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How to Download Safari 17 Beta for macOS Ventura and Monterey

Apple is now allowing Mac users running macOS Ventura and macOS Monterey to try out its latest Safari 17 browser before it officially launches alongside macOS Sonoma in the fall. Keep reading to learn what's new and how to download it.

What's New in Safari 17 for macOS

As of writing, Safari 17 for macOS Ventura and Monterey has reached its fourth beta. Not only is it snappier with faster search responsiveness, it also has more relevant search suggestions – and easier-to-read suggestions. Here's what else is new:

• Locked Private Browsing : Private browsing windows in Safari can now be locked when not in use, and require secondary authentication via Touch ID or your Mac's password to unlock and access for added privacy.
• One-Time Code AutoFill from Mail : One-time verification codes you receive in Apple Mail now autofill in Safari, making it easy to log in without leaving the browser.
• Advanced Tracking and Fingerprinting Protection : URLs in ‌Safari 17‌ can be stripped of all tracking information appended to the end of the URL so that websites cannot track your browsing using URL identifiers.
• Multi-Tab Selection : You can now select multiple open tabs at once to move them around the tab bar or create a Tab Group for them.
• Favicons in the Favorites Bar : You can now identify sites in the Favorites bar more easily with favicons.
• Privacy Protections for App Extensions : You can now set per-site privacy settings for app extensions in addition to web extensions.
• Safari Profiles : Safari has gained a new feature called Profiles, which is designed to help keep your browsing separate for topics like Work, School, or Personal. Each profile gets its own icon and silos your history, Tab Groups, favorites, and cookies. You can even assign specific extensions to profiles to optimize your browsing experience based on the task at hand.

How to Install Safari 17 on macOS Ventura/Monterey

In an unexpected change for 2023, anyone who signs in to Apple's developer account website with their Apple ID gets access to developer beta releases as well , even if they are not a paying member of Apple's Developer Program. So if you're still interested in trying out Safari 17, simply follow the steps below.

Note that Safari 17 Beta 4 requires macOS Ventura 13.4 or macOS Monterey 12.5 to run , and that installing it will overwrite your current Safari version. Also, bear in mind that this is beta software , so you may potentially experience bugs and issues that negatively impact your browsing. Having said that, beta 4 is very stable in our experience.

• Open Safari on your Mac and go to Apple's developer website .
• Under "Sign in to Apple Developer," enter and submit your Apple ID and password using the arrow buttons, then if required, enter the two-factor authentication code sent to your Apple devices.
• Now click through to the Safari Beta Downloads page .
• Under Safari 17, click View Details , then click the Safari 17 Beta DMG link to download the installation package applicable to your macOS version.
• Once the package is downloaded to your Mac, double-click it and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation.

Wrapping Up

When Safari 17 is officially released to the public as part of macOS Sonoma, users can expect some additional features, including the ability to save your favorite websites to the Dock as streamlined Web Apps , as well as the ability to share website passwords and passkeys with trusted contacts.

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I've long gone elsewhere too. There are quite a few websites that don't work on Safari. In fact I see a lot of organisations actively suggesting Chrome. Having said that the vast majority of web work for me is Chrome and FIrefox. Safari is probably 5%.

Last night, at 2AM in the night, I was on the bed and my phone made a sound, and that was the invitation for the beta of Safari 17 for my Mac on Monterey. However, I no longer install betas anymore, past are those days I tested every new beta with excitement while suffering the bugs and annoyances of using beta software. Nowadays I stay with the stable releases as much as I can. Thankfully, Safari keeps getting updates on older systems such as Monterey.

Name a website that doesn’t work with Safari. I use Safari all day long and have yet to run into a website that doesn’t work. Even government websites work these days.

It is a start, but 80% (at least) of my Mac browsing happens on FIREFOX. It’s the quality of the extensions that keeps me with the fox ?

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How to Download Safari 17 Beta on Mac

Do you wish to test out the newest Safari 17 browser before it officially comes preinstalled in macOS Sonoma? Well, Apple has just made it possible. The Cupertino-based tech giant quietly started making beta versions of Safari 17 accessible for download as a separate wrap last month.

Anyone using macOS Ventura or macOS Monterey can get Safari 17 even without needing to install the macOS Sonoma beta Previously, the only way to test out the experimental version of Safari was to install the macOS Beta. That said, read on to learn how to download Safari 17 beta for macOS Ventura and Monterey.

What’s New in Safari 17 for macOS?

To begin with, let’s check out all the new features that have been added to Safari 17! The fourth beta of Safari 17 for macOS Ventura and Monterey has been released. It is not only snappier with quicker search responsiveness, but it also includes more relevant search suggestions that are also simpler to understand. Have a look at some of the latest additions to Safari 17:

• Now that Apple Mail’s one-time verification codes are auto-filled in Safari, logging in has become seamless without having to go to another browser.
• You can take advantage of the Advanced Tracking and Fingerprinting Protection to enable Safari to automatically remove tracking information from URLs while browsing or copying any link. With this security feature enabled, trackers won’t be able to track you across websites.
• For more privacy, Safari’s private browsing windows can now be locked while not in use and unlocked using Touch ID or your Mac’s password.
• Multiple open tabs can now be selected at once to be moved around the tab bar or organized into a Tab Group.
• Favicons make it easier to recognize websites in the Favourites Bar.
• When using the iCloud Private Relay function, there is a new option to hide IP addresses from websites and trackers alike, or only trackers.
• With the new Reading List Widget, you can easily access your Safari Reading List from the Notification Centre on your Mac.
• A brand-new feature called Profiles has been added to Safari to let you create different profiles for personal and professional browsing. Notably, you can customize your Safari profiles with different symbols and keep things like history and favorites separate.
• App extensions now provide privacy protections, in addition to web extensions, which you can configure on a per-site basis.

Download and Install Safari 17 on Mac

• On your Mac, launch Safari and navigate to Apple’s developer website .
• After that, sign in using your Apple ID and password.
• Now, go to the Safari Beta Downloads page.
• Select View Details from the drop-down menu next to Safari 17. Then, click on the Safari 17 Beta DMG link to get the installation file compatible with your macOS version.

• After downloading the package to your Mac, double-click it to begin the installation process by following the onscreen prompts.

Final Words…

That’s all there is to installing Safari 17 beta on your Mac. Again, I would like to remind you installing Safari 17 Beta 4 will replace your existing Safari version and that it requires macOS Ventura 13.4 or macOS Monterey 12.5 to function.

Also keep in mind that as this is experimental software, you can encounter bugs and other problems that can severely impact your overall browsing experience. However, from observations, beta 4 is quite steady.

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Ratnesh Kumar is an experienced tech writer with over six years of experience. All this years he has written at TechYorker, BrowserToUse, Fossbytes, MakeTechEasier, SysProbs and several other publications. When not writing, he likes to listen Punjabi music or watch Cricket match.

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Safari 17 beta is here (and it lets you enable hidden features too)

Flag up some new features in testing…

A new version of Safari is almost here, and it’s set to be a big one. First announced at WWDC 2023 , it brings a bunch of new features for those running macOS Sonoma , but it’s also bringing different features for those running macOS Monterey and Ventura , too. And with a beta build now available, you can try it for yourself.

For those unaware, Safari for iOS 17 , iPadOS 17 , and macOS Sonoma introduces profiles, so you can separate work and personal bookmarks at different times of the day, alongside being able to secure a private window behind Touch ID and Face ID.

