Lengthen Safari History?

[JPigford]

It's beyond me why Safari doesn't have the option to set how long you want history kept...but either way...is there a way to specific how long you want Safari to keep history? I know on previous versions (I'm using 2.0) that you could download something to do it...but I haven't found anything for 2.0 yet.

 

[barhar]

For Panther [10.3.x] and earlier MacOS X'es, one can use 'TinkerTool' v. 3.3c.
For Tiger [10.4.x] and earlier MacOS X'es, consider 'TinkerTool' v. 3.4.

Each allow the number of 'History' links displayed in the 'History' menu to be 0 through 30, in increments of 5.
Each allow the overall number of 'History' links maintained to be 0, 500, 1000, 2000, or 3000.

'TinkerTool' is available at 'http://www.bresink.de/osx/'.

An alternative - via 'Terminal' ['/Applications/Utilities/'] enter:
'defaults write com.apple.Safari RecentHistoryMenuItemsLimit 22' and press <return>.
Naturally, you may substitute the '22' with any number from 0 to x.
I entered 50 '9's (9...9) for x, and the value was accepted. I then reset x to a sensible value of 50.

'defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitHistoryItemLimit 800' and press <return>.
Naturally, you may substitute the '800' with any number from 0 to x.
I entered 50 '9's (9...9) for x, and the value was accepted. I then reset x to a sensible value of 1000.

Using large values for either, and / or both, may have some affect on 'Safari's overall performance.

The above 'defaults ... ' lines apply to both 'Safari's of Panther and Tiger.