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How to Customize Safari Start Page in MacOS Big Sur

Do you use Safari as the default web browser on your Mac? If so, you might be happy to know that Safari’s start page is now customizable, as long as you’re running a new version of Safari on the Mac.

With Safari 14 and later, start page customization allows users to set a background image, choose the sections that are displayed like Favorites or Frequently Visited, and more. These modern Safari version are available on macOS Big Sur, macOS Catalina, and macOS Mojave, so as long as you’re on a modern macOS release you can get started.

Let’s review how you can customize the start page in Safari for Mac.

How to Customize Safari Start Page in MacOS

Customizing your start page is actually a pretty simple and straightforward procedure, here’s what you’ll want to do:

How to Customize Safari Start Page in MacOS Big Sur

And there you have it, you’ve customized the Safari start page to your liking.

Whether you’re using Safari 14+ that’s pre-installed on macOS Big Sur or you’re running a standalone version of Safari 14 on an older version of macOS like Catalina or Mojave, the above steps are going to be identical. As long as you have a modern Safari version you’ll have these options available.

Aside from the new customization options, newer versions of Safari also let you check the Privacy Report for websites to see how many trackers have been contacted by a specific website. These trackers are automatically blocked and prevented from tracking you across the web. Safari also has native translation with support for seven different languages, with more languages likely to be on the way.

Safari 14 also brings some performance improvements. According to Apple’s claims, Safari is now capable of loading frequently visited websites 50 percent faster on average than Google Chrome. Power efficiency has also been improved as Safari can now stream video for up to three hours longer and browse the web for an hour longer compared to third-party browsers like Chrome or Firefox.

Did you overhaul the look of your start page in Safari for Mac? What do you like about a customized Safari start page? Share with us your thoughts and relevant experiences in the comments.

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On my start page I see everything you mention. But I still have a problem.

At the bottom I see the web pages open on my iPad but I don’t see the web pages open on my iPhone.

How do I add my iPhone pages to the Start Page?

I very much prefer opening Safari with my home page of choice and do not like using this extra step.

“…click on the customize button located at the bottom-right corner of the Safari window.”

No such button appears on my SAFARI page.

As the article says, if you do not see the option it likely means you’re on an older Safari version.

Or maybe you’re not on a blank new Safari start page, as it does not appear on websites.

If it doesn’t appear on website pages, what good is it? 99.9 percent of users have a homepage set as safari default open page… a whole lotta nothing here…

To see the Start page (as opposed to the start page you’ve selected in preferences) you need to click Bookmarks in the drop down menu first then select “Show Start Page” The options box will then appear in the lower right corner. But so what? Nothing you cant do elsewhere… extra steps to get to the same thing… nothing burger…

Perhaps it’s just me, but when I open a new tab, or start Safari clean, I get the homepage I have set. I do not see the options button on any page I open.

For some reason, any background image I try to use is severely pixellated and unrecognisable in Safari on my 2012 15″ MacBook Pro. I even did a clean install of Catalina and the problem is still there. The problem isn’t there in Safari Technology Preview on the same Mac and Safari is fine on a 13″ MacBook Pro of the same vintage. Hopefully Catalina will receive the next version of Safari in the autumn and the problem might be cured. Until then, I’m stuck with a boring grey background to my Safari start page!

” if you want to remove any of the Frequently Visited websites from showing up on the home screen, right-click on it and choose “Delete”.”

Yes, OK. But having done that by mistake how do you re-instate that website so it shows on the Home Screen again?

“Whether you’re using Safari 14+ that’s pre-installed on macOS Big Sur or you’re running a standalone version of Safari 14 on an older version of macOS like Catalina or Mojave, the above steps are going to be identical. As long as you have a modern Safari version you’ll have these options available.”

I’m on OS10.14, safari Version 14.0.3 (14610.4.3.1.7)

this “click on the customize button…etc” doesn’t exist.

Try opening a new blank webpage in Safari, you’ll find the options button available in the bottom right corner, it looks like a series of dials and sliders.

Nope. Still nothing. Safari 14.0.3. Running in 10.15.7. Not the first time things on this site aren’t what they say…

Doesn’t work for me either.

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How to Customize the Start Page in Safari on macOS

Make Safari your own by customizing the start page with your Favorites, synced tabs, reading list, and more.

Safari's start page is the first thing you see when you open a new window. But many users don't realize how customizable it is. For starters, you can get rid of its bland look by adding sections and changing its background.

We'll show you how to spruce up Safari's start page on your Mac to get it just how you want it.

How to Change the Background for Safari's Start Page

By default, the start page's gray background is the first thing that'll grab your attention when you launch Safari. You can jazz it up with a couple of stock images that Apple bundles with Safari. Or you can upload a custom image to use as the start page background instead.

For that, click on the menu icon in the bottom-right corner of Safari's start page and enable the Background Image option. Next, you can pick one of the stock images from the Background Image label by scrolling from left to right.

Click the plus (+) icon to navigate to an image you want to upload for the start page's background in Safari. There are also plenty of other Safari tips and tricks for customizing your start screen.

How to Add Favorites to the Start Page in Safari

Safari manages Bookmarks and Favorites differently than the other browsers. While Bookmarks appear in the sidebar, you can pin a handful of your frequently visited websites as Favorites on the start page in Safari.

That'll save you from the chore of opening Bookmarks or keeping the Bookmarks sidebar active. Open Safari, click on the menu in the bottom-right corner, and select the checkbox to enable Favorites .

All the links you've added to your Favorites list will appear on Safari's start page.

How to Put Your Reading List on Safari's Start Page

If you like an article on a site, you can hit Shift + Cmd + D to add it to your Reading List. It's a good idea to add all the articles you want to read on the start page itself by enabling your Reading List.

Open the menu in the bottom-right corner of the Safari start page, then enable the checkbox for Reading List .

This way, you get quick access to the articles you want to read, instead of throwing them deep in the Bookmarks or cluttering your Favorites.

How to Sync Safari Tabs Across Devices Using iCloud

With Safari on your Mac, you can access open tabs on your other Apple devices. This lets you pick up reading a website exactly where you left off. Apple syncs your Safari tabs between devices using iCloud.

On your iPhone or iPad, open the Settings app. Then tap on [Your Name] > iCloud and enable the toggle for Safari from the list of Apps Using iCloud .

Now open Safari on your Mac, click on the menu in the bottom-right corner and select the checkbox for the iCloud Tabs .

You can start syncing tabs between Mac and other Apple devices, as long as the iCloud service is active on all of them.

How to Display a Privacy Report on Safari's Start Page

Safari's privacy features block third-party tracker cookies and generates a privacy report for you to view on the start page. The privacy report shows the numbers of trackers blocked along with the list of websites that tried tracking you.

Again, you'll have to enable the checkbox for Privacy Report from the menu on Safari's start page to see this.

Over time, you can figure out which websites use the most trackers so you can be careful which ones you visit.

Spice Up Safari's Start Page to Improve Your Browser Experience

Safari's start page is customizable to your needs, allowing Favorites, synced tabs, privacy reports, a personalized background, and more. Thankfully, there are no news feeds to clog it or cause it to consume data unnecessarily.

After dressing up the start page, you can still tweak other Safari settings for browsing the web more efficiently.

6 tips to personalize your Safari Start Page on Mac

Discover ways to customize the Safari Start Page on your Mac by selecting just the sections you want to see, using a personal background image, and more.

Uncustomized and personalized Safari Start page on Mac

Note: The tips here work on Mac running macOS Big Sur or later.

Related: How to customize and personalize Safari on iPhone and iPad

1. Select the sections you want to see on Safari Start Page

1) Open Safari , and you should be on its Start Page . If not, open a new tab to see the Start Page.

2) Click the Settings icon from the bottom right.

3) You’ll see a list of items that you can display on your Start Page. Just check the boxes for those you want to use:

  • Favorites : Important websites you have marked as your favorites and folders you might have created to manage your favorite bookmarks.
  • Recently Closed Tabs: Web pages you were viewing earlier but closed recently.
  • iCloud Tabs: Sites you have open in Safari on your other devices like iPhone and iPad.
  • Frequently Visited: Websites you visit on a regular basis.
  • Shared with You: Links people have shared with you in apps like Messages.
  • Privacy Report: A snapshot of the Privacy Report . You can click it for more details.
  • Siri Suggestions: Websites Siri finds in Mail, Messages, and other apps.
  • Reading List: Items at the top of your Safari Reading List . Click Show More on the top right corner of this section to see more.
  • Background Image: Explained later below.

Settings button on Safari Start Page on Mac

Note: In addition to using the settings icon, you can also right-click on a blank spot on your Safari Start Page and select or unselect the desired options.

2. Reorganize the Start Page sections

By default, Favorites is shown on the top of the Safari Start Page, followed by Recently Closed Tabs, iCloud Tabs, and so on. But you can easily change their position by clicking the settings icon and then dragging the options up or down .

Reorganize Safari Start Page items on Mac

3. Change the Start Page background

Another thing you can do to personalize the Safari Start Page is to use a background image. Apple gives you almost ten to pick from, or you can choose an image of your own.

Pick a pre-provided wallpaper

Click the Settings icon on your Safari Start Page, check the box for Background Image , and pick one of the wallpapers. You can view them all by scrolling through them to the right.

