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Where can I buy Browser Care?
How to upadate Browser Care in the Mac App Store?
How to use a promocode?
Which OS X version works Browser Care?
Which browsers work Browser Care?
Press Kit.

The perfect bug report.
Browser Care crash during the use.
Browser Care doesn't check correctly the presence of browsers installed.
Firefox history.
I have another question that isn't covered here.

Dictionary

Help Safari items.
Help Firefox items.
Help Google Chrome items.
Help Opera items.

Where can I buy Browser Care?

Now you can buy Browser Care only on Mac App Store.

How to upadate Browser Care in the Mac App Store?

Go on the Mac App Store.
When you are on the Updates tab, find Browser Care.
Click on the "Update" button on the right.

How to use a promocode?

Go on the Mac App Store.
When you are on the Featured, Top Charts or Categories tab, look at the right side “Redeem” and click there.



Enter the promo code.



Click on “Redeem” to download the app.

Which OS X version works Browser Care?

Browser Care works with OS X Lion 10.7.5 and OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3.

Which browsers work Browser Care?

Browser Care works with Safari 6.0.5, Firefox 21.0, Google Chrome 27.0.1453.110 and Opera 12.15. If you have an older version I suggest you to update your browsers. They are all FREE!

Press Kit

Feel free to use this material as you please. Do not resize files.
Download the Press Kit.
For inquires please contact us at info@browsercare.com.

The perfect bug report.

Send email to info@browsercare.com include the following information:
- What you were doing when the issue happened.
- If you could replicate it.
- Include any screenshots that might help us.
- Include the version and build number from "About Browser Care".
- Include the version of OS X.

We may need to get back to you for more information concerning the bug.
Thanks for your help in making Browser Care a great app!

Browser Care crash during the use.

Quit Browser Care.
Open Terminal in Application > Utility.
Copy and past:
rm -fr ~/Library/Caches/com.GiovanniMariaCusaro.Browser-Care
rm -fr ~/Library/Preferences/com.GiovanniMariaCusaro.Browser-Care.plist
Then open Browser Care and set preferences.

Browser Care doesn't check correctly the presence of browsers installed.

Check browsers (eg. Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera) are installed in the Applications folder ("HD/Applications/Google Chrome" and NOT: "HD/Users/UserName/Applications/Google Chrome").

Firefox History.

Firefox maintains in a single database history and favorites. The best way to delete your history and not to compromise the use of Firefox Sync today is still use command in Firefox.

I have another question that isn't covered here.

Sure! Send us your question and we'll answer as best as we can. We'll extend this FAQ as new questions pop up. Or ask us a quick question on Twitter.

Help Safari items.

Delete history: as you browse the web, each of the items you view are saved locally on your Mac. You can clear the list of web pages you viewed and any thumbnail images Safari saved of web pages you viewed.

Delete cache: Safari saves the pages on your computer in a temporary location called the “cache”. If you return to a webpage later, Safari can retrieve the webpage from the cache faster than getting it from the web, is a good time-saving device for pages you return to repeatedly, but a large occupation of space.

Remove all website data: removes cookies, information from databases, local storage and login access.

Empty download list: it clears the list of files you downloaded from websites. Only the names are removed; the files themselves are still on your disk until you remove them.

Delete last session: sessions allow you to store your open tabs and open them all at a later time.

Delete web page icons: it removes website icons, which are small graphics that help identify sites on the internet. You see them in the Safari address field and bookmarks list and other places. These icons are stored on your computer.

Reset Top Sites: it clears any changes you made to Top Sites, such as adding or pinning sites. If you also clear your history, your Top Sites page reverts to showing the webpage previews displayed when you first installed Safari.

Delete autofill text: it removes some personal information, such as telephone numbers, that Safari uses to automatically fill in forms on webpages (if the AutoFill feature is turned on). Removing AutoFill information does not remove information from your address book.

Delete alert position: it stores data about the determination of your position.

