Pop-up windows are trademarks of shady websites, but legit websites also use them. Whenever you get a pop-up window in Safari, by default the browser will block it and notify you. This can be very helpful if it’s a pop-up ad. On the other hand, if it’s a webpage that you need to get to, this is obviously counterproductive. In today’s post, we look at how to configure pop-up windows in Safari running on macOS Catalina.
How to Configure Safari Pop-up Windows
First, have Safari open and click on Safari in the Menu Bar and select Preferences. The keyboard shortcut for this is Command-Comma (⌘,).
Then, click on Websites, and to the left at the bottom, click on Pop-up Windows.
In the Pop-up Windows configuration screen, you’ll see Currently Open Websites and Configured Websites.
To configure pop-up windows for any of the websites, simply pick from one of three options – Block and Notify which is the default option, Block, and Allow.
To remove configuration you had previously saved, select the website and click on Remove at the bottom.
Finally, if you would like to make changes to how Safari deals with pop-up windows when visiting other websites, choose one of the three options in the bottom right corner.
Accidentally closing a browser tab can be infuriating. Fortunately, the process is easy to undo for both Chrome and Safari. Here’s how you can recover closed Chrome or Safari browser tabs on a Mac or an iPhone.
) button on the bottom right of the screen, and then tap Recent Tabs.
) button in the middle of the screen to bring up the Recently Closed Tabs window. From there, you can pick any tab to recover.
on each episode, and then tap the download button 
As you could imagine, I tried having the operating system itself fix the issue. It didn’t work, as you probably could also imagine.
Third-party apps aren’t much help either. Dr. Cleaner could free up a bit over 500 MB, but that is not nearly enough.
The Photos library does not necessarily have to live on the hard drive. Apple recommends putting the originals on iCloud while keeping smaller-sized copies locally, with the originals available for download when necessary, and thus optimizing the storage space. Apple calls this Optimizing iCloud Photos.
Once you are done having fun with the extra space, launch Photos. The app will remind you that the library could not be opened. 
Click on Open Other and then Create New. 
In the next window, create the new Photos library in the default Pictures folder. If there’s already a file named “Photos Library” in the folder, go ahead and delete it. 
Go to iCloud in the Photos app Preferences window. Make sure “iCloud Photos” is selected. Feel free to select either “Download Originals to this Mac” or “Optimize Mac Storage“.
Your photos and videos will download in the background even if you don’t have the Photos app open.