Start Page Background Images

Use your own image

To use a picture or other image on your Mac, click the plus sign on the left of the wallpaper choices. Locate the image you want to use, click Choose , and your new Start Page wallpaper will appear.

Choose Your Own Safari Start Page Background Image

Drag from Photos or Finder

Open Photos  or Finder , select the picture and drag it onto your Safari Start Page. You’ll see the background image change immediately.

Drag and Drop a Safari Start Page Background Image From Photos

Choose a different image

If you use one of your own photos or images and want to change it later, it’s easy. Hit the Settings icon on your Safari Start Page and click the tiny X on the upper left corner of the image you picked. The background will be removed, and you can click the plus sign to pick a different one, select one of the built-in options, or leave the background gray.

Remove a Photo as Your Start Page Background

4. Remove items from the Start Page

Suppose you don’t like one of the sites that appear under Recently Closed Tabs on your Safari Start Page. In that case, you can right-click over that site’s name and remove it. Similarly, you can easily remove items from Reading List or Favorites.

Remove Recently Closed Tab from Safari Start Page on Mac

5. View frequently visited sites as thumbnails

Frequently visited sites appear as icons, but you can right-click over this section and show them as big thumbnails.

View frequently visited sites as thumbnails in Safari on Mac

6. Set your Start Page for tabs and windows

Remember, your Safari Start Page is different than the Homepage that you can configure in your Safari Settings. And if you did make a switch away from your Start Page for new tabs and windows and want to change it back, here’s a reminder for how to do it.

  • Open Safari and click Safari > Settings or Preferences from the menu bar.
  • Select the General tab.
  • Choose Start Page in the drop-down boxes for New windows open with and/or New tabs open with .

Safari General settings on Mac to manage windows and tabs

If you’re like me and love options to customize your apps, then you’ll enjoy these ways to personalize your Safari Start Page on Mac.

How do you feel about the customizations for the Start Page in Safari on Mac? Will you take advantage of them, and if so, which are you happiest to see?

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How to personalize your Safari start page on macOS Big Sur

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In macOS Big Sur , Apple has added new features for the ' Safari ' app start page. Most of the new tools are designed to make it quicker to find your favorite web content. Apple also added a background feature.

First introduced with Mac OS X Panther way back in 2003, Apple's native web browser on macOS continues to receive software updates each year. In macOS Big Sur, the list of new features was much longer than other recent updates, however. 

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Safari page settings

In recent macOS releases, the 'Safari' start page seemed more like an afterthought than actually helping you be productive. Things have changed in macOS Big Sur. You can now customize the 'Safari' start page by adding a unique background image and adjusting which sections are shown. You can also rearrange the sections to suit your tastes better. 

Your 'Safari' homepage isn't the same as the start page. The former is an external webpage you select like 'techradar.com'. The latter is the one Apple created that includes links to your most visited and favorite websites, and more, which you can adjust. 

You can set the homepage and start page by going into the 'Safari' app, then click 'Safari' on the menu bar. Choose 'Preferences' in the pull-down menu.  By default, your start page is the page that's selected every time you open a new window or tab. If you rather not use the start page, you can adjust both settings to use another page or no page. Add your homepage at the same location.

Safari adjust start page

Go into the 'Safari' start page to make changes. Click on the slider at the bottom right of the page. From here, check the items you wish to show on the start page. Options include 'Favorites', 'Frequently Visited', 'Privacy Report', 'Siri Suggestions', 'Reading List', ' iCloud Tabs', and 'Background Image'.

When 'Background Image' is checked, you can use one of the template backgrounds or select your own. Drag sections in the slider to change their locations on the start page. 

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A revised start page isn't the only thing new about the 'Safari' app in macOS Big Sur. The update also includes improved battery life and efficiency when web surfing, Favicons in tabs, website previews, language translations, and more. 

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How to use the new Safari Start Page in macOS 11 Big Sur

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If you're someone who likes Safari to start up with your own website already loaded, or your company's one, or a particular news site, you can carry right on. But if you're up for a change, or if you just never gave the start page a thought, the new improvements in macOS Big Sur are very appealing.

Let's not overplay this. What's really changed is that you can add a background, and that there are more options for what you see on that start page.

Yet don't underplay it, either. That start page can hold your most-used bookmarks, and it can take you quickly to your most-used sites. It can be where you go to catch up on articles you've saved, too.

And it can be where you go on your Mac to open that webpage you were reading on your iPad earlier.

How to customize Safari's start page

  • If Safari always opens to a particular site, go to Safari , Preferences , General
  • Click on the option New windows open with
  • Choose Start Page
  • Click on the option New tabs open with
  • Again, choose Start Page
  • Close the preferences window
  • Open a new Safari window
  • At bottom right, click on the Settings icon
  • Tick on or off sections you want on the page
  • Then scroll the page to see each section and over to the right of the title
  • Optionally, choose Show More or Show Less

This is all you need to do to make any changes to the page that Safari starts up with, or opens a new tab with. The Settings icon is what you'll use to include or exclude particular sections and the odds are that you may only do that occasionally.

Whereas you'll probably end up adjusting the Show More and Show Less options as you work, choosing today to expand or contract what's offered.

Change the background image

By default, if you have Safari open to its Start Page, that page will be on a plain background. You can change it to anything you like, though, by clicking that Settings icon at bottom right.

Click once to tick that feature as on, and then you'll see buttons for choosing an existing image, or adding a new one. When you've changed the image once, though, the first thing that ticking this feature on does is switch to that image.

Click on the Settings icon at bottom right to bring up your options

Apple's default options

Apple assumes that if you're using a Start Page, you want quick access to your Favorite sites. It's also going to track where you go so that it can show you all of your most Frequently Visited sites.

Favorites are shown as icons, but Frequently Visited sites get a thumbnail preview of their contents as they were the last time you went to them. By default, Safari will show you six of your most frequently visited sites, but if you over to the right of the title Frequently Visited, you get an option to show more.

If you choose that, Safari will now always show you a dozen frequently visited sites. If you don't want to see any at all, click on Settings and you can untick the whole section.

Reading List is also on by default and you may not have realised that you have this many pages in your list. At first, it will show you six, but clicking Show More expands that out to very many.

If you have an iPad, and you haven't switched off iCloud Tabs in the Start Page's settings, you'll see more websites. This time it's the web pages that are open on your iPad.

What Apple doesn't include

There is no point having a Start Page that gives you all your iPad's tabs, your entire reading list, a dozen frequently visited sites and 40-odd favourites. The point of a Start Page is to get you quick access to what you need.

So even Apple doesn't switch on every option. What it leaves off, though, is useful enough that you should still take a look at it.

Siri Suggestions is perhaps the most productive. It will offer you websites that you typically go to right about now.

Whereas Privacy Report is a one-line entry on the Start Page, which lets you click through for more detail.

Safari's Start Page can have a plain background and just a few Favorite sites listed

What we don't get from Apple

Microsoft Edge has a similar feature, but it lets you see news headlines. That would be a convenient use for the Start Page, no doubt, except if you wanted to see news, you could set the New York Times as your start page.

What would be more useful would be a way to re-order the elements on the Start Page. Perhaps you rarely bookmark favorite sites and never go to them anyway, but you do rely on the Reading List.

It would be good to be able to rearrange the sequence instead of solely being able to switch them on or off.

Similarly, it would be good to have more control over how information is displayed on the page. You can't change the frequently visited section's thumbnails to icons, for instance, nor can you show thumbnails instead of icons in the Favorites section.

Thumbnails are handy, but often what you see is a quite large box around a quite short line of text. Being able to change those icon boxes into straight lines of text would let you get more on the Start Page.

Alternatively, you can change the background to an image, and expand the sections that are of most use to you

Revolutionary

The Start Page is not revolutionary, except that you may come to look back on previous versions of Safari and wonder how you got by without it.

For instance, while everyone's mileage will vary, some AppleInsider writers found that they'd accrued many favicons that they stored as tabs in Safari. With the new Start Page, it was easy enough to move these favorites into the page and free up room on the tab bar.

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Almost all web browsers show quick access links on the new tab page. This helps to quickly open sites from your previously visited history or bookmarked items. However, the problem comes when it intrudes your privacy and shows private or confidential pages that you do not want others to see. Imagine a situation that you are in a video conference call with office colleagues and launching Safari browser to show something. It will be embarrassing if all the participants can see the site icons on your new tab page. If you are annoyed with various sections in Safari Start Page, here is how you can customize on your Mac.

Safari Start Page

Apple uses a page called Start Page as the new tab page in the latest Safari version in Mac. This so called Start Page shows the following sections:

  • Bookmarks and Favorites folders items
  • List of frequently visited sites
  • Privacy Report showing the trackers blocked by Safari
  • Sites from your Reading List
  • Tabs from other devices synced in iCloud
  • Tabs shared from others and suggested by Siri.

Default Safari Start Page in Mac

Frankly, this is too much on a single page and the large preview under “Frequently Visited” section will literally show the screenshot of the sites you have visited.

Customizing Start Page in Mac Safari

You have lot of options to get rid of the items on the Start Page or disable the page completely and use a blank new tab page.

1. Deleting Frequently Visited Items from Start Page

Safari will show the sites under “Frequently Visited” section from your browsing history. If you just want to delete few icons showing on the Start Page, then simply right-click on the icon and select “Delete” option. This will remove the site icon from the list and delete its history.

