[pcthiker]

This is one of those articles that cause me to stop what I'm doing and take the action described. Thanks.

[kmralls]

rab777hp is being unnecessarily tiresome. He defeats any of his points that may be valid.

[rickrockusc]

Hi all, is there an Lion version for the script provided above? Thanks guys.

[icerabbit]

An alternative for those looking to automatically have private browsing, but can't for whichever reason (due to their OS or version of Safari or ...); would be to install an additional browser like Firefox or Opera etc. and tweak its security and privacy (use custom settings) preferences to achieve the same thing. Only accept 1st party cookies, maybe not even keep any cache, ... and clear everything upon closing the session. That way you always start with a clean slate. I always have had one browser configured that way for webdesign purposes.

For additional browsing speed and an extra dash of invisibility against tracking: consider installing add-ons such as AdBlock Plus, Ghostery and Better Privacy

Beyond (to hide your computer or network's IP address) you'll need to either use an anonymizer website or service, or adventure into geek territory with redirecting your network activity through 3rd party proxies (and typically see your browsing speed cut back drastically)

This post has been edited by icerabbit: 22 October 2011 - 01:42 PM

[saxt]

Auto-enablling Private Browsing for Tiger with Safari 4

This Script for Mac OS 10.4.11 Tiger will automatically launch Safari 4.1.3 and automatically put Safari into Private Browsing mode.

tell application "Safari"
activate
end tell

tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari" to click menu item "Private Browsing…" of menu "Safari" of menu bar 1
if exists button "OK" of window 1 of application process "Safari" then
click button "OK" of window 1 of application process "Safari"
end if
end tell


Remember to save the script as an application and use it to launch Safari.


This Script will do the same with the addition of Reseting Safari after launch.

tell application "Safari"
activate
end tell

tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari" to click menu item "Reset Safari…" of menu "Safari" of menu bar 1
if exists button "Reset" of window 1 of application process "Safari" then
click button "Reset" of window 1 of application process "Safari"
end if
end tell

tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari" to click menu item "Private Browsing…" of menu "Safari" of menu bar 1
if exists button "OK" of window 1 of application process "Safari" then
click button "OK" of window 1 of application process "Safari"
end if
end tell