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Porn Mode (or How to Hack your Safari Menus)

C.K. Sample, III
Updated ·1 min read

Our readers are always good. Sometimes, they are friggin' great! Earlier, I made a crack about Safari's new Private Browsing feature being equivalent to a special "Porn Mode." One especially gifted reader made my joke a reality:

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Thanks, Josh! Read on after the jump to find out how Josh did it so that you can make your own Porn Mode.

The requirements: Tiger and Developers Tools (also known as Xcode on the Tiger DVD; you'll have to install this separately) installed. I also recommend that you make a backup copy of Safari before you begin.

Here's the steps as emailed to me by Josh:

  1. Right-click on Safari(.app) and click on "Show Package Contents"

  2. Follow the trail to Contents > Resources > English.Iproj > MainMenu.nib

  3. Double-click MainMenu.nib to open Interface Builder.

  4. Click on the "Safari" test menu that pops up, and double-click on "Privacy Browsing".

  5. Replace it with "Porn Mode" :)

  6. File > Save.. and restart Safari.

You're done. Enjoy your new hacked copy of Safari, featuring Porn Mode.