Delete Single Item from Start Page

If you want to delete all the items from the list, go to “History” menu and select “Clear History” option. Select “all history” from the dropdown and confirm your action by clicking “Clear History” button. This will permanently delete all your browsing history and remove the site previews showing under “Frequently Visited” section.

Delete All Safari History

Remember, this will not affect any other sections like Favorites or Reading List in the Start Page.

2. Disabling Unwanted Sections from Start Page

If you feel the Start Page is cluttered, Safari offers an option to remove the sections that you do not want to see.

  • Click the customization icon showing on the bottom right corner of the Start Page.
  • Turn off the switches against the sections to disable them.

Disable Sections from Safari Start Page in Mac

You can anytime toggle the switches to enable them back on the Start Page. It is also possible to change the background color or image from here.

3. Remove iCloud Tabs and Safari Syncing

As mentioned, Safari will show the tabs from other devices logged in with the same iCloud account. This happens when you sync the bookmarks and tabs across devices using iCloud sync. Unfortunately, the sync includes everything like bookmarks, reading lists, tabs and you can’t only disable tabs. You can check this article to learn more about disabling Safari iCloud sync which is probably not a good idea when you want to share bookmarks/reading list across devices. Alternate option is to disable “iCloud Tabs” section from the customization pop-up as explained above. This will remove the “From <your_other_device>” section in Start Page without affecting the sync.

Note: Handoff is different function to pick up tabs across devices without syncing.

4. Disable Siri Suggestions

Follow the below steps if you do not like to see automatic recommendations and suggestions from Siri on Safari Start Page.

  • Go to Apple logo menu and select “System Settings…”.
  • Open “Siri & Spotlight” section and click on “Siri Suggestions and Privacy…” button.

Siri Suggestions and Privacy Option in Mac Settings

  • It will show a pop-up with list of items and select “Safari”.
  • Turn off the switch against “Show Siri Suggestions in application” option.

Disable Siri Suggestions in Safari Mac

5. Replace Start Page with Empty New Tab Page or Home Page

In case if you fed up with the Start Page, it is also easy to completely get rid of it without using any third-party extension .

  • Open Safari and go to “Safari > Settings…” menu.
  • You will see the dropdown against “New tabs open with:” is set as “Start Page. Click that dropdown and select one of the other options like Empty Page, Homepage or Same Page (last visited page).
  • Likewise, select the option for “New window opens with:” option also and enter the homepage URL in the “Homepage” text box, if you have selected “Homepage” option.

Set Empty as New Tab Page in Mac Safari

Final Words

Safari Start Page contains too many sections and you may not need all of them. Fortunately, you can disable the sections selectively or delete the site icons form the list. You can also use empty or home page as your new tab page to completely get rid of Start Page in Safari.

About Nagasundaram Arumugham

Naga is the founder and chief content editor of WebNots. He has over 20 years of experience in technology field and published more than 2000 articles.

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Apple users are all too familiar with the limited personalization options of Apple products. However, on your Mac, you can customize your Safari’s Start Page, ensuring that all your web needs are in one convenient space. 

If Safari is your default web browser on your Mac, here’s how you spruce up your Start Page for a more personalized and smooth browsing experience.

Safari Start Page features on Mac

Safari’s Start Page is the first thing you’ll see when opening a Safari window. This makes it an ideal place to store all the websites you regularly utilize. Of course, you can also  make tab groups on Safari  when managing several tabs and keeping things organized, but a customized Start Page lets you do more. 

If you can’t see Safari’s Start Page when you launch Safari, you can set it to appear when you open a new window. Here’s how to do it:

  • Open  Safari  → head over to the menu bar and click  Safari .

Click Safari and Settings on Mac

Here are some of the Safari Start Page features you can do:

Change Safari Start Page background on Mac

The first thing you’ll notice is the plain gray background when you launch Safari. While nothing’s wrong with that, you can add life to your Safari by choosing a livelier background than that. To do this:

  • Open a new window and click the menu icon at the bottom right.

Change Safari Start Page background on Mac

Add Favorites to Safari Start Page on Mac

While your Bookmarks are safely tucked on your Safari sidebar, you can add select websites you frequent to make them more easily accessible. To do so:

  • Open the website. 
  • Right-click  the plus icon beside the website.

Add Favorites to Safari Start Page on Mac

Include your Reading List on Safari Start Page

There are webpages that we just want to save for future reading but aren’t that important to get to our Favorites list. If so, the Reading List is the best place for them. Just open a new window and tick Reading List in the menu icon.

Whenever you’re on a webpage you want to save, just click  Shift + Cmd (⌘) + D  to save it to your Reading List instantly. 

Saving things you want to read later in your Start Page Reading List is a great visual reminder that makes it more likely that you’ll read it the next time you see it.

Start Page on All Devices

If you’re using the Apple ecosystem, having the same Start Page settings on all devices can be handy to access all your Favorites and Reading Lists, whatever device you’re using at the moment. 

Use iCloud to sync Safari tabs across devices

Similarly, you can enable iCloud for Safari on all your devices, which makes it easy to work across your devices. 

Ensure you’re signed in on the same Apple ID, and that Safari is turned on in all your device’s iCloud Settings. Here’s how you can turn on iCloud on your devices: 

On your Mac:

  • Go to  Apple menu  →   System Settings .

Click on Profile and iCloud on Mac

On your iPhone/iPad:

  • Go to  Settings  →  [your name]  →  iCloud .
  • Tap  Show All  →  toggle  Safari  on.

Display Privacy Report

Apple takes privacy and security seriously. If you’re wary of the pages you’re visiting and which sites are trying to track your activity, Safari’s Privacy Report shows you how many trackers it has blocked and which sites want to track you.

Other Safari Start Page features

Aside from those mentioned above, below are other features that you may want to see on your Safari Start Page:

  • Recently Closed Tabs:  this shows you websites from the tabs you recently closed in the selected Tab Group
  • Frequently Visited:  this indicates the sites you recently or frequently visited
  • Shared With You:  this contains videos, stories, news, and other links shared with you on Messages
  • Siri Suggestions:  this shows suggested websites found in Mail, Messages, and other apps.

How to hide or show Start Page items

The Safari Start Page is fully customizable and lets you choose which items you want to show and which ones you want to hide. To show or hide items, head to the Start Page menu icon and check or uncheck the items.

How to delete items from Safari Start Page on Mac

Delete Frequently Visited Site in Safari on Mac

If you keep seeing Siri Suggestions that you don’t want to show up anymore, right-click it and select  Don’t Suggest This Website  in the popup menu.

How to rearrange items on Safari Start Page on Mac

How to rearrange items on Safari Start Page on Mac

Wrapping up…

The Safari Start Page is a powerful tool to help you quickly access your favorite websites and content. All these features make Safari your go-to browser for all your internet needs.

If you have other Apple devices, take advantage of the synchronized Safari settings across all your devices. This will ensure you have the same Start Page on all your devices.

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How to customize safari's start page across apple devices.

Starting with macOS Big Sur, Mac users can customize their Safari start page to have custom backgrounds, access to frequently-visited sites and more.

Safari is the default web browser for macOS users, and although it faces fierce competition from Google Chrome, it has a lot of unique features tailored to Mac users — like a customizable start page designed to improve efficiency. Though Safari seemed like an afterthought in some macOS updates and remained the same for years, it gained a multitude of improvements following the debut of Apple Silicon. The introduction of Apple-designed processors made it easier for the company to integrate hardware and software, which had ripple effects throughout the operating system. Safari is one of the apps that gained functionality following the shift, and the browser's start page is one of the ways users can customize the app to their liking.

Improvements were made on multiple fronts, including tab management, privacy transparency, and sharing. For example, Safari has added features that let users see where they are being tracked on the internet and view the links shared with them through iMessage. It also created new ways to add, organize and share tabs across devices and other people. However, features are less influential if they are hard to use or enable daily. That's why Apple allows users to customize their start page on Safari, so their most-used features are accessible right when the app is launched.

Related: The Easiest Way To Switch Tabs In Safari For iPhone

The start page is the browser window that opens when Safari is first launched or when a new tab is created. In older versions of macOS, it might have been best to set another website as the start page — like a search engine. To ensure the start page is visible on Safari, navigate to the menu bar while the app is open and click on the 'Bookmarks' tab. Then, select 'show start page' to reveal the default Safari start page. In the bottom right corner of the default start page, there will be an 'Options' button with an icon that looks like setting sliders. After clicking the 'Options' button, a new window shows the list of available start page options. Check the boxes to show the options a user wants to see on their start page and drag them around to create the desired order in which they appear. Options include favorites, frequently visited, privacy reports, a reading list, iCloud tabs, and background tabs. There is also an option to share these preferences across devices, so the start page is available on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.

All The Start Page Customization Options, Explained

There are a few options that stand out from the rest. The background image option allows users to upload a custom image as their start page background, similar to desktop wallpaper. The favorites option shows the websites added to the start page via the 'Bookmarks' tab. Shared with users, Siri suggestions and iCloud tabs show links sent from others, suggested, or open on other devices. Finally, the privacy report serves as an information source, displaying the number of trackers on each website a user has visited.

With these customization options on the Safari start page, Apple users can customize the browser to fit their needs and preferences. In addition, users can access much more information as soon as the app is launched or a new tab is created.

