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Turn Off Pesky Tool Tips

by Jon Chase on November 16, 2009 at 07:30 AM


Put an end to those nagging yellow Tool Tip boxes that pop up whenever you hover over a hyperlink in your browser. Mac OS X Tips revealed this godsend for Mac users:
  • Close Safari, then open Terminal (in Utilities) and type:
    • defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitShowsURLsInToolTips 0
  • Restart your computer.
  • To restore Tool Tips, go back to Terminal and substitute a 1 for the 0 in the above command.
For Firefox, hit the above link for detailed instructions. Windows users can hit this link for instructions on how to remove Tool Tips from any application.

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