Safari OS X search shortcuts

  1. What is a keyboard shortcut for searching? You can define shortcuts for your searches so easy now, just chose a specific keyword and associate it with your favorite search engine in Safari. Next time when you do an online search in Safari you can type the shortcut followed by you searched terms, for example: wiki Paris will search for Paris on Wikipedia.
  2. How do you define a new shortcut? You can define a new shortcut very easy following these steps:
    1. Click on "Add new keyword" button
    2. Choose a search keyword
    3. Choose your favorite search engine in Safari
    4. Your keyword is automatically saved and you can start using it to search
    Change search engine in Safari with safari search engine extension
  3. How do you change the Safari's search engine using shortcuts? As you know, Safari has a limited number of search engine to choose from: Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex and possibly a few more based on user location. But with the help of Custom Quest Safari search engine extension you can customize your search engines in Safari. You can choose one of the already predefined search shortcuts or you can customize new ones. Custom Quest Safari extension will help you to do search in Safari using one of the following search engines: Amazon, Aol, Ask, Baidu, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Facebook, Google, IMDb, Reddit, Startpage, Wikipedia, Yahoo, YouTube.
  4. How do you use keyboard shortcut for searching? You have to go to address bar, type the search keyword for Safari followed by the search terms and hit enter; your search will be done using the search engine associated with keyword.



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