This version of Safari is also available to older macOS versions, so you can try out these features without updating to the public beta of macOS Sonoma. To do so, simply sign up to the Apple Beta Software site and try it out right now. 

While we don’t recommend using beta software for your everyday devices, Safari 17 can be downloaded as a separate browser, so you can relatively safely use it alongside the latest stable build, too.

Sweet seventeen

Experimental Features will be a big draw here, as you can easily switch on some features in a redesigned menu that makes it easier to try individual additions to the browser. Google Chrome has had a similar method for years, where you can type in chrome://flags in the address bar, and you can simply scroll down the list and enable features in development.

Safari is unique in the fact that it has its own section on Apple’s Developer site where a Preview of the web browser is maintained all year round. No other app from Apple does this, but it makes sense, as Webkit, the engine that powers Safari, is used in other web browsers, so any improvements need to be made available for other third-party developers.

But using a preview that’s separate from the public betas of iOS 17 is a unique offering, and it makes us wonder whether other apps could benefit from this regular cadence of updates and documentation. Perhaps Mail could benefit from this by being opened up by Apple, without having to showcase new features at WWDC every year, so users and developers could see how the app could improve and become a great rival to other Mail apps like Spark and Outlook.

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Blazing fast. Incredibly private.

Safari is the best way to experience the internet on all your Apple devices. It brings robust customization options, powerful privacy protections, and optimizes battery life — so you can browse how you like, when you like. And when it comes to speed, it’s the world’s fastest browser. 1

Performance

More with the battery. less with the loading..

With a blazing-fast JavaScript engine, Safari is the world’s fastest browser. 1 It’s developed to run specifically on Apple devices, so it’s geared to make the most out of your battery life and deliver long-lasting power.

Increased performance

We’re always working to make the fastest desktop browser on the planet even faster.

Improved power efficiency

Safari lets you do more online on a single charge.

Up to 4 hours more streaming videos compared with Chrome 3

Up to 17 hours of video streaming 3

Best-in-class browsing

Safari outperforms both Mac and PC browsers in benchmark after benchmark on the same Mac. 4

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JavaScript performance on advanced web applications. 4

Safari vs. other Mac browsers

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Rendering performance of animated content. 4

Web application responsiveness. 4

4K video streaming

See your favorite shows and films in their best light. Safari supports in-browser 4K HDR video playback for YouTube, Netflix, and Apple TV+. 5 And it runs efficiently for longer-lasting battery life.

Privacy is built in.

Online privacy isn’t just something you should hope for — it’s something you should expect. That’s why Safari comes with industry-leading privacy protection technology built in, including Intelligent Tracking Prevention that identifies trackers and helps prevent them from profiling or following you across the web. Upgrading to iCloud+ gives you even more privacy protections, including the ability to sign up for websites and services without having to share your personal email address.

Intelligent Tracking Prevention

Safari stops trackers in their tracks.

What you browse is no one’s business but your own. Safari has built‑in protections to help stop websites and data-collection companies from watching and profiling you based on your browsing activity. Intelligent Tracking Prevention uses on‑device intelligence to help prevent cross‑site tracking and stops known trackers from using your IP address — making it incredibly difficult to learn who you are and what you’re interested in.

Privacy Report

Safari makes it simple to see how your privacy is protected on all the websites you visit. Click Privacy Report in the Safari menu for a snapshot of cross-site trackers currently prevented from profiling you on the website you’re visiting. Or view a weekly Privacy Report to see how Safari protects you as you browse over time.

Customization

Putting the you in url..

Safari is more customizable than ever. Organize your tabs into Tab Groups so it’s easy to go from one interest to the next. Set a custom background image and fine-tune your browser window with your favorite features — like Reading List, Favorites, iCloud Tabs, and Siri Suggestions. And third-party extensions for iPhone, iPad, and Mac let you do even more with Safari, so you can browse the way you want across all your devices.

Safari Profiles allow you to separate your history, extensions, Tab Groups, favorites, cookies, and more. Quickly switch between profiles for topics you create, like Personal and Work.

Web apps let you save your favorite websites to the Dock on Mac and to the Home Screen on iPhone and iPad. A simplified toolbar and separate settings give you an app-like experience.

Safari Extensions add functionality to your browser to help you explore the web the way you want. Find and add your favorite extensions in the dedicated Safari category on the App Store.

Save and organize your tabs in the way that works best for you. Name your Tab Groups, edit them, and switch among them across devices. You can also share Tab Groups — making planning your next family trip or group project easier and more collaborative.

Smart Tools

Designed to help your work flow..

Built-in tools create a browsing experience that’s far more immersive, intuitive, and immediate. Get detailed information about a subject in a photo with just a click, select text within any image, instantly translate an entire web page, and quickly take notes wherever you are on a site — without having to switch apps.

Notes is your go-to app to capture any thought. And with the Quick Note feature, you can instantly jot down ideas as you browse websites without having to leave Safari.

Translation

Translate entire web pages with a single click. You can also get translations for text in images and paused video without leaving Safari.

Interact with text in any image or paused video on the web using functions like copy and paste, translate, and lookup. 6

Visual Look Up

Quickly learn more about landmarks, works of art, breeds of dogs, and more with only a photo or an image you find online. And easily lift the subject of an image from Safari, remove its background, and paste it into Messages, Notes, or other apps.

Surf safe and sound.

Strong security protections in Safari help keep you safe. Passkeys introduce a safer way to sign in. iCloud Keychain securely stores and autofills passkeys and passwords across all your devices. Safari also notifies you when it encounters suspicious websites and prevents them from loading. Because it loads each web page in a separate process, any harmful code is always confined to a single browser tab so it won’t crash the entire application or access your data. And Safari automatically upgrades sites from HTTP to the more secure HTTPS when available.

Passkeys introduce a more secure and easier way to sign in. No passwords required.

Passkeys are end-to-end encrypted and safe from phishing and data leaks, and they are stronger than all common two-factor authentication types. Thanks to iCloud Keychain, they work across all your Apple devices, and they even work on non-Apple devices.

Learn more about passkeys

Apple Pay and Wallet make checkout as easy as lifting a finger.

Apple Pay is the easiest and most secure way to shop on Safari — allowing you to complete transactions with Face ID or Touch ID on your iPhone or iPad, with Touch ID on your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air, or by double-clicking the side button on your Apple Watch.

Learn more about Apple Pay

With AutoFill, you can easily fill in your previously saved credit card information from the Wallet app during checkout. Your credit card details are never shared, and your transactions are protected with industry-leading security.

Same Safari. Different device.

Safari works seamlessly and syncs your passwords, bookmarks, history, tabs, and more across Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch. And when your Mac, iOS, or iPadOS devices are near each other, they can automatically pass what you’re doing in Safari from one device to another using Handoff. You can even copy images, video, or text from Safari on your iPhone or iPad, then paste into another app on your nearby Mac — or vice versa.

When you use Safari on multiple devices, your tabs carry over from one Apple device to another. So you can search, shop, work, or browse on your iPhone, then switch to your iPad or Mac and pick up right where you left off.

Save web pages you want to read later by adding them to your Reading List. Then view them on any of your iCloud-connected devices — even if you’re not connected to the internet.

iCloud Keychain securely stores your user names, passkeys, passwords, and credit card numbers and keeps them up to date on your trusted devices. So you can easily sign in to your favorite websites — as well as apps on iOS and iPadOS — and quickly make online purchases.

Designed for developers.

Deep WebKit integration between Mac hardware and macOS allows Safari to deliver the fastest performance and the longest battery life of any browser on the platform, while supporting modern web standards for rich experiences in the browser. WebKit in macOS Sonoma includes optimizations that enable even richer browsing experiences, and give developers more control over styling and layout — allowing for more engaging content.

