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Glims for Mac

Optimize Safari with an array of supplementary features.

Free
In English
4.1
Based on 136 user rates

Glims overview

Glims adds a cocktail of features to Safari (More Search Engines, Favicons in tab labels, Chrome bookmarks, Tabs and Bookmarks improvements, Dated download folders ...)

Features:

  • Adds search engines to the Safari default engine list
  • Adds Favicons to tab labels
  • Adds Chrome bookmarks to bookmarks collection (Safari 5.1+)
  • Adds option to disable wide tab labels (Safari 6)
  • Adds option to set minimum tab label size to favicon size
  • Adds search link suggestions to Safari completion window (Safari 6)
  • Adds keyword search from address bar
  • Adds sort bookmarks alphabetically
  • Adds bookmarks labels
  • Adds bookmark separators
  • Adds 'new tab' position option (right/left/leftmost/rightmost)
  • Adds 'close tab' using middle mouse button
  • Focus last selected tab
  • Type-ahead support (auto cmd-f)
  • Adds a "Max Window Size" menu item to resize the Safari window
  • Dated download folders
  • Sets the focus on the search field when opening a new window (Safari 5)
  • Undo "Close Tab" (cmd-z)
  • Localized to French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Danish, and Swedish.
Pre-Safari 5.1 only:
  • Re-opens last session when Safari starts
  • Adds full-screen browsing capability
  • Forms autocomplete always on
  • Always open links in a new tab
  • Autocomplete search phrase (Safari 5)
  • Auto-Closes download window (Safari 4)

What’s new in version 1.0.42

Version 1.0.42:
General:
  • Added Installation Screen to setup ads preferences
Fixed:
  • UTF8 in Google search suggestions display as expected
  • Last selected tab
  • Undo multiple closed tabs
  • Tabs reopening twice
  • Crash log window showing for no reason
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Glims for Mac

Free
In English
Version 1.0.42
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ben-marko
ben-marko
Jun 30 2018
1.0.42
5.0
Jun 30 2018
5.0
Version: 1.0.42
I miss this so much. I would happily surrender 50% of a pair of body parts meant for reproduction if it meant Glims would come back. I miss narrow Safari tabs so much. OMG <choke, sob>
A3k
A3k
Jan 10 2018
1.0.42
4.0
Jan 10 2018
4.0
Version: 1.0.42
I used this one for years without any problems but for some reasons I needed to update from 10.8 to 10.11 now :-( What I really miss are the automaticly dated download folders! Found no other solution so far...
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Jun 19 2017
1.0.42
0.5
Jun 19 2017
0.5
Version: 1.0.42
DO NOT INSTALL. This is Abandonware. It hasn't worked in Safari for years.

For incomprehensible reasons, MU is currently listing GLIMS as "Popular Recent" software. NO IT'S NOT! The developer abandoned it four+ years ago (as of the moment) and will NOT be updating it. GLIMS does NOT work on may modern Mac, specifically any Mac running macOS 10.10 or above.