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Customize Safari on Mac with this Ultimate Guide

Danny Maiorca

For most Mac owners, Safari is the gateway to the World Wide Web. Given that it’s probably your most used application, knowing tips, tricks and new features is the best way to get the most out of it. While Safari does not have the extension libraries of Chrome, it still has a few tricks up its sleeve for Mac owners. Read on to learn how to customize Safari on your Mac.

1. Pin Tabs

Pin Tab Mac

You probably visit a couple of sites on a regular basis, and keeping them close can make it easy to refer back to them. When a tab is pinned in Safari, it stays docked as the farthest-left tab. Pinning a tab is incredibly easy: right-click on any open tab and select “Pin Tab.” Rearranging pinned tabs is as easy as dragging the tabs around one another until you have a setup you prefer.

2. Mute Tabs

Mute Tab On Mac

We have all been there as you open a new tab expecting to read new content and are instead hit with an auto-play video. In Safari, when a new tab is opened with audio playing, you’ll see a little speaker icon in the tab. Click the speaker icon, and it will automatically mute the tab.

3. Rearrange Tabs

For anyone who has more than a few tabs open at a time, organization can become an issue. To help with this, Safari enables you to get at least some semblance of order.

1. Open the “Window” menu on the Mac bar.

Window Mac Toolbar

2. Choose “Arrange Tabs By.”

Windows Arrange Tabs By

3. You can now choose between “Title” and “Website.”

Windows Options Mac

For many, choosing to sort by website will be the most useful. That way, if you have multiple tabs open, they will all be next to each other.

4. Customize Safari Toolbar

The Safari toolbar is where your most important buttons will go for daily use. That includes your Home button, Sidebar, Tab overview, and so on.

1. Right-click anywhere on the toolbar and select “Customize Toolbar.” You can then drag any item into the toolbar.

Mac Toolbar Safari

2. Once you have dragged all of the icons you want to use, click “Done.” Then, all of your changes will be saved.

Click On Done Toolbar

5. Change Your Search Engine

Safari, like most browsers, will let you choose between a few different default search engines. Google is the default search engine in Safari, but it’s not your only available option.

1. Go to “Safari -> Preferences” and open the Preferences window.

Safari Preferences

2. Click the “Search” tab.

Search Settings Safari

3. You will immediately see a drop-down that allows you to choose between Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ecosia, or DuckDuckGo.

Search Engine Options Safari

At this time, there is no way to add your own search engine. For now, Safari has chosen to add the most popular options.

6. Save Pages as PDFs

If you ever need to export a website as a PDF, Safari makes it super simple. Head to the page you want to save, then click on File and “Export as PDF.”

Mac Export Webpage As Pdf

The last remaining step is to choose where on your hard-drive you want to save the page. You can then refer to the PDF at any time, and it will automatically open in Safari, Preview or your PDF viewer of choice.

7. Handoff Continuity

As Safari is the default browser for iOS and Mac, Apple has long explored how to make it seamless between the two systems. Enter Handoff , Apple’s solution for starting an email on Mac and picking it up on iOS. This also works incredibly well with Safari.

1. Start by signing in to your iCloud account on both devices.

2. On your Mac computer, go to “System Preferences -> General,” and click on the box next to Handoff to allow it.

Mac Allow Handoff Continuity

3. On iOS or iPad OS, go to “Settings -> Handoff” and move the switch so that it’s active.

4. Once activated, you can go about your regular browsing business on your Mac. When you want to pick up wherever you left off on your Mac on your iPhone or iPad, a little icon will appear above your Safari icon. Tap on Safari and it will allow you to select whatever page you want to continue browsing.

Also read: Safari Not Working on Your iPhone? Here’s How to Fix It

8. Reading List

Bookmarks were yesterday’s news. Today, it’s all about Safari’s Reading List. We have all come across interesting articles that we want to read but don’t have time at the moment. Across all Apple devices, Reading List is enabled via the Sidebar icon on Safari on Mac or by using the book icon on Safari on iOS/iPadOS. You can choose the eyeglasses icon to view your entire article list. To add a new article, you have two options on Mac.

1. The first is to hit the “+” sign that appears next to the website URL. The article or site will automatically save itself to your reading list.

Mac Add Website To Reading List

2. Alternatively, you can click on the Share Sheet icon, and the first option in the drop-down is “Add to Reading List.” Select that and the article will automatically save itself to your Reading List.

If you want to read these articles offline, say while you are on a plane, go to “Safari -> Preferences -> Advanced” and click on “Save articles for offline reading automatically.”

Save Articles Offline Reading Mac

9. Safari Reader

Safari Reader strips away all of the distractions from any site where it’s available, allowing for an uninterrupted view of your chosen content. Note that it does not work on every website but definitely works on many.

1. To activate Reader, click on the four-line icon that appears next to the “+” button to the left of the URL.

Mac Reader View

2. A single press of that button will enable Reader view. Clicking on it again will take you out of reader view.

10. Set Custom Safari Icon

If you want to customize your Safari icon, doing so is surprisingly straightforward.

1. While holding down the Ctrl button, click the Safari logo and select “Options -> Show in Finder.”

Mac Show In Finder

2. When Finder loads, you’ll find yourself on the Applications page. Click the Safari logo again while holding Ctrl and choose “Get Info.”

Safari Get Info Mac

to the top-left corner of the Get Info window, you’ll see a tiny Safari icon next to “Safari.app”. Click on it to highlight it, then drag your replacement icon image to replace it.

Mac Drag Safari Icon

11. Customize Safari Theme

When you first use Safari on your Mac, you’ll see the standard white and grey interface. This is fine, but it can get a little boring for some users. Fortunately, you can customize your Safari theme in several ways.

Change to Dark Mode

For instance, you can change your browser to show dark mode.

1. Go to the Apple icon in the top left of your toolbar and choose “System Preferences … ” in the drop-down.

Mac System Preferences Corner

2. Select “General.”

Mac System Preferences 2

At the top of the next window, you’ll see the “Appearance” option. Click on “Dark.”

Mac Change Appearance

Change Safari’s Background Image

Another way you can customize Safari’s theme is by tweaking the background image on your homepage.

1. Click on the “+” button in the top right of your Safari browser to open a new page.

2. Select the icon showing three lines with sliders in the bottom-right corner.

Mac Toggle Icon

3. Make sure the box next to “Background Image” is ticked. Then, choose from one of the custom background images beneath it.

Mac Change Background Image Settings

In addition to using the background images included with Safari, you can add your own. Click the “+” icon instead of one of the other images.

Choose the picture you want to have as your background image for Safari.

Mac Background Image Change

Once you’ve picked your image, you should see the changes take place immediately.

If you want to clear your background later, you can click on the screen while holding the Ctrl button and choose “Clear Background.”

Clear Background Safari

12. Customize Safari Homepage

Once you’ve customized the theme of Safari, you can fine tune the homepage.

When you see your “Frequently Visited” section, all pages in this area will initially appear as smaller versions of the actual web pages. However, you can make them show up as icons again.

1. Click on one of the pages while holding down the Ctrl button.

2. Select “View as Icons.”

Safari View As Icons

You can also remove some of your Favorites from view. As with changing the “Frequently Visited” pages to icons, click on one of the pages and simultaneously hold the Ctrl button. Select “Delete” from the dropdown menu, and your changes will take effect.

Delete Favorite Page Mac

13. Create Custom Bookmark Folders

When customizing Safari on your Mac, you’ll want to think about productivity and not just aesthetics. One of the best ways to organize your most-visited pages is by creating custom bookmark folders to put all of them in.

1. Click on the icon in the top left that sits next to the red, yellow, and green circles.

Bookmark Icon Safari

2. On the bookmark tab, click anywhere while holding Ctrl .

3. Select New Folder and give it a name.

Name File Safari

4. Drag to add pages to this folder.

14. Customize Safari Location

Like your iPhone, your Mac can easily track where you are in the world. It uses this for several reasons, such as changing the date and time on your device.

However, websites can also track you – and some users may want them to do so. If you don’t want specific sites knowing where you are in Safari, follow these steps:

1. Click on “Safari” next to the Apple logo and choose “Preferences … ” from the drop-down.

Safari Preferences On Mac

2. Go through your currently open websites and choose whether you want to allow or deny access.

Website Permission Settings Safari

You can also block future visited websites from tracking you. Go to the bottom where it says “When visiting other websites.” If you want to revoke permission, open the drop-down and select “Deny.”

Also read: How to Make Mobile Safari Save Your Passwords on iOS

Frequently Asked Questions

1. can i change the color of the safari browser.

Besides tweaking from light to dark mode, you can’t customize Safari’s color on your Mac without third-party software.

2. Can I change my Mac’s default browser?

Yes. To change your Mac’s default browser, go to “System Preferences -> General -> Default Web Browser.” Open the drop-down and change to the browser of your choice.

3. Why won’t my Safari icon change on my Mac?

In some cases, you may find that the Safari icon on your Mac doesn’t change. You may need to close and reopen the app. If that doesn’t work, try changing the “Read & Write” privileges on your device.

Wrapping Up

Safari is one of the most important native Apple apps, and customizing it will both let you show off your personality and improve productivity. The above tips to customize Safari are only the tip of the iceberg. Don’t forget that you can also add extensions to extend its functionality . Do you use Safari on your Mac or one of the strong alternatives ?