Make Safari your default browser

Customize your start page, view your browsing privacy report, monitor your saved passwords, use apple pay in safari, view your tabs across all your devices, read the safari user guide, get safari support.

Safari 17 Beta Brings Some macOS Sonoma Features to Ventura and Monterey Users

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While there’s a lot of fun stuff coming in macOS Sonoma this fall, many of the most exciting improvements center on Apple’s Safari browser, and now you can try those out without needing to jump into the macOS public beta.

While it’s still technically a developer beta, Apple has released Safari 17 — the version of the browser built into macOS Sonoma — as a standalone app that can be downloaded on systems running macOS 12 Monterey or macOS 13 Ventura.

This follows on the heels of the Safari Technology Preview that Apple released last month. However, that preview only includes the new underlying web technologies in Safari 17, like support for new image and video formats, but not user-facing features like profiles, enhanced private browsing, or password and passkey sharing.

The full Safari 17 release will bring many of these capabilities to macOS Monterey and Ventura, although it still omits one significant new feature from macOS Sonoma: web apps.

With web apps, Sonoma users can turn any website into a standalone app that can live in your Dock and run in its own app-like window. Understandably, the rest of macOS needs to play nicely with Safari to support this feature.

However, Safari 17 does bring most of the other benefits to older macOS versions since these are self-contained within the Safari app. For instance, browsing profiles run entirely within Safari to help you separate your work and personal life by separating extensions, tab groups, favorites, browsing history, and more. This is similar to what Google Chrome has offered for years.

Safari 17 users will also be able to lock private browsing windows so others won’t be able to reopen them without using Touch ID or entering a password. This will also be available on the iPhone and iPad with iOS/iPadOS 17, but it’s especially handy on a Mac, where you’re more likely to allow others to hop on and use your browser but may forget about the private browsing window that’s lurking in the shadows.

You can also now designate a different default search engine when in private browsing mode, so if you normally use Google but want the extra privacy of something like DuckDuckGo when browsing more discretely, you can set that up so it happens automatically.

Safari 17 also naturally includes full support for passkeys but also brings the ability to share passwords and passkeys with trusted contacts .

It’s a pleasant surprise to see that available on older macOS versions, as many assumed it would have been an operating system-level feature. However, passwords and passkeys have always been managed via Safari on macOS, and the underlying iCloud Keychain that stores and syncs your password/passkey data will simply do what it’s told.

How to Download the Safari 17 Beta

Before we begin, it’s important to note that the Safari 17 beta will replace the version of Safari that you’re currently using on macOS Ventura or Monterey. There’s no easy way to go back to Safari 16 once you’ve installed it. This differs from the Safari Technology Preview, which installs as a separate, standalone app alongside your normal Safari browser.

Nevertheless, it’s still less of a risk than taking the plunge into a whole beta operating system, and at this point, Safari 17 is in its fourth beta and reasonably stable. Note that you’ll also need to be running at least macOS Ventura 13.4 or macOS Monterey 12.5.

If you’re up for giving it a try, you can download it from Apple’s developer site by visiting the Apple Developer Downloads Page and signing in with your Apple ID and password. If you haven’t done this before, you’ll need to agree to the terms of the Apple Developer program, as you’re basically signing up for a free developer account.

On the “more” section of the downloads page, you’ll see separate downloads for Safari 17 for macOS Ventura and Safari 17 or macOS Monterey. Select the appropriate one for your macOS version, download it, and then open and install it like any other app.

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Safari 17 with enhanced Private Browsing out now for macOS Ventura, macOS Monterey

Safari with Apple's Private Browsing

Timed to join the update to macOS Sonoma , the introduction of Safari 17 updates Apple's macOS web browser adds some much-needed features to the surfing tool.

The release notes mention support for Profiles , allowing browsing to be separated for topics and tasks like "Work" and "Personal." Profiles have their own history, cookies, extensions, Tab Groups, and favorites lists.

A new enhanced Private Browsing locks the windows when they're not used, stops known trackers from loading, and can remove identifying tracking elements from URLs.

Search has also been streamlined to make it faster, offer more relevant results, and to make it easier to read.

Multiple tab selections allow users to select multiple tabs at once, so they can be moved around the tab bar or created into a Tab Group.

The update is available through System Settings in macOS Ventura or System Preferences in macOS Monterey , under General then Software Update. The download weighs in at 165.7MB.

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We’ve all eagerly waited for the next big software update, hoping it will fix those pesky bugs, enhance speed, or introduce that one feature we’ve been dreaming of. For macOS users, this anticipation often revolves around Safari, Apple’s flagship browser. With the buzz around macOS Sonoma, the spotlight has undeniably been on Safari 17. But why wait for the official release when you can get a taste of the future, today?

Apple, in its continuous endeavor to refine and redefine user experience, has rolled out the Safari 17 Beta for macOS Ventura and Monterey. This isn’t just another update; it’s a significant leap.

Let’s help you with our guide on how to download Safari 17 Beta for macOS Ventura and Monterey! 

Also Read: 18 Ways to Fix App Store Not Downloading Apps Issue on Android & iPhones 

How to Download Safari 17 Beta for macOS Ventura and Monterey?

In 2023, Apple introduced a pleasant surprise for its users. Now, anyone with an Apple ID can access the developer beta versions, even without being a part of the paid Developer Program. If you’ve been curious about the new Safari 17, you’re in luck because it’s now easier to get your hands on it.

However, a couple of things to note: it’s compatible only with macOS Ventura 13.4 or macOS Monterey 12.5, and installing it will update and replace your current Safari browser. While it’s a beta, which means there might be a few hiccups, many have found it to be quite stable.

Follow these easy steps on to Download Safari 17 Beta for macOS Ventura and Monterey effortlessly: 

1. Open the Safari browser on your Mac.

2. Navigate to the Apple Developer website.

3. Look for the “Sign in to Apple Developer” section.

4. Type in your Apple ID and password. Use the arrow buttons to submit.

5. If asked, input the two-factor authentication code you receive on your Apple devices.

6. Find and click on the Safari Beta Downloads section.

7. Under “Safari 17”, select “View Details”.

8. Click on the link for the “Safari 17 Beta DMG” that matches your macOS version to start downloading.

9. Once downloaded, open the package.

10. Follow the prompts on your screen to finish the installation. 

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What’s New in Safari 17 for macOS?

The fourth beta of Safari 17 for macOS Ventura and Monterey is here, and it’s more efficient than ever. With quicker search responses and improved suggestions, your browsing experience is set to be smoother. But that’s not all. Here’s a breakdown of the fresh features:

1. Private Browsing with a Lock: Enhance your privacy with the new locked private browsing. Leave your session, and it locks itself, only to be accessed again with Touch ID or your Mac’s password.

2. Instant Code Fill from Mail: Get a one-time code in your Apple Mail? Safari will automatically fill it in for you, ensuring a seamless login experience.

3. Boosted Privacy with URL Cleaning: Safari 17 ensures your online trails are minimal by removing any tracking info from the URLs you visit.

4. Manage Multiple Tabs Easily: Organize your browsing by selecting several tabs simultaneously. You can rearrange them or group them together effortlessly.

5. Visual Aids with Favicons: The Favorites bar now sports favicons, making it simpler to spot and access your preferred sites.

6. IP Address Concealment: With the iCloud Private Relay feature, you can choose to keep your IP address hidden from websites, trackers, or both.

