certain word or phrase in the same browser address bar, it will search for it in the default search engine.
The type of search engine to use in Safari can be selected within the application Preferences. However, if you are a user who is regularly changing search engines, it becomes a bit cumbersome to have to star entering that panel continuously. That is why today we show you in this article a small shortcut that Apple has placed in Safari in a strategic way.
There are three search engines that you can select in Safari for him to do the searches. As we have said before, in order to change the default search engine we will have to enter Safari Preferences and the General tab let's go to the dropdown Default search engine.
In that drop-down we will be able to choose between the Google search engine, the Yahoo search engine and the Bing search engine. Until now, the search engine that is predefined in Apple systems, both iOS and OS X is Google's. Nevertheless, It seems that in the betas of the new iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 it is Bing the graceful. We will see which of them is the one that reigns in the final version of both systems.
Now, if you are a user who needs to regularly change the search engine, you will be able to do it without entering the Preferences panel by performing the following steps:
- Open a Safari window and place your cursor in the address bar.
- Delete the address of any websites that you have as your home page.
- Press the space bar to bring up a drop-down menu in which you can select the search engine you want to use.
What we have just shown you is a shortcut that Apple has put in the address bar, thinking of users who really need to change their search engine many times a day. Once again, little tricks that make the Safari browser more productive than other competitors.