Before it died, GLIMS had gone the sad way of becoming adware. A tragedy.
PunkNugget
PunkNugget
Feb 15 2017
1.0.42
0.5
Feb 15 2017
0.5
Version: 1.0.42
First thing to do is: DON'T INSTALL GLIMS. But if you're like me and didn't read the recent reviews, then you'll eventually come back to see this review. This app no longer works properly on the newer OS X (like El Capitan or above). If you decided to install it, be prepared to go through the mini-headache (that I did) trying to manually delete the files. If you don't want to delete manually then you can download and use Glims Uninstaller and it will get rid of all the files so Safari can work properly again. http://www.machangout.com/node/9 or you can download it from here: http://www.machangout.com/dwnlds/Glims-UnInstall.dmg.zip
anonymous-lynx-5546
anonymous-lynx-5546
Jan 30 2017
1.0.42
5.0
Jan 30 2017
5.0
Version: 1.0.42
PLEASE update this for El Capitan. Can't compute without it. Thanks.
ryth_talk
ryth_talk
May 19 2021
1.0.42
5.0
May 19 2021
5.0
Version: 1.0.42
ben-marko
ben-marko
Jun 30 2018
5.0
Jun 30 2018
5.0
Version: null
A3k
A3k
Jan 10 2018
4.0
Jan 10 2018
4.0
Version: null
y2y2y2
y2y2y2
Oct 1 2017
3.5
Oct 1 2017
3.5
Version: null
houruiqi
houruiqi
Mar 3 2017
3.5
Mar 3 2017
3.5
Version: null
PunkNugget
PunkNugget
Feb 15 2017
0.5
Feb 15 2017
0.5
Version: null
anonymous-lynx-5546
anonymous-lynx-5546
Jan 30 2017
5.0
Jan 30 2017
5.0
Version: null
celinedepalamos
celinedepalamos
Sep 18 2016
5.0
Sep 18 2016
5.0
Version: null
Freenergy
Freenergy
Jan 21 2016
4.5
Jan 21 2016
4.5
Version: null
AlexB7133
AlexB7133
Aug 31 2015
5.0
Aug 31 2015
5.0
Version: null
PedantMac
PedantMac
Jan 29 2015
5.0
Jan 29 2015
5.0
Version: null
haydnhkim
haydnhkim
Dec 17 2014
2.0
Dec 17 2014
2.0
Version: null
Bruseth
Bruseth
Nov 15 2014
3.0
Nov 15 2014
3.0
Version: null
tyasjstewart
tyasjstewart
Nov 14 2014
5.0
Nov 14 2014
5.0
Version: null
jar77
jar77
Oct 21 2014
5.0
Oct 21 2014
5.0
Version: null
Mac007
Mac007
Oct 19 2014
3.5
Oct 19 2014
3.5
Version: null
sabirs
sabirs
Oct 17 2014
4.5
Oct 17 2014
4.5
Version: null
Andrew8042
Andrew8042
Jun 22 2014
4.0
Jun 22 2014
4.0
Version: null
eljeffe58
eljeffe58
Mar 21 2014
4.5
Mar 21 2014
4.5
Version: null
Derekcurrie
Derekcurrie
Feb 10 2014
0.5
Feb 10 2014
0.5
Version: null
MicheleB
MicheleB
Jan 28 2014
0.5
Jan 28 2014
0.5
Version: null
Nick21
Nick21
Jan 6 2014
2.5
Jan 6 2014
2.5
Version: null
Grettir
Grettir
Jan 6 2014
0.5
Jan 6 2014
0.5
Version: null
Kernos
Kernos
Nov 29 2013
4.5
Nov 29 2013
4.5
Version: null
winnar
winnar
Nov 28 2013
1.5
Nov 28 2013
1.5
Version: null
Rasputinsrevengereloadet
Nov 27 2013
5.0
Version: null
vcall
vcall
Nov 26 2013
0.5
Nov 26 2013
0.5
Version: null
Noivad
Noivad
Nov 26 2013
1.0
Nov 26 2013
1.0
Version: null
APBerlin
APBerlin
Oct 22 2013
1.0
Oct 22 2013
1.0
Version: null
smayer97
smayer97
Oct 22 2013
1.5
Oct 22 2013
1.5
Version: null
Jazzyguy
Jazzyguy
Oct 19 2013
5.0
Oct 19 2013
5.0
Version: null
JohnF1664
JohnF1664
Oct 19 2013
5.0
Oct 19 2013
5.0
Version: null
shuaiquan
shuaiquan
Oct 18 2013
5.0
Oct 18 2013
5.0
Version: null
A-J-Benamu
A-J-Benamu
Oct 17 2013
4.5
Oct 17 2013
4.5
Version: null
Vichooper
Vichooper
Oct 16 2013
5.0
Oct 16 2013
5.0
Version: null
S-R-
S-R-
Oct 15 2013
3.5
Oct 15 2013
3.5
Version: null
Fyreflye
Fyreflye
Oct 15 2013
5.0
Oct 15 2013
5.0
Version: null
picklebreath
picklebreath
Oct 15 2013
4.0
Oct 15 2013
4.0
Version: null
Unblocktheplanet
Unblocktheplanet
Oct 15 2013
0.5
Oct 15 2013
0.5
Version: null
R397
R397
Oct 15 2013
5.0
Oct 15 2013
5.0
Version: null