7. Quick Access Reading List: Want to revisit your reading list? Add it to your Mac’s Notification Center and access it in a jiffy.

8. Enhanced App Extension Privacy: Tailor your privacy settings for each site when using app extensions, giving you more control over your data.

9. Tailored Browsing with Safari Profiles: Introducing Profiles in Safari – a way to compartmentalize your browsing. Whether it’s for work, school, or leisure, each profile maintains its unique history, favorites, and even Tab Groups. Plus, you can customize each profile with specific extensions to suit your needs.

Also Read: How To Fix ‘Something Went Wrong Please Try Again’ Error on Instagram 2023 

Conclusion 

That’s all friends! We have come to an end of our blog on ‘how to download Safari 17 Beta for macOS Ventura and Monterey’.  However, when the new Safari 17 comes out with macOS Sonoma, it will have cool new things. You can pin your top websites to the Dock like mini apps, and you can also share website passwords with friends you trust.

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Safari 17 Beta: A Game Changer for PWAs on MacOS

Safari 17 Beta is the latest version of Apple's web browser, which was released on June 5, 2023. It includes many new features and improvements for web developers, especially for those who create Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).

If you are not familiar with PWA, PWAs are web applications that offer a native app-like experience to users. They can be installed on various devices, including MacOS, and can work offline, send push notifications, and access device features.

In this blog post, I will highlight some of the new WebKit features that Safari 17 Beta supports for PWAs.

New WebKit Features for PWAs

• Web Share API Level 2 : This API allows PWAs to share files with other apps on the device, such as photos, videos, or documents. It also supports sharing multiple files at once.
• Web App Manifest : This is a JSON file that describes a PWA, such as its name, icons, start URL, display mode, and more. Safari 17 Beta supports more manifest properties than before, such as categories , description , and screenshots .
• Web App Banner : This is a prompt that appears on Safari when a user visits a PWA that can be installed on the device. Safari 17 Beta improves the appearance and behavior of the banner, making it more consistent with native app banners.
• Service Workers : These are scripts that run in the background and enable PWAs to work offline, sync data, send push notifications, and more. Safari 17 Beta improves the performance and reliability of service workers, and adds support for some new APIs, such as CacheStorage and Background Sync .
• Web Push API : This API allows PWAs to send push notifications to users even when they are not using the app. Safari 17 Beta adds support for silent push notifications, which can be used to update the app's content or state without alerting the user.

Advantages of PWAs for Developers

PWAs offer many advantages for developers, and on MacOS right now, as well. Some of them are:

• They are easier and cheaper to develop and maintain than native apps, as they use web technologies and standards.
• They can reach a wider audience, as they are compatible with different browsers and devices.
• They can leverage the features and performance of Safari, which is the default browser on MacOS and supports many PWA capabilities.
• They can provide a seamless user experience, as they can adapt to different screen sizes and orientations, work offline, and update automatically.

PWAs are a great way to create engaging and reliable web applications that can run on MacOS and other platforms. If you want to learn more about PWAs, you can check out this guide from Google.

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I am really thinking about this a lot and could image the future with only PWA‘s where users do not install native apps on their devices anymore (at least that is what I would like for mobile).

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I am a big fan of PWA since the beginning... but I don't think they replace native apps completely... (but I would like 😀)

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There's no documented support for Web App Install Banners in Safari / iOS 17.

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Where can I download Safari 17 beta?

In the notes it is stated that "Safari 17 beta is available for macOS Monterey, macOS Ventura, macOS Sonoma beta, iPadOS 17 beta, and iOS 17 beta." Where do I find the download link for macOS Ventura?

• Safari Developer Tools

How to download Apple Safari 17 beta on macOS devices

Apple has recently released the Safari 17 beta update for macOS users and here are a few easy steps that can help you download the new version. Note that users running macOS 12 (Monterey) and 13 (Ventura) are eligible to install the new app build.

To download the Apple Safari 17 beta update on compatible macOS devices, users will require their Apple ID to sign in to the Apple Beta Software Program website. Tap HERE , to open the website. Meanwhile, you can also take the help of these steps:

• Open Safari on your Mac and go to Apple’s Developer website.
• Under “Sign in to Apple Developer” enter and submit your Apple ID and password
• Enter the two-factor authentication code sent to your Apple devices.
• Now click through to the Safari Beta Downloads page.
• Under Safari 17, click View Details > Safari 17 Beta DMG link to download the installation package applicable to your macOS version.
• Once the package is downloaded to your Mac, double-click it and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.

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It’s been a fantastic year for WebKit. We’ve shipped eight Safari releases since WWDC22, with more than 140 new web technologies in the first half of 2023 alone. Now, we are pleased to announce another 88 web features coming this fall in Safari 17.

Web apps are coming to Mac. With macOS Sonoma, you can add a website — any website — to your Dock. Just go to File > Add to Dock, adjust the name and icon if desired, and the web app icon appears in your Dock.

Web apps on Mac let you focus on the websites you use all the time, separate from the rest of your browsing. Like all Mac apps, web apps work great with Stage Manager, Mission Control, and keyboard shortcuts like Command + Tab. Web apps can be opened from the Dock, Launchpad, and Spotlight Search. Web apps work with AutoFill credentials from iCloud Keychain and from third-party apps that have adopted the Credential Provider Extension API. And users can grant permission to a web app to use their camera, microphone and location in the same way they grant such permissions to other Mac apps through system prompts and the Privacy & Security section of System Settings. Web apps on Mac support web push , badging , and all the usual web standards implemented by WebKit, just like web apps on iOS and iPadOS .

When a user clicks on a web app icon, the website always opens in its own window as a web app, even if the site does not have a manifest file (or legacy meta tags ). This expands the usefulness of web apps, putting users in charge of determining what becomes a web app and giving them the confidence it’s always something they can choose.

While the default web app experience on Mac is great, as a web app developer you can use web technologies like Service Workers to make it even better. By providing a web app manifest , you can customize the presentation of your web app, including the display mode, name, theme color, and start URL. Learn about the details by watching What’s new in Web Apps at WWDC23.

When a user adds a website to their Dock, Safari will copy the website’s cookies to the web app. That way, if someone is logged into their account in Safari, they will remain logged in within the web app. This will only work if the authentication state is stored within cookies. Safari does not copy over any other kind of local storage. After a user adds a web app to the Dock, no other website data is shared, which is great for privacy.

Add to Home Screen from Safari View Controller

Add to Home Screen is now available from Safari View Controller on iOS and iPadOS. Tapping a link within an app that uses Safari View Controller as the in-app browser allows the user to add the open website to their Home Screen right from there. Just like Add to Home Screen from Safari on iOS and iPadOS (or any other browser that implemented support ), if the website has a manifest file with a display mode of standalone or fullscreen , it will open as a Home Screen web app.

We can’t wait for you to try out Safari on Vision Pro. This truly is Safari, with the same WebKit engine — plus a few additions. All of your websites will work beautifully out of the box, thanks to its extensive support for web standards. You can see exactly how Safari on Vision Pro works by watching the WWDC23 Keynote and Meet Safari for spatial computing .

We are collaborating on two technologies to make the web in spatial computing even more powerful — the <model> element and WebXR.

The <model> element will provide a way to easily present 3D content in a web page without any scripting. Just like with <img> and <video> , HTML makes it possible for <model> to work in a robust and simple manner across web browsers on any platform. Model is still undergoing specification and is subject to change, but we expect it will work like this:

By creating a declarative element, we can leverage well-known patterns for supporting multiple file formats, while simultaneously providing fallbacks for browsers without support.