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Comments: 30 Responses to “How To Use the Safari 14 Start Page”

We'll have to agree to disagree whether the new start page is an improvement over Top Sites. I am already displaying Favorites above the tab bar, so sticking that on a start page is pretty redundant. I loved the way I could add, rearrange and pin up to 24 sites on the old Top Sites screen. The Frequently Visited "feature" has NONE of that functionality. I have submitted feedback to Apple, but I'm not holding my breath for a change of heart.

I could not agree more with Chris S. How does one leave feedback with Apple?

Mac: https://www.apple.com/feedback/

The text size on my new Safari 14 is tiny. It looks as if I can't go bigger than 14 but I can't even get that. Please help.

Bob: The size of text would depend on the website and their styles. You an always use Reader View if a site's text is too small for you to read.

Gary Is there a way to clear the Privacy Report on Safari 14.0? If so please le me know.

lali: No. Curious -- why would you need to do that?

Gary, the "Show iCloud Tabs" is not showing up as an option in the Start Page. I'm using Safari 14.0 in Catalina.

nick: You need to be using iCloud on multiple machines, have Safari enabled in iCloud (it is by default) and also have some web page currently open on another machine to have anything there.

You can sort of reproduce the "Top Sites" functionality in Safari 14.0. Go to the Start Page, and click on the Settings icon in the lower right corner. Select only "Favorites". Then open the Sidebar and select Bookmarks. Create a new Favorites folder. Name the folder "Start Page". Load the folder up with the sites you want on your Start Page. Then go to General Preferences and select that "Start Page" folder from the "Favorites Shows" dropdown. Quit and restart Safari.

mark: I pretty much say that in this video. But I suggest using both Favorites and Frequently Visited, since Top Sites was essentially that. So, why is it important to have it named Top Sites instead of Favorites? It is just a name.

how do you both add to and delete websites from frequently visited; before it was so easy with top sites

Arthur: You can't "add" them as it is a list off Frequently Visited sites. A site will appear there if you frequently visit it. If you want to add a site to the Start Page, use Favorites. You can remove a site from Frequently Visited, however, by Control+clicking on it.

Since the only way to really get back the features from Safari 13 seems to be downgrading, I think I'll try that route. You guys know if restoring a Time Machine backup from before Safari 14 should work?

John: That's not a valid option. You'll then be stuck with Catalina and Safari 13 for the rest of your life (until you get a new Mac) without new features or security updates. Eventually it will stop syncing properly with iCloud and website won't work as new HTML features won't be supported. What is so bad about Safari 14?

Gary Rosenzweig: I don't plan to stick with Safari 13 forever, this is meant to be more of a temporary solution while I wait and see if Apple will respond user feedback and bring back those features. The ones that I'm missing the most are the Top Sites start page, which was central to how i used Safari, and the old Tab System (being able to see both favicon and tab title, and also to close a tab while displaying another tab without having to right-click on it first).

John: Try using the Start Page with Favorites being the sites you had "pinned" previously, and Frequently Visited being the rest of "Top Sites." You can see favicons and titles just like before, and you can close tabs without having to switch -- just click on the X in the tab.

Gary Rosenzweig: It's not possible to edit the "Frequently Visited" section though, only to remove sites that are already there. And the Favourites icons are too small, not having enough space even for the site's title. Moreover, you can't have both favicon and tab title in the new Tab System, only one of the two, and when favicon are enabled you lose the ability to show the "X" on the tabs while hovering over them.

John: Right, so if you want a site to always appear, add it to your Favorites. You can definitely have the favicon and title. I'm looking at it right now. Maybe you have a ton of tabs open so there is no room? I see the Xs there too, if I move my cursor over them.

I just tested now with a new window: yes you can have favicons+tab title, though the title disappears at the 15th tab... so pretty useless for me (and i guess the majority of people) since i have more than 15 open at all times

John: 15 tabs? I don't know if that's a majority of people. How would you even have room for the favicon and title with lots of tabs? I rarely have more than 3. Anyway, I doubt Apple is going to ever go back to Top Sites.

Well, before the tabs closer to the currently displayed one had full titles and favicon, the others to the left we visible only by sliding horizontally on the tabs bar. Worked like a charm. And yeah, Top Sites is probably gone for good, and that's the real dealbreaker for me, it was so central to using Safari...

I don't remember which websites I had in my top sites (some, not all). Does Apple have a way for us to retrieve this info? My laptop auto updated and I opened it up to this new mess about Start pages.

AJ: No, there's no way to retrieve that. But you should still have your History and of course your Bookmarks.

Mark, that worked! At first I could not figure out how to create a favorites folder so I looked that up. It was just a regular bookmarks folder that I dragged up to the Favorites section. Thanks!

Really missing Top Sites! I was using it mostly for my leisure daily boomarks. It was so good to have this additional customisable Top Sites section as alternative to more complex Favorites section. ( I'm using my Favorites a lot for my pro research work in very complex way adding subfolders etc. )

A good example of Apples decline

Anyone missing top sites use Mark’s suggestion. It worked! Thanks so much Mark.

I'd already done Mark's suggestion, but it's a poor substitute for Top Sites, which were easy to see. I agree it's the only option, though. I wish Favorites could at least display in the same way as Frequently Visited; that would help. Frequently Visited often drops sites, even though I visit them daily! It's not keeping track of what I do; today, there's only one site! Why can't it at least keep what's recent? I can find no setting to manage this. I miss the functional simplicity of Top Sites.

I too am missing the actual displayed images and easy functionality of Top Sites. The favicons that now appear in the Favorites listing are not the same as the actual favicons of many of my preferred websites. So it takes extra unnecessary time to identify them since there is no image displayed of the website. This feels like another Apple change that serves their technology without taking into consideration their customers. I'll try the alternative mentioned for recreating faux Top Sites.

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How to customize Safari 14 Start Page on Mac: background images, display information and more

Apple has redesigned its web browser, Safari in the upcoming Mac software. macOS Big Sur, currently in the beta testing phase, has introduced new features and improvements like customizable Start Pagetranslation, website preview, privacy report, improved performance and power efficiency, more tabs display, and more.

The new macOS Big Sur is designed to enhance the users’ experience on the Mac, especially the new Apple Silicon Mac. The first generation Apple Silicon Mac is coming in 2020 which will initiate the company’s transition from Intel Core processors to Apple Silicon for unified architecture like the iPhone and iPad. Here is a guide on the new customizable Safari Start Page.

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How to Customize Safari Start Page

Safari’s Start Page is now customizable for Mac users. Users can set a preferred background image from Safari’s gallery or from Photos and select which sections are displayed on their Start page: Favorites, Frequently Visited, Reading List, Privacy Report, and others.

To enjoy the new personalization features, make sure that your web browser is updated to the latest version. Users can update easily via Systems Preferences > Software Update.

  • Open update Safari Start Page.
  • Click on the menu icon on the bottom right corner of the screen.
  • Select the sections you want to display on the Start Page.

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To Apply and Remove Background Images

  • Click the ‘Background image’ option to apply colorful backgrounds.
  • To apply the available themes, use the ‘double fingers’ gesture to swipe left and to go through and apply the desired colorful backgrounds. To change the theme, click on the menu again, and select a new background.

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New Safari 14 was updated with new features last month. The release notes:

“Privacy Report- get an instant snapshot of all the trackers that Safari has prevented from profiling you. Customization Start Page- Start every browsing session with the view that works for you. Set a custom background image and add your Reading List or even iCloud tabs.
Improved Tabs Design- Tabs feature a new space-efficient design that lets you view more tabs on-screen and preview tabs to find the one you’re looking for. Improve Extensions Support- Extend your browsing experience with a broader selection of Safari extension. *extension are in the App Store.”

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Currently, macOS 11 Big Sur is in the beta testing phase and the company seeded beta 9 of the software to developers in September. As beta is only available to registered developers with the Apple Developers Program, users will have to wait until the public release of the software to enjoy all the new features and improvements on Mac.

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How to customize the safari start page on iphone and ipad.

Make your Start Page clean and simple---or just as cluttered as you like it.

On your iPhone or iPad, you can easily customize the Safari Start Page in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 (or higher). You can make the page blank (mostly), add a background image, or pick and choose what you want to see. Here's how.

First, open Safari on your iPhone or iPad and open a new tab by tapping the tabs button (two overlapping rectangles), then tapping the plus ("+") button.

You'll see Safari's "Start Page" by default. To edit what's on the Start Page, scroll down if necessary and tap the "Edit" button.

When you tap "Edit," a "Customize Start Page" window will appear. Use the switches beside the listed options to turn them on or off. Here's what each option does.

  • Favorites: This displays items from your Favorites list (like bookmarks).
  • Frequently Visited: You'll see a list of frequently visited websites.
  • Shared With You: This gives you a list of items shared with you from other people through the Messages app.
  • Privacy Report: This shows a report on the number of trackers Safari has blocked recently.
  • Siri Suggestions: This displays suggestions from Siri related to what's in your history and bookmarks.
  • Reading List: This shows items from your Reading List .
  • iCloud Tabs: This shows Safari tabs that are synchronized across iCloud from your other devices.

While also in the "Customize Start Page" window, you can use the "three lines" handle beside each item to tap and drag the Start Page items in the list. This will change the order of how the items will appear on the Start Page.

