Hover for Safari
Hover for Safari is a macOS Safari extension that previews images, links, and GIFs when you hover, reducing extra clicks while browsing.
What is Hover for Safari?
Hover for Safari is a Safari extension for macOS that lets you preview images, links, and GIFs by moving your pointer over them instead of opening each item in a new tab or page. It is designed for people who browse image-heavy websites, forums, and link collections and want a faster way to inspect media as they move through a page. The extension supports popular websites and includes controls that let you tailor how previews behave during normal browsing. You can exclude specific websites, require a keyboard modifier before previews open, and adjust the hover delay to make the feature feel less intrusive. Hover for Safari is published by Epsteinapps and is distributed for Mac through Safari’s extension model.
Key features
- Preview images, links, and GIFs by hovering over them in Safari
- Browse media-heavy pages without opening many extra tabs
- Exclude selected websites where you do not want hover previews
- Use Hotkey Mode to show previews only while holding Shift
- Adjust the hover delay to control how quickly previews appear
- Work with supported popular websites for inline media viewing
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
This is a legitimate Safari extension for Mac. To work, it needs access to webpage content in Safari, which is normal for an extension that previews images and links directly on pages. Use Safari’s extension settings if you want to limit where it runs or turn it off on specific sites. Removing it will stop the hover-preview feature but should not affect your Mac beyond Safari browsing behavior.
Recommendation: Keep Hover for Safari if you use Safari and want quick media previews while browsing. If you no longer use the feature, you can remove or disable it with little impact beyond losing inline hover previews on supported websites.
Common paths
/Applications/Hover for Safari.app
Container paths
~/Library/Containers/com.epsteinapps.Hover-for-Safari
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