The interactive attribute will enable user interaction and allow people to rotate the model in place. An accompanying JavaScript API will provide even more capabilities, including access to the camera. The exact details of how <model> will work are currently being debated at the Immersive Web Community Group .

The ability to embed rich 3D content into a web page will open up a world of possibilities. For example, an online shoe store might provide models of all their shoes. Or a website for interior design inspiration could provide furniture models for people to “place” virtually in their homes. Safari on Vision Pro will take such experiences to the next level, with a full stereoscopic view and environmental lighting — all in a privacy-preserving way. What or where the user is looking is never exposed to the web page.

You can try out <model> in Safari on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS by turning on its feature flag and navigating to this demo page .

When embedding a 3D model into a web page isn’t enough, WebXR provides the technology for creating a fully immersive experience on the web. WebXR is based on WebGL, and many popular WebGL libraries already have built in support.

Safari on Vision Pro currently has testable support for WebXR, available behind a feature flag while we collaborate with the W3C Immersive Web Working Group on updates to the web standard. WebKit supports the immersive-vr session type in WebXR. Vision Pro does not have external controllers. Instead, you can request the “hand-tracking” feature to let users interact with your content.

Visit the Immersive Web Working Group developer page at immersiveweb.dev to learn more about getting started with different frameworks that include WebXR support and to find one that best fits your project.

We are pleased to announce that support for JPEG XL is coming to Safari 17. Similar to JPEG, the new image format provides another modern option for finding the right balance between quality and file size. JPEG XL uses a new compression algorithm called “Modular Entropy Coding” that allows for greater flexibility in adjusting the compression ratio. With support for progressive loading, it’s well suited for images served over slow connections, since users start to see the image before the whole file is downloaded. And you can recompress existing JPEG files into JPEG XL without any loss of data, while reducing their size by an average of 20%. Or compress from the original image file to create a file that’s up to 60% smaller compared to JPEG!

Use the <picture> element to provide JPEG XL files to browsers that have support , while providing a fallback for browsers that don’t.

JPEG XL will be supported by WebKit for Safari 17, Safari View Controller and WKWebView on macOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura and macOS Monterey, as well as iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and visionOS.

We are also adding support for HEIC images to Safari 17, which uses the HEVC video codec compression algorithm. HEIC is the file format used on iPhone and iPad to store photos taken with the camera. With support for HEIC in Safari, Safari View Controller, and WKWebView, developers can support importing and editing such photos right in the browser, without needing to convert them into another format. HEIC is also ideal for displaying images when using WKWebView inside an app.

Safari 17 also improves our implementation of image-set() , increasing interoperability with other browsers as part of our commitment to Interop 2023 , and adding support for the optional resolution and type arguments. The type argument provides you with a means to offer browsers multiple image formats to choose from, including JPEG XL and HEIC.

Managed Media Source

WebKit for Safari 17 also brings the new Managed Media Source API. It provides a power-efficient solution fulfilling advanced needs as a low-level toolkit for streaming video.

Adaptive bitrate streaming allows for switching between media data formats — ensuring delivery of the best possible video quality based on the user’s internet connection speed and device capabilities, even as those conditions change. Media Source Extensions (MSE) is an existing low-level toolkit for adaptive streaming giving the web page more control and responsibilities for managing buffering and resolution. But MSE isn’t particularly good at managing buffer levels, network access, and media variant selection. And it uses a lot of power on mobile devices.

Managed Media Source adds the capabilities of MSE, without any of the drawbacks. It’s available on iPadOS 17 beta and macOS Sonoma beta, and is in preview on iOS 17 beta, where it can be tested by turning on its feature flag. Note that Managed Media Source is only made available when an AirPlay source alternative is present.

Learn more about JPEG XL, HEIC, and Managed Media Source API by watching Explore media formats for the web at WWDC23.

Media player stats overlay

If you’ve enabled Developer Features, WebKit now provides a media player stats overlay where you can see technical details about a video — its source type, size, performance metrics, resolution, codec string, and color configuration. To show the overlay, use the context menu on any <video> element and select “Show Media Stats”. Now you can tell at a glance the exact codec and configuration used by media on your page and use that information to craft accurate queries in MediaCapabilities.

And more video

WebKit now supports USB cameras on iPadOS 17. When a USB camera is attached to an iPad, it’s included in the output of enumerateDevices() and is selectable with getUserMedia() along with the built-in cameras.

Improvements to WebRTC add support for InputDeviceInfo , the inbound rtp trackIdentifier stat field, exposing zoom in MediaTrackCapabilities, and getDisplayMedia video track clone resizing.

WebKit for Safari 17 adds additional support for low-power mode — optimizing video streaming by tone mapping HDR video to SDR.

Safari 17 adds support for the popover attribute. It provides a framework for displaying overlays, popups, popovers, and dialogs. There are two types of popovers, which can be used as values for the popover attribute:

• auto popovers, which automatically close when you click outside of the popover; and
• manual popovers, which don’t have this automatic closing behavior.

Use a button (either a <button> element or button input type) to create the UI for opening and closing the popover. And add the appropriate HTML attributes to create the desired result.

The popovertarget attribute connects the button to the popover content through an ID. The optional popovertargetaction attribute takes show , hide , or toggle as values. By default, toggle is used.

This is just one UI pattern you might find useful. There are many possible combinations. Having a popover mechanism in HTML makes for quick work, while ensuring great usability and full accessibility.

To go beyond a simple button trigger, a JavaScript API opens up more powerful possibilities through showPopover() , hidePopover() , and togglePopover() .

And more HTML

Safari 17 on macOS adds support for <hr> inside of <select> , which is a feature the WebKit team added to the HTML Standard. This makes it easier to create a visual separator between items without requiring the use of JavaScript.

The <menu> element is now mapped to role=list . Slotted elements are now announced when inside <dialog> or aria-modal . And now slot elements referenced with aria-labelledby are properly labeled.

Counter styles

Safari 17 adds support for CSS Counter Styles , providing a mechanism through @counter-style for changing a counter’s language or character set in CSS — both for ordered/unordered lists with list-style-type , and for CSS Counters .

Font size adjust

In Safari 16.4 , we shipped initial support for font-size-adjust , which allows you to easily make the visual size of different fonts consistent — even across all possible combinations of fallback fonts. The basic version of font-size-adjust lets you tell the browser to resize letters so that their x-height is a specific ratio of the font-size .

In Safari 17, we’re expanding support to include more advance capabilities of font-size-adjust , including the from-font value and two-value syntax. Instead of declaring a ratio with a number value, the from-font value allows you to ask the browser to pull the sizing metric from the main font being specified, and apply that ratio to all fonts. Two-value syntax lets you switch from adjusting ex-height to adjusting cap-height , ch-width , ic-width , or ic-height — providing support for a broader range of languages and design choices.

Let’s look at an example. Here, font-size-adjust tells the browser to make all of the fonts inside article match the size of the x-height of the main font being used. This means all of the text in paragraphs and code will visually appear to be the same size, no matter which font is applied from either stack, or how different the paragraph and code fonts appear in actual size.

To learn much more about how font-size-adjust works, as well as all about Counter Styles, watch What’s new in CSS at WWDC23.

Safari 17 also brings support for @font-face size-adjust , which provides a way for you to normalize visual size when defining a font’s use.