And if you turn the switch beside "Background Image" into the "on" position, you can select a background picture that will display behind the content on your Start Page. Tap an image in the thumbnails or tap the plus ("+") button to select a custom image from your photo library.

If you want to make your Start Page as minimalist as possible, switch off every item on the "Customize Start Page" list. (Unfortunately, you'll still see the "Edit" button.)

When you're done, click the "X" button to close the Customize Start Page window. The changes you've made take effect immediately. Happy browsing!

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How to Turn Websites into Standalone Mac Apps in macOS

In macOS Sonoma and Safari 17, you can turn websites into "web apps" that can live in your Mac's dock and be accessed much like any other app, without you having to open a browser. Keep reading to learn how it works.

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How to Turn Any Website into a Web App

  • In Safari, navigate to the website that you want to turn into a web app.
  • Choose File -> Add to Dock from the menu bar.
  • If you want, you can change the icon by clicking it in the Add to Dock window. You can also edit the web app's name using the title field.
  • Click the blue Add button to create your web app.

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On opening your new web app, you'll notice its window includes a simplified toolbar with navigation buttons (note: Website developers can control whether these are shown). As you can see in the image, the theme color of the site blends into the toolbar for a more seamless look.

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Website Logins and Notifications

By default, Safari copies a website's cookies to its web app. So if you create a web app for a site that you are currently logged into, you will remain logged in inside the web app. Even if you weren't logged in, you can do so within the web app with minimal effort, since Apple has integrated support for Password and Passkey AutoFill.

If a website already supports web push notifications and you have signed up to them, you will receive web app push notifications that use the web app's icon, giving you more context than a standard Safari notification and icon would.

The web app icon in the Dock will also show a badge when a notification is received. Web app notifications are silent by default, although developers can change them to play a sound. However, the end decision over sound and icon badges is left to the user in System Settings -> Notifications .

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6 Tips to Improve Your Safari Experience on iPhone

A ccessing the internet on an iPhone is made simple by Safari, Apple's native web browser; it does a great job of getting you started, but there are several other features that you can leverage to enhance your user experience.

Below, we'll list some valuable tips you can use to get the most out of Safari on your iPhone. So, let's get started.

1. Modify the Start Page

The start page is the first element you usually run into when launching Safari—it's the default screen if you've not used the browser before or didn't leave any tabs open after your last session. And the first step you can take in improving your Safari experience is to customize it.

Customizing the start page involves changing the background image and choosing the sections (listed below) you want the app to show. We've added descriptions to help you understand a little more about each section.

  • Favorites : This section will show all your favorite websites and bookmarks which have been added to the Favorites section on your iPhone.
  • Frequently Visited : This is a collection of searches and websites you've frequented in recent months. The information is said to be a mix from all your Apple devices if you've enabled iCloud.
  • Shared with You : It works by finding links, images, music, and more, sent within the Messages app, and brings them up in relevant applications. For example, if someone texted you a link via iMessage, you'll find it in this section of the start page.
  • Privacy Report : This section surfaces information on the trackers used by websites you've visited in the last 30 days and showcases when your iPhone—and other Apple devices—prevented them from profiling you.
  • Siri Suggestions : You can find website suggestions based on your recent browsing history, bookmarks, and open tabs within this section if you choose to use them.
  • Reading List : You can find the three latest additions to your Reading List in this section, with a Show All button available in case you want to view the other articles you've added to your read later list.
  • iCloud Tabs : This feature showcases up to four most recent tabs open on each Apple device you own with iCloud enabled for Safari.

To begin customizing your Safari's start page, follow the steps listed below:

  • Scroll down to the bottom of the Safari start page and tap Edit.
  • Now, enable the desired sections using the toggles or reorder them by pressing (and dragging) the three horizontal lines.

If you want to experience Apple's Continuity feature , toggle on Use Start Page on All Devices at the top of the edit menu. This will ensure your start page is in sync across all devices connected to your iCloud account.

2. Create Tab Groups in Safari

The next step in improving Safari on iPhone is to create and use Tab Groups . The feature lets you bring order and control to tabs by allowing you to group similar ones—or those you often use together—into folders. Ideally, you can use the feature to separate search results and websites related to work from those you open during casual browsing.

To create a Tab Group, follow the steps listed below:

  • View all your tabs by tapping the Tab button in the bottom-right corner.
  • Now, tap the text box at the bottom of the screen—it mentions the number of tabs open.
  • In the menu that appears, tap New Empty Tab Group or the second option, New Tab Group with X Tabs .
  • Name the Tab Group according to your liking and hit Save .

The X in the second option will vary based on the number of tabs open when creating a Tab Group.

3. Use Safari Extensions

Like Chrome, you can install Safari extensions to improve your browsing experience. For those unaware, these are applications built for web browsers that bring additional functionality and make your life easier.

For example, you can install applications that scour the web for coupon codes and bring them up when you're making a purchase or add ones that help edit written content to ensure you aren't making silly errors.

Adding extensions to Safari on an iPhone is a bit different compared to installing and removing extensions in Safari on a Mac . To do this, follow the steps listed below:

  • Go to Settings > Safari on your iOS device.
  • On the next screen, find Extensions under the General subsection and tap on it.
  • You'll now see a list of extensions available. In case you see no options, tap More Extensions to visit the Safari Extensions store.

You may sometimes see options without having installed an extension before; these are present due to an application—that offers Safari extensions—installed on your iPhone from before.

Once you've installed an extension, activate it in Settings using the same steps above and then do the following:

  • Open Safari and tap the AA button in the address bar.
  • Now, tap Manage Extensions and select the extension you want to activate.

4. Choose Websites to Automatically Use Reader

Reader in Safari is a nifty add-on that lets you read content from a website with minimal distractions and no ads. It makes the experience quite simple and offers options like changing the page color, font, and font size.

Activating Reader is quite simple; tap the AA button in the address bar when you're on a supported webpage and choose Show Reader . However, if you frequently visit a specific website, you can configure Safari to load all its webpages in Reader. Here's what you need to do:

  • Open the desired website and tap the AA button.
  • In the context menu that appears, tap Website Settings .
  • Now, toggle on Use Reader Automatically . Each supported webpage will now open in Reader, making it easier to read the content.

5. Set Tabs to Open in Background

Despite it being easy to access AI tools like ChatGPT on mobile for learning about things, if you prefer getting deep into the weeds when doing research, you may want to view many of the following webpages in new tabs.

By default, opening a new tab via a hyperlink will leave the old tab behind and move you to the new tab. While this behavior is fine, it can feel like a chore if you'd like to open multiple results from a search page.

Fortunately, you can change this behavior. Here's what you need to do:

  • Open the Settings app, and scroll down to the Safari option.
  • On this page, under the Tabs subsection, tap on Open Links .
  • Now, choose In Background .

6. Configure Safari to Automatically Close Tabs

Lastly, while the ability to open many tabs in Safari is a boon, knowing ways to organize your browser and keeping it clutter-free can help you focus better and increase productivity. And keeping only a few tabs open can be a part of this regime.

Safari on iPhone also helps with this, with the ability to automatically close tabs after a set period of time; we've detailed the steps to activate the feature below:

  • On this page, under the Tabs subsection, tap on Close Tabs .
  • Now, choose from the available options: After One Day , After One Week , or After One Month .

Become a Safari Power User With These Changes

Each customization method listed above will help improve your Safari experience, be it with a new background image that makes the app feel more personal or a setting that keeps it clutter-free.

Overall, Safari is an excellent browser that can be made even better for power users with a few changes. And some of Apple's exclusive features make a strong case for the app, especially if you're a Mac user.

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How to Put Different Headers and Footers on Different Pages in Word

Headers and footers are the bread and butter of professional-looking documents. However, sometimes, you need to customize them beyond the standard repetition. Whether you’re managing page numbers in a complex report or creating a title page without headers, it’s time to break free from the one-size-fits-all headers and footers. This guide will show you how to put different headers and footers on different pages in Word.

How to Put Different Headers and Footers on Different Pages in Word

Ever found yourself frustrated by a header or footer that won’t behave across different pages of your Word document? You may want a title page without any headers or change the page numbering style midway through your report. Let’s check how to do so.

How to Add a Basic Header or Footer

Before creating different headers or footers for sections of your document, it’s better to know how to add them in the first place. Follow the instructions below to add a basic header or footer to your Word document:

Step 1: Click the Windows icon, type Word , and click Open.

Click the Windows icon type Word and click Open

Step 2: Locate the Word document to edit and open it.

Locate the Word document to edit and open it

Step 3: Head to the Insert tab. Locate the Header & Footer section and press the drop-down button beneath the Header or Footer.

Step 4: Choose a predefined header or footer template or select Blank.

Head to the Insert tab press the drop down button beneath the Header or Footer and choose a predefined header or footer template

Step 5: Edit the header and footer section.

Step 6: Finally, click the ‘Close Header and Footer’ button on the Design tab to return to the main document.

Note: You can double-click on the document’s main body to exit the header or footer.

Edit the header and footer section and click the Close Header and Footer button to exit

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Prerequisites to Create Different Headers and Footers on Specific Pages

Creating different headers and footers on specific pages is easy, but before that, you’ll need to break your document into sections and unlink the header and footer from the previous page. Adhere to the steps below:

1. Inserting a Section Break

A section break is an invisible marker in your Word document that allows you to divide your content into separate sections. Here’s how you can break the section in your Word file:

Step 1: Navigate to the Word file to which you want to add a header and footer and double-click on it to open the file.