Reset preferences: it restores the toolbar, home page, view preferences, show/hide develop menu in menu bar and all default Safari's preferences.

Help Firefox items.

Delete history: read issue.

Delete cache: Firefox saves the pages on your computer in a temporary location called the “cache”. If you return to a webpage later, Firefox can retrieve the webpage from the cache faster than getting it from the web. It's a good time-saving device for pages you return to repeatedly, but a large occupation of space.

Delete cookies: It's used for an origin website to send state information to a user's browser and for the browser to return the state information to the origin site. The state information can be used for authentication, identification of a user session, user's preferences, shopping cart contents, or anything else that can be accomplished through storing text data on the user's computer.

Empty download list: it clears the list of files you downloaded from websites. Only the names are removed; the files themselves are still on your disk until you remove them.

Last session: sessions allow you to store your open tabs and open them all at a later time.

Remove website data: it resets many of your Firefox permissions (e.g which sites are allowed to display popups) or zoom levels that are set on a site-by-site basis and what you have searched for in the Firefox search bar and what information you’ve entered into forms on websites.

Reset preferences: tell Firefox what to do when it comes across a particular type of file. For example, these are the settings that tell Firefox to open a PDF file with Acrobat Reader when you click on it. Reset toolbar and window size/position settings.

Help Google Chrome items.

Delete history: as you browse the web, each of the items you view are saved locally on your Mac. You can clear the list of web pages you viewed.
If you use Google Account with Google Chrome you can't care this item, because your data are saved to your Google Account.

Delete cache: Google Chrome saves the pages on your computer in a temporary location called the “cache”. If you return to a webpage later, Google Chrome can retrieve the webpage from the cache faster than getting it from the web. It's a good time-saving device for pages you return to repeatedly, but a large occupation of space.

Delete cookies: it's used for an origin website to send state information to a user's browser and for the browser to return the state information to the origin site. The state information can be used for authentication, identification of a user session, user's preferences, shopping cart contents, or anything else that can be accomplished through storing text data on the user's computer.

Delete current session: it removes data of web pages in the current browsing session and its tabs.

Delete last session: it removes data of web pages in the previous browsing session and its tabs after an abnormal recovery.

Delete web page icons: it removes website icons, which are small graphics that help you to identify sites on Internet. You see them in the Google Chrome address field and bookmarks list, and other places. These icons are stored on your computer.
If you use Google Account with Google Chrome you can't care this item, because your data are saved to your Google Account.

Reset Top Sites: it clears adding or pinned sites at start page.

Reset preferences: this item includes Google Account settings and shortcuts. If you use Google Account with Google Chrome account settings are saved in it.

Help Opera items.

Delete history: as you browse the web, each of the items you view are saved locally on your Mac. You can clear the list of web pages you viewed.

Delete RAM cache: Opera uses the memory of your computer to store temporarily the web pages you have recently visited. This temporary location is called the “cache”. If you return to a webpage later, Opera can retrieve the webpage from the cache faster than getting it from the web. It's a good time-saving device for pages you return to repeatedly, but a large occupation of space.

Delete disk cache: Opera stores pages locally so that you can access them quickly when you revisit them. The disk cache keeps local copies of web pages. By default, Opera will cache all content (eg. documents, images and other content) on web pages.

Delete cookies: it's used for an origin website to send state information to a user's browser and for the browser to return the state information to the origin site. The state information can be used for authentication, identification of a user session, user's preferences, shopping cart contents, or anything else that can be accomplished through storing text data on the user's computer.

Empty download list: it clears the list of files you downloaded from websites. Only the names are removed; the files themselves are still on your disk until you remove them.

Delete session: sessions allow you to store your open tabs and open them all at a later time.

Delete web page icons: it removes website icons, which are small graphics that help you to identify sites on the internet. You see them in the Safari address field and bookmarks list, and other places. These icons are stored on your computer.

Reset thumbnails: it clears adding or pinned sites at start page.

Reset preferences: it restores the toolbar, home page, keyboard shortcuts and all default Opera's preferences.