Text transform

Safari 17 adds support for text-transform: full-width and full-size-kana, and adds support for multiple text-transform values. The full-width value transforms all the characters in a string of text to be “full-width” — to match the size of characters in an East Asian script like those for Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. It’s especially useful when wanting to improve consistency in sizing when typesetting CJK. The full-size-kana value transforms the size of Kana characters in Japanese to be full-size, rather than the typical small size — useful to make ruby text more legible when needed.

Font support

To expand what’s possible with web typography, Safari 17 adds two feature queries for writing CSS depending on the presence or absence of browser support for font tech or format: @supports font-tech() as well as @supports font-format() . Font tech refers to specific kinds of OpenType technology used in some fonts, like COLRv0. Safari 17 also adds support for @font-face { src: url() tech() } , making it easy to define the use of a font that depends on newer tech, while providing a fallback for browsers without support.

Media Queries 4

Safari 17 rounds out support for Media Queries level 4 , with support for two new media queries. Like the others, overflow-block and overflow-inline provide a way to conditionally apply CSS depending on the qualities of a user’s device — in this case, how the device handles overflow. For example, can it scroll the page like a typical browser on a computer? Does it page the content, like an e-book reader? Or does it have no mechanism for handling overflow, like a digital billboard?

And more CSS

WebKit for Safari 17 includes multiple fixes to improve accessibility of display: contents , including making aria-activedescendant , aria-dropeffect , aria-flowto , aria-grabbed , aria-owns , AXAccessKey, CSS speak-as , and URL AX APIs work on elements that have display: contents applied. As well as computing the accessible name for display: contents elements that rely on labels or captions, and making display: contents elements to be able to return selected accessibility children.

Safari 17 also adds support for contain-intrinsic-size , providing a way to set the size of an element to use for layout when the element is subject to size containment .

To increase the usefulness of :has() , WebKit now supports :has(:buffering) and :has(:stalled) to expand the ability to apply CSS conditionally based on the state of media playback. And Safari 17 supports :has(:defined) for applying styling based on the presence of a custom element that has been defined .

To keep up with the most recent changes to the web standard for Container Queries, Safari 17 adds support for containerName and containerQuery, and updates conditionText to be containerName containerQuery in CSSContainerRule .

Offscreen Canvas

When using Canvas, the rendering, animation, and user interaction usually happens on the main execution thread of a web application. Offscreen Canvas provides a canvas that can be rendered off-screen, decoupling the DOM and the Canvas API so that the <canvas> element is no longer entirely dependent on the DOM. Rendering can be transferred to a worker context, allowing you to run tasks in a separate thread and avoid heavy work on the main thread that can negatively impact the user experience. The combination of DOM-independent operations and rendering of the main thread can provide a significantly better experience for users, especially on low-power devices. Support for Offscreen Canvas 2D operations shipped in Safari 16.4 . Now, Safari 17 adds support for 3D contexts in Offscreen Canvas.

WebKit has made some big updates to the storage quota policy. Previously, an origin had a starting storage limit of 1 GB. When exceeding the limit, the subsequent storage operation would fail in Home Screen web apps, or the user would see a prompt asking to increase the quota for the origin in Safari. Starting in macOS Sonoma, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, the quota is calculated based on total disk space without the user’s input. The origin generally gets a much higher limit, and the user isn’t prompted in Safari. To get the estimated value of the current origin quota and usage, you can use the newly supported navigator.storage.estimate() method.

As each origin gets a higher storage limit by default, WebKit will evict data by origin when the total usage of all origins is bigger than a certain value, the “overall quota”, calculated based on total disk space. An origin is exempt from eviction when its storage mode is persistent. To check the storage mode of your origin, you can use navigator.storage.persisted() ; to request the mode be changed to persistent, you can use navigator.storage.persist() . Critical bug fixes have been made to ensure the storage mode value is remembered across sessions, and eviction will count on it. The Storage API is now fully supported.

Safari 17 adds JavaScript support for two new Regular Expression features, RegExp v flag with set notation + properties of strings and RegExp duplicate named capture groups . The RegExp v flag feature allows for the creation of regular expressions containing Unicode properties, including some multi-character Emoji sequences. It also allows for creating regular expressions with union, intersection, and subtraction set operations on character classes and collections of strings.

The Duplicate Named Capture Group feature enables the creation of regular expressions with named captures where more than one capture group uses the same name. This allows you to create regular expressions with intuitive group names where there is more than a one-way pattern to search. An example is creating one regular expression that can search data strings written in multiple ways, e.g. M/D/Y versus D-M-Y, while extracting the matched results with captured group names month , day, and year regardless of which string format was matched.

Set Operations

Another new JavaScript feature adds several new Set operation methods , including intersection() and union() as well as comparison methods including difference() , isSubsetOf() and isSuperSetOf() . Together these new methods make Sets first class objects.

And so on. Check out also the new .symmetricDifference() and .isDisjointFrom() methods, which open some interesting comparison possibilities.

Gamepad API

WebKit for Safari 17 adds support for Gamepad.prototype.vibrationActuator. It enables “dual-rumble” haptic feedback on gamepads. The API allows you to check if “dual-rumble” is supported by the gamepad, as well as control the duration and magnitude of the haptic effect.

Traditionally, to ensure you could parse a URL, you needed to use a try sequence. Now, you can directly detect if an URL input can be parsed with URL.canParse(tentativeURL, optionalBase) . The method will return true or false .

In addition, the has() and delete() methods on URLSearchParams have been extended. The has() method makes it possible to detect if a parameter has been set. And the delete() method can delete a parameter. Until now, you could only check for, and delete, by name alone. Now, the methods have been extended so that you can check for, and delete, specific name-value pairs.

For example, the following URL has currency as a duplicate key: https://example.com/?currency=USD&currency=JPY , before you could only check params.has('currency'). It is now possible to do: params.has('currency', 'JPY') .

Be mindful that with this update, method signatures are not directly feature detectable, so they can return false positives. Until all browsers support these updates, be sure to run a small test to confirm support. For example:

Web Sockets

You can now use relative URLs (as well as HTTP(S) URLs) in the WebSocket constructor — this makes it a lot easier to point to WebSocket endpoints without hard-coding URLs into your web application. For example, new WebSocket('/updates') .

And more JavaScript and Web API

• Support for <link rel="modulepreload"> .
• Support for the focus fixup rule .
• Support for Ed25519 cryptography.
• Support for pausing and resuming background fetches.
• Support for ReadableStream .
• Support for fetch priority hints.
• Support for customElements.getName method.

Redesigned Develop Menu

In Safari 17 on macOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura and macOS Monterey, a completely redesigned Develop menu makes it easier to find the key tools available to help you create websites, web apps, web content inside other apps, web extensions, and more.

Devices and simulators are now more prominent in the Develop menu, making them easier to identify at a glance. Inside the menu for each iOS or iPadOS device, app icons make it easier to find the application or web content you want to inspect. On macOS Sonoma you can pair with Apple TV and Vision Pro directly from Safari to inspect those platforms.

Rethought Feature Flags

The new Feature Flags panel replaces the previous Experimental Features section of the Develop menu, allowing you to search for specific features and to easily see bolded features toggled from their default state. Feature flags are now organized by topic: Animation, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Media and more. And each feature is clearly categorized into one of four statuses: Stable, Testable, Preview, and Developer.

Stable represents features that have recently shipped in Safari, on by default. These features can be turned off to help you debug an issue or test progressive enhancements. Stable features will eventually be removed from the list.

Testable features are disabled by default. These features might be in the process of being implemented, or they might be waiting for changes to the web standards. They have a ways to go, but still could be interesting enough to test out.