Navigate to the Word file and double click on it open the file

Step 2: Place your cursor at the point in your document where you’d like the new section to begin.

Step 3: Head to the Layout tab in the ribbon and click the downward arrow next to the Breaks button.

Step 4: Choose one of the below-mentioned breaks:

  • Next Page: Initiates a new section on the next page. Use this to divide major portions of your document (e.g., chapters, significant topic shifts).
  • Continuous: Starts a new section on the same page. This helps change page formatting elements (e.g., column layouts or page orientation).
  • Even Page: It starts a new section on the next even-numbered page. Use this when formatting for printing or book-style layouts.
  • Odd Page: This starts a new section on the next odd-numbered page. It is used similarly to the even page break.

Head to the Layout tab click the the Breaks button and choose a section break

2. Unlinking Headers and Footers From the Previous Section

Once you’ve inserted a section break in the Word document, you can follow the steps below to unlink the header and footer from the previous section:

Step 1: Double-click the header or footer area in the new section you created.

Double click the header or footer area in the new section you created

Step 2: Locate the Navigation section and click the Link to Previous button.

Note: Ensure that Link to Previous button is not grayed out.

Click the Link to Previous button and ensure that its not grayed out

Also Read: Best Microsoft Word tips and tricks to improve productivity

How to Create Different Headers and Footers on Specific Pages

Now that you’ve inserted section breaks and unlinked your sections, you’re ready to customize. Here’s how to change header and footer on specific pages you want:

Step 1: Press your keyboard’s Windows + S keys, type Word , and click Open.

Step 2: Launch the Word file you wish to edit.

Step 3: Double-click on the header or footers section to select it.

Step 4: Write the details you want to enter in the header or footer section.

Write the details you want to enter in the header or footer section

How to Have a Different Header on Odd and Even Pages in Word

Step 1: Find the Word file you want to edit and double-click to open it.

Step 2: Click on Insert in the top menu and press the drop-down button under Header or Footer.

Step 3: Choose Edit Header or Edit Footer, depending on what you want to modify.

Click Insert press the drop down button under Header or Footer and choose Edit Header or Edit Footer

Step 4: Check the box next to ‘Different Odd & Even Pages’.

Check the box next to Different Odd Even Pages

Step 5: Edit the header or footer for odd and even pages.

Step 6: Once done, press Ctrl + S to save your changes to the document.

Edit the header and footer for odd and even pages

Also Read: How to duplicate a Word document on any device

How to Add a Header or Footer on the First Page

When working on documents with distinct title pages or transitioning between different sections, adhere to the steps below to add a header or footer on the first page:

Step 1: Press Windows + S, type Word , and click Open.

Step 2: Launch the Word document you wish to edit.

Step 3: Navigate to the Insert tab and click on the drop-down icon under Header or Footer.

Step 4: Choose Edit Header or Edit Footer, respectively.

Step 5: Check the box next to the Different First Page.

Check the box next to the Different First Page

Step 6: Now, type your first-page header or footer and other headers and footers on the rest of the pages.

Step 7: Finally, press Ctrl + S to save the changes to your document.

Type in your first page header or footer

Also Read: How to make all pictures of same size in Microsoft Word

FAQs on Header and Footer

No, you can’t have different headers and footers within a single section in a Word document. Headers and footers are tied to sections, so you must divide your document into multiple sections.

No, changing the headers and footers on your Word document doesn’t affect its alignment, as they reside in separate margins from the main body of your document.

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That’s how you get different headers and footers on separate pages in the Word document. Also, if you want to keep a complete list of the changes you make to your document, remember to turn on the track changes feature in Word .

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iCloud keeps your information safe, automatically backed up, and available anywhere you go — with 5GB of storage for free. When you upgrade to iCloud+, you get even more storage along with enhanced privacy features that protect you and your data.

About iCloud+

iCloud+ is Apple’s premium cloud subscription. It gives you more storage for your photos, files, and backups, and additional features* available only to subscribers:

iCloud+ with 50GB storage

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You can  upgrade to iCloud+  from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC. After you upgrade, you'll be billed monthly. 1  See the monthly pricing and plans per country or region below.

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Norway 3  (NOK) 50GB : 12 kr 200GB : 39 kr 2TB : 129 kr 6TB : 399 kr 12TB : 799 kr

Pakistan (PKR) 50GB : Rs200 200GB : Rs600 2TB : Rs1900 6TB : Rs8900 12TB : Rs17900

Poland 3  (PLN) 50GB : 4.99 zł 200GB : 14.99 zł 2TB : 49.99 zł 6TB : 149.99 zł 12TB : 299.99 zł

Qatar (QAR) 50GB : 3.69﷼ 200GB : 10.99﷼ 2TB : 36.99﷼ 6TB :   109.99﷼ 12TB : 219.99﷼

Romania 3  (RON) 50GB : 4.99 lei 200GB : 14.99 lei 2TB : 49.99 lei 6TB : 149.99 lei 12TB : 299.99 lei

Russia 3  (RUB) 50GB : 59 p. 200GB : 149 p. 2TB : 599 p. 6TB : 3490 p. 12TB : 6990 p.

Saudi Arabia 3  (SAR) 50GB : 3.99﷼ 200GB : 12.99﷼ 2TB : 44.99﷼ 6TB : 129.99﷼ 12TB : 269.99﷼

South Africa 3  (ZAR) 50GB : R14.99 200GB : R59.99 2TB :   R199.99 6TB : R599.99 12TB : R1199.99

Sweden 3  (SEK) 50GB : 12 kr 200GB : 39 kr 2TB : 129 kr 6TB : 399 kr 12TB : 799 kr

Switzerland 3  (CHF) 50GB : CHF 1 200GB : CHF 3 2TB : CHF 10 6TB : CHF 30 12TB : CHF 60

Tanzania (TZS) 50GB : 1900 TSh 200GB : 6900 TSh 2TB : 24900 TSh 6TB : 74900 TSh 12TB : 149900 TSh

Türkiye 3  (TRY) 50GB : 12.99 TL 200GB : 39.99 TL 2TB : 129.99 TL 6TB : 899.99 TL 12TB : 1799.99 TL

Uganda (USD) 50GB : $0.99 200GB : $3.49 2TB : $11.99 6TB :   $34.99 12TB : $69.99

United Arab Emirates 3  (AED) 50GB : AED 3.99 200GB : AED 11.99 2TB : AED 39.99 6TB : AED 119.99 12TB : AED 239.99

United Kingdom 3  (GBP) 50GB : £0.99 200GB : £2.99 2TB : £8.99 6TB : £26.99 12TB : £54.99

Zimbabwe (USD) 50GB : $0.99 200GB : $3.49 2TB : $11.99 6TB : $34.99 12TB : $69.99

Australia 3  (AUD) 50GB : $1.49 200GB : $4.49 2TB : $14.99 6TB : $44.99 12TB : $89.99

Cambodia (USD) 50GB : $0.99 200GB : $2.99 2TB : $10.99 6TB : $32.99 12TB : $64.99

China mainland 3  (CNY) 50GB : ¥6 200GB : ¥21 2TB : ¥68 6TB :   ¥198 12TB :   ¥398

Hong Kong (HKD) 50GB:  HK$ 8 200GB:  HK$ 23 2TB:  HK$ 78 6TB : HK$ 238 12TB : HK$ 468

India 3  (INR) 50GB : Rs 75 200GB : Rs 219 2TB : Rs 749 6TB : Rs 2999 12TB : Rs 5900

Indonesia (IDR) 50GB : Rp 15000 200GB : Rp 45000 2TB : Rp 149000 6TB : Rp 449000 12TB : Rp 899000

Japan 3  (JPY) 50GB : ¥130 200GB : ¥400 2TB : ¥1300 6TB : ¥3900 12TB : ¥7900

Kazakhstan (KZT) 50GB : ₸499 200GB : ₸1490 2TB : ₸4990 6TB : ₸14990 12TB : ₸29990

Kyrgyzstan (USD) 50GB : $0.99 200GB : $2.99 2TB : $10.99 6TB : $32.99 12TB : $64.99

Malaysia (MYR) 50GB : RM3.90 200GB : RM11.90 2TB : RM44.90 6TB : RM129.90 12TB : RM269.90

New Zealand 3  (NZD) 50GB : $1.69 200GB : $4.99 2TB : $16.99 6TB : $49.99 12TB : $99.99

Philippines (PHP) 50GB : ₱49 200GB : ₱149 2TB : ₱499 6TB : ₱1490 12TB : ₱2990

Republic of Korea (KRW) 50GB : ₩1100 200GB : ₩3300 2TB : ₩11100 6TB : ₩44000 12TB : ₩88000

Singapore (SGD) 50GB : S$ 1.48 200GB : S$ 3.98 2TB : S$ 13.98 6TB : S$ 42.98 12TB : S$ 84.98

Taiwan 3  (TWD) 50GB : NT$ 30 200GB : NT$ 90 2TB : NT$ 300 6TB : NT$ 900 12TB : NT$ 1790

Tajikistan (USD) 50GB : $0.99 200GB : $2.99 2TB : $10.99 6TB : $32.99 12TB : $64.99

Thailand (THB) 50GB : ฿35 200GB : ฿99 2TB : ฿349 6TB : ฿999 12TB : ฿1990

Uzbekistan (USD) 50GB : $0.99 200GB : $2.99 2TB : $10.99 6TB : $32.99 12TB : $64.99

Vietnam (VND) 50GB : ₫19000 200GB : ₫69000 2TB : ₫249000 6TB : ₫749000 12TB : ₫1499000

1. For countries and regions where the local currency isn't supported, such as Argentina, storage upgrades are billed in U.S. dollars (USD).  Learn more about countries and regions that bill in U.S. dollars (USD).