Preview is for features that have not yet shipped in Safari, but are closer to being complete. These features are on by default in Safari Technology Preview , and are ready for developers to try out. They may still have bugs, or may even undergo significant change as web standards evolve. This is a great time to help find and file bugs, and to comment on whether the web standard for a new technologies solves your needs.

Developer features are not as common. This category is for miscellaneous features added to the list of feature flags so developers can toggle them on and off for testing. Developer tools may appear here, for example.

New Developer settings panel

The new Developer panel in Safari 17’s Settings let you toggle developer features that apply across all websites open in Safari, like Allow remote automation (which enables automating Safari with WebDriver ) and other features that were previously in the Develop menu.

New tab-specific setting overlay

Some previously-global settings from the Develop menu, like disabling CSS or changing WebRTC behavior, have moved to Web Inspector where they are now scoped to the inspected tab, allowing you to use other tabs and windows normally.

Redesigned Responsive Web Design Mode

Responsive Design Mode has also been refreshed to focus on the responsiveness of a page’s design at any width or height on your Mac. You can type in a specific viewport size at the top of Responsive Design Mode in addition to dragging the resize handles around the view.

Also new is the ability to open the page in a Simulator right from Responsive Design Mode.

You can also open any page from Safari in a Simulator directly from the Develop > Open Page With menu, even when you are not using Responsive Design Mode.

Using a Simulator is a great way to test the experiences you’re making on iOS, iPadOS, and coming soon, visionOS — including device-specific behaviors, like the rendered size of type, the effects of the viewport meta tag , double-tap to zoom, and even Home Screen web apps on iOS and iPadOS. Simulators are free, and come included with Xcode from the Mac App Store .

If you don’t have Xcode installed, a link to documentation is conveniently available in the Develop > Open Page With menu, as well as the Open with Simulator menu in Responsive Design Mode, to help you get started, or to add more devices and OS versions.

Learn all about the new Develop menu, redesigned Responsive Web Design mode, how to easily connect to directly to a real device, how to install and use a Simulator, and much more in Rediscover Safari developer features at WWDC23.

Web Inspector

We’ve also made improvements to Web Inspector . When working with minified sources, pretty printing in Web Inspector can help make the code easier to read, set breakpoints in, and debug. New in Safari 17, more JavaScript syntax is supported for pretty printing minified scripts, including template strings , optional chaining , private variables and functions in classes , and static variables and functions .

Changes to Web Inspector in Safari 17 also include:

• Elements tab: Added settings to always show rulers and element overlays for grid and flexbox when highlighting elements in Web Inspector or in Element Selection Mode.
• Elements tab: Added editing controls for variation axes in the Fonts sidebar.
• Console tab: Added setting to show timestamps for console messages.
• Console tab: Added support for viewing the target of a WeakRef .
• Sources tab: Added support for ES2022 Private Fields when inspecting and logging JavaScript objects.
• Graphics tab: Added support for OffscreenCanvas.

Learn more by watching What’s new in Web Inspector at WWDC23.

GPU Process

Last year brought GPU process support to WebKit on iOS, iPadOS and watchOS. This year we’re adding support on macOS Sonoma. The change moves all drawing (including the drawing of page content, 2D Canvas and WebGL rendering) so it occurs in the “GPU Process”. This new architecture allows WebKit to isolate powerful graphics hardware and driver access away from the WebContent process, which is the process that interacts with untrusted content from the Internet. The new design also allows the WebContent process sandbox to completely block IOKit access, resulting in improved security.

New interfaces are added to WKWebsiteDataStore and related classes to further unlock the potential of your WebKit apps. The new capabilities include creating persistent website data stores, configuring cookie policy, customizing proxy settings, requesting HTTPS upgrade for all navigations, and controlling state of inline prediction for autocomplete.

Safari Profiles

Safari 17 adds support for profiles. History, favorites, Tab Groups and website data such as cookies, caches, service workers, and Web Push subscriptions are scoped per-profile. Users can manage each profile’s data individually.

Safari Private Browsing

In Safari 17, Private Browsing gets even more private with added protection against some of the most advanced techniques used to track you. Technical changes include:

• Adding blocking for known trackers and fingerprinting.
• Adding support for mitigating trackers that map subdomains to third-party IP addresses.
• Adding blocking for known tracking query parameters in links.
• Adding noise to fingerprintable web APIs.
• Adding console log messages when blocking requests to known trackers.
• Adding support for blocking trackers that use third-party CNAME cloaking.
• Adding support for Private Click Measurement for direct response advertising, similar to how it works for in-app direct response advertising .

Text cursor color

On macOS Sonoma, the redesigned text cursor now uses the system accent color and matches iOS behavior. You can still customize the color with the caret-color CSS property.

Safari 17 adds support for vertical text recognition in images and videos.

Apple Pay via Payment Request API

You can now enable Apple Pay to be used in third-party iframes by setting the allow="payment" attribute. This “permissions policy” enables the Payment Request API on an iframe, allowing you to embed third-party payment handlers. If using this feature, be sure you also use the X-Frames-Options HTTP header to prevent your site from being embedded by malicious websites.

Authentication

Safari 17 adds support for largeBlob extension for passkeys. Websites can use the additional storage to save data that can later be retrieved when signing in with a passkey. These saved blobs are synced and shared along with passkeys.

We also are adding support for enterprise WebAuthn attestation for passkeys in iCloud Keychain. Managed devices can provide an attestation statement when creating passkeys, using a certificate provisioned through MDM.

Safari 17 adds support for preconnect via HTTP Early Hints.

Lockdown mode

Lockdown mode now:

• Disables IndexedDB.
• Disables the File API and FileReader API.
• Disables support for the <embed> element.
• Disables the Web Speech (Speech Synthesis) API.
• Disables the WebLocks API.
• Disables support for experimental APIs.
• Supports select web fonts.

Lockdown Mode is also now supported in WebKit on watchOS.

Safari 17 now lets you customize where extensions run with even more granularity.

First, Safari App Extensions now have the same per-site permissions model as Safari Web Extensions. It puts users in control over the browsing data they share with every extension they use in Safari.

Second, as an additional layer of control, Safari Extensions can be turned off in Private Browsing. Extensions that access browsing data, like browsing history or webpage contents, will be off by default in Private Browsing but can be allowed with a single toggle in Safari Settings.

Third, all Safari Extensions can be turned on or off per Safari Profile. You can imagine this being useful for turning on an extension used only for school or work in a relevant profile, but keeping it off everywhere else. Each profile runs a separate instance of the extension — meaning there are unique storage areas, background pages, service workers, and more. However, per-site permissions are shared across profiles, so an extension only needs to be granted once. If your extension leverages native messaging capabilities to communicate with a host app, it’s possible to distinguish between profiles to ensure your extension behaves correctly across profiles.

Learn more by watching What’s new in Safari extensions at WWDC23.

To learn even more about what’s in Safari 17 for web developers, including an extensive list of bug fixes, read the Safari 17 beta release notes .

You can test Safari 17 beta by installing the beta of macOS Sonoma, iOS 17, or iPadOS 17.

Or, if you’d like, you can try out Safari 17 beta on macOS Ventura or macOS Monterey by downloading the Safari 17.0 public beta , once it’s available later this summer. You will need to sign in using a free Apple ID to download. Note that installing Safari 17 beta will replace your existing Safari install with no way to revert to an earlier version.

We love hearing from you. Send a tweet to @webkit to share your thoughts on Safari 17.0 beta. You can find us on Mastodon at @[email protected] and @[email protected] . If you run into any issues, we welcome your feedback on Safari UI, or your WebKit bug report about web technologies or Web Inspector. Filing issues really does make a difference.