4. Residents in some U.S. states have tax added to the monthly payment due to state laws.

Accepted payment methods for iCloud+ upgrades include credit cards, debit cards, and your Apple Account balance . If you don't have enough available funds in your Apple Account balance to complete your upgrade, you'll be charged the remaining amount. Apple Store gift cards aren't accepted as payment for upgrading iCloud+. Learn how to  manage the amount of storage you're using .

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  1. Customize a start page in Safari on Mac

    In the Safari app on your Mac, choose Bookmarks > Show Start Page. Click the Options button in the bottom-right corner of the window. Select options for your start page. Use Start Page on All Devices: Select this to use the same start page settings on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

  2. How to Customize the Safari Start Page on Mac

    Click the Menu button from the bottom-right corner of Safari's start page and click the checkbox next to the "Background Image" option to enable the feature. Now, scroll horizontally to see all available background images. Click an image to make it your background. To use your own image as a background, click the "+" button.

  3. Customize a start page in Safari on Mac

    Pay with Apple Pay; Autofill credit card info; Read articles. View links from friends; Keep a Reading List; Hide ads when reading; Take notes; Translate a webpage; Download and save content. Download items from the web; Add passes to Wallet; Save part or all of a webpage; Print or create a PDF of a webpage

  4. How to Customize Safari Start Page on Mac

    To do this, click on the customize button located at the bottom-right corner of the Safari window. Here, simply uncheck or check the sections that you want to hide or show on the Start page. Next, we'll see how to remove unwanted favorites from Safari and clean up your start page. To do this, right-click on any of the icons under the ...

  5. How to Change the Safari Home Page on a Mac

    It can be any website you want. In the menu bar at the top of the screen, select Safari > Preferences. In Preferences > General, click the "Set to Current Page" button. This changes your home page to the current website Safari has open. After clicking the button, the address in the "Homepage" field will change to the address of the current page.

  6. How to customize your Safari start page on your Mac

    Your start page in Safari is customizable starting in macOS Big Sur. Here's how to choose a built-in background image or add your own photo.To learn more abo...

  7. How to Personalize Your Safari Start Page on Mac

    Open Safari on your Mac and click Safari > Preferences from the menu bar. Select the General. At the top, you have two spots you can change to use the Start Page. Click the drop-down boxes next to ...

  8. How to Customize the Start Page in Safari on macOS

    For that, click on the menu icon in the bottom-right corner of Safari's start page and enable the Background Image option. Next, you can pick one of the stock images from the Background Image label by scrolling from left to right. Click the plus (+) icon to navigate to an image you want to upload for the start page's background in Safari.

  9. 6 tips to personalize your Safari Start Page on Mac

    Note: The tips here work on Mac running macOS Big Sur or later. Related: How to customize and personalize Safari on iPhone and iPad 1. Select the sections you want to see on Safari Start Page. 1) Open Safari, and you should be on its Start Page.If not, open a new tab to see the Start Page. 2) Click the Settings icon from the bottom right. 3) You'll see a list of items that you can display on ...

  10. How to personalize your Safari start page on macOS Big Sur

    Safari adjust start page. Go into the 'Safari' start page to make changes. Click on the slider at the bottom right of the page. From here, check the items you wish to show on the start page ...

  11. How to use the new Safari Start Page in macOS 11 Big Sur

    If Safari always opens to a particular site, go to Safari, Preferences, General. Click on the option New windows open with. Choose Start Page. Click on the option New tabs open with. Again, choose ...

  12. How to Customize Start Page in Safari Mac?

    Customizing Start Page in Mac Safari. You have lot of options to get rid of the items on the Start Page or disable the page completely and use a blank new tab page. 1. Deleting Frequently Visited Items from Start Page. Safari will show the sites under "Frequently Visited" section from your browsing history.

  13. How to customize the Safari start page in macOS Big Sur 11.3

    With the Big Sur 11.3 update, Apple added the ability to change the order of the sections of the start page. When you're in the menu with the list of the categories, click and hold on a section ...

  14. Top 6 Ways to Customize Safari on Mac

    Step 1: Open the Safari Preferences menu. Step 2: Go to Tabs. Step 3: Enable Show color in tab bar option. Again, when you have multiple tabs opened in Safari and are switching among them, you ...

  15. How to customize Safari start page in macOS Ventura

    Here's how you can turn on iCloud on your devices: On your Mac: Go to Apple menu → System Settings. Select [your name] at the top of the sidebar → click iCloud on the right. Turn on Safari. On your iPhone/iPad: Go to Settings → [your name] → iCloud. Tap Show All → toggle Safari on.

  16. How to Use and Customize Safari Start Page on macOS 11 Big Sur

    This video will show you how to use the new Safari 14 Start Page to customize your background and add and remove different items to the start page on macOS 1...

  17. How To Customize Safari's Start Page Across Apple Devices

    Then, select 'show start page' to reveal the default Safari start page. In the bottom right corner of the default start page, there will be an 'Options' button with an icon that looks like setting sliders. After clicking the 'Options' button, a new window shows the list of available start page options. Check the boxes to show the options a user ...

  18. Customize Safari on Mac with this Ultimate Guide

    1. Open the "Window" menu on the Mac bar. 2. Choose "Arrange Tabs By.". 3. You can now choose between "Title" and "Website.". For many, choosing to sort by website will be the most useful. That way, if you have multiple tabs open, they will all be next to each other.

  19. How to Customize the Safari Start Page on a Mac

    In this video How to customize your Safari start page on your Mac, Macbook Pro/Air . #macOS #Mac #HowTo #BigSur #Catalina #UpgradeTomacOSCatalina #QuickTim...

  20. Customize your Safari settings on iPhone

    You can customize your start page with new background images and options. Open the Safari app on your iPhone. Tap , then tap . Scroll to the bottom of the page, then tap Edit. Choose the options you want to appear on your start page: Favorites: Display shortcuts to your favorite bookmarked websites. See Bookmark a favorite website.

  21. How To Use the Safari 14 Start Page

    You can sort of reproduce the "Top Sites" functionality in Safari 14.0. Go to the Start Page, and click on the Settings icon in the lower right corner. Select only "Favorites". Then open the Sidebar and select Bookmarks. Create a new Favorites folder. Name the folder "Start Page". Load the folder up with the sites you want on your Start Page.

  22. How to customize Safari 14 Start Page on Mac: background images

    Click the 'Background image' option to apply colorful backgrounds. To apply the available themes, use the 'double fingers' gesture to swipe left and to go through and apply the desired ...

  23. How to Customize the Safari Start Page on iPhone and iPad

    Here's how. First, open Safari on your iPhone or iPad and open a new tab by tapping the tabs button (two overlapping rectangles), then tapping the plus ("+") button. You'll see Safari's "Start Page" by default. To edit what's on the Start Page, scroll down if necessary and tap the "Edit" button. When you tap "Edit," a "Customize Start Page ...

  24. How to Turn Websites into Standalone Mac Apps in macOS

    In terms of navigation, the scope of the web app is dictated by the host of the webpage, so you can navigate anywhere within the website, but if you click a link outside of the host page, this ...

  25. 6 Tips to Improve Your Safari Experience on iPhone

    2. Create Tab Groups in Safari . The next step in improving Safari on iPhone is to create and use Tab Groups. The feature lets you bring order and control to tabs by allowing you to group similar ...

  26. How to block certain websites on Safari on your Mac

    To block websites in Safari using Terminal, you need to edit your Mac's hosts file. The hosts file maps the web address you type or click on to the IP address of the web page you're trying to reach. By mapping a specific URL to your Mac's own IP address, you prevent Safari from accessing that website.

  27. How to Put Different Headers and Footers on Different Pages in Word

    Even Page: It starts a new section on the next even-numbered page. Use this when formatting for printing or book-style layouts. Odd Page: This starts a new section on the next odd-numbered page ...

  28. Use more than one version of macOS on Mac

    Follow the steps to change your Mac startup disk. Restart your Mac to start up from the other volume. Repeat these steps as needed to switch between using each volume as a startup disk. When you first start up from the new volume, a setup assistant helps you to create a new user account.

  29. Transfer from PC to Mac with Migration Assistant

    Transferred to Safari: Homepage and bookmarks from Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari. Transferred to System Settings or System Preferences: Custom desktop pictures, language settings, and location settings. If the Mac is using macOS Ventura or later, known Wi-Fi networks are also moved.

  30. iCloud+ plans and pricing

    With iCloud, you can store your information safely, back it up automatically, and access it anywhere you go — with 5GB of storage for free. With iCloud+, you can get more storage and enhanced privacy features that protect you and your data. Learn how to upgrade to iCloud+ and compare it with other Apple services, such as Apple One, Apple TV+, and Apple Music Voice Plan.