Download the latest Safari Technology Preview to stay at the forefront of the web platform and to use the latest Web Inspector features.

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• Aug 3, 2023

thegerman said: Who needs Safari * ghaargh* Chrome FTW! Click to expand...

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sguser said: I didn't realize it replaces Safari.app. Does anyone know how to uninstall the Beta? I cannot find uninstallation instructions of the Apple's web site. Click to expand...

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Running latest Sonoma beta on my M1 MBAir and it has Safari v17. Seen no issues. But will not but Safari beta on my main computer - M1 MacStudio.  

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pappkristof said: Does it include WebApps? Or that is only available in Sonoma? Click to expand...

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For some reason Safari on Mac has been buggy for me. I’ve had to use Firefox sometimes because Safari would take too long. (For context I’m on the Sonoma beta)  

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It needs support to allow proper ad blocking, WIPR has been a disappointment. uBlockOrigin please !  

lkrupp said: Name a website that doesn’t work with Safari. I use Safari all day long and have yet to run into a website that doesn’t work. Even government websites work these days. Click to expand...

Jay Tee said: It needs support to allow proper ad blocking, WIPR has been a disappointment. uBlockOrigin please ! Click to expand...

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SkimPappa said: I encourage you to use focus modes to prevent those notifications at 2 AM. Click to expand...

Good to know ! I just installed it and configured it. The new Profiles feature was the thing I was looking for. I configured it properly, but it was very confusing to do...  

iwndfiodnof said: On Ventura installing this you won't be able to see existing tab groups / the tab groups feature in general seems quite buggy Click to expand...

This new Safari at last supports Favicons, the sad grey look of the favorites bar had always prevented me to use it as my main browser. Now I will switch for sure - from Brave - as Safari is more energy/system efficient.  

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I really, really want to like Profiles but right now, they seem a bit weird. I have 4 profiles set up and only sometimes it allows me to SWITCH between, other times it only offers to open a new window for a particular profile, even if there is an existing window for that profile open!  

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MasterControlProgram said: It's been years since I've come across a site that doesn't work in Safari too. I think you'd have to be doing something really whacky and non-standard to make a site not work in Safari these days. I work in web dev and I've not come across a Safari issue with any of our systems for years (although admittedly we don't develop anything too complicated rendering-wise). Click to expand...

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Good article. Safari profiles is nice to have.  

ericg301 said: no issues with AdGuard Click to expand...

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• Aug 4, 2023

koelsh said: These are just what I can think of at the moment. My anecdote to all of this for several years on my 2018 13-inch MBP Safari will generally heat up the hardware enough to spin up the fans even on basic pages like writing this comment and each example listed above often have the fans running at full. Meanwhile I'm writing this response in Firefox and my laptop is almost cool to the touch. Click to expand...

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coolbreeze2 said: Klarna. I sign in and it states "having problems". Then I try Chrome and no problem. It's been like that for weeks. Click to expand...

lkrupp said: Signed up for an account, made a small purchase, no issues at all. So it’s back to you. What have you done to troubleshoot? Cleared cookies? Emptied caches? What? Like most you probably did nothing and assumed the site was not Safari compatible. Click to expand...

Installed the beta yesterday and loving it so far. Safari is my primary browser with Edge as my back-up. Not seeing any issues with the beta so far.  

About iPadOS 17 Updates

iPadOS 17 brings a redesigned Lock Screen with new ways to customize, showcase your photos, and add widgets for information at a glance. Messages includes a new Stickers experience which brings all of your stickers together. The Health app comes to iPad designed for the larger display. Productivity improvements make it easier to work with full-width PDFs and document scans in Notes and Stage Manager adds more flexibility to the positioning of windows and adds external display camera support. iPadOS 17 also includes updates to Safari, Keyboard, Music, AirPlay, and more.

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

iPadOS 17.0.1

Ipados 17.0.2, ipados 17.0.3, ipados 17.1, ipados 17.1.1, ipados 17.1.2, ipados 17.2, ipados 17.3, ipados 17.3.1.

iPadOS 17.4

iPadOS 17.4.1

iPadOS 17.4.1

This update provides important bug fixes and security updates and is recommended for all users.

iPadOS 17.4

This update introduces new emoji, transcripts in Apple Podcasts and includes other features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPad.

New mushroom, phoenix, lime, broken chain, and shaking heads emoji are available in the emoji keyboard

18 people and body emoji add the option to face them in either direction

Apple Podcasts

Transcripts let you follow an episode with text that highlights in sync with the audio in English, Spanish, French and German

Episode text can be read in full, searched for a word or phrase, tapped to play from a specific point and used with accessibility features such as Text Size, Increase Contrast, and VoiceOver

This update also includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:

Music recognition lets you add songs you have identified to your Apple Music Playlists and Library

Business updates you opt into keep you informed of order status, flight notifications, fraud alerts or other transactions from trusted businesses in Messages for Business

Apple Cash virtual card numbers enable you to pay with Apple Cash at merchants that don’t yet accept Apple Pay by typing in your number from Wallet or using Safari AutoFill

Fixes an issue where contact pictures are blank in Find My

Safari Favorites Bar adds an option to show only icons for websites

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

This update provides bug fixes for your iPad including:

Text may unexpectedly duplicate or overlap while typing

This update introduces a new Unity wallpaper to honor Black history and culture in celebration of Black History Month. This release also includes enhancements to Apple Music, as well as other features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPad.

Lock Screen

New Unity wallpaper honors Black history and culture in celebration of Black History Month

Collaborate on playlists allows you to invite friends to join your playlist and add, reorder, and remove songs

Emoji reactions can be added to any track in a collaborative playlist

This update also includes the following improvements:

AirPlay hotel support lets you stream content directly to the TV in your room in select hotels

AppleCare & Warranty in Settings shows your coverage for all devices signed in with your Apple ID

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:

This update introduces enhanced Autofill for PDFs and enhancements to Messages and Weather. This release also includes other features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPad.

Enhanced AutoFill identifies fields in PDFs and other forms enabling you to populate them with information such as names and addresses from your contacts

Catch-up arrow lets you easily jump to your first unread message in a conversation by tapping the arrow visible in the top-right corner

Add sticker option in the context menu lets you add a sticker directly to a bubble

Memoji updates include the ability to adjust the body shape of any Memoji

Contact Key Verification provides automatic alerts and Contact Verification Codes to help verify people facing extraordinary digital threats are messaging only with the people they intend

Precipitation amounts help you stay on top of rain and snow conditions for a given day over the next 10 days

New widgets let you choose from next-hour precipitation, daily forecast, sunrise and sunset times, and current conditions such as Air Quality, Feels Like, and wind speed

Wind map snapshot helps you quickly assess wind patterns and access the animated wind map overlay to prepare for forecasted wind conditions for the next 24 hours

Interactive moon calendar lets you easily visualize the phase of the moon on any day for the next month

Siri support for privately accessing and logging Health app data using your voice (iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later), iPad Air (3rd generation and later), iPad mini (5th generation and later), and iPad (8th generation and later))

Favorite Songs Playlist in Apple Music lets you quickly get back to the songs you mark as favorites

Use Listening History in Apple Music can be disabled in a Focus so music you listen to does not appear in Recently Played or influence your recommendations

A new Digital Clock Widget lets you quickly catch a glimpse of the time on your Home Screen or Lock Screen

New keyboard layouts provide support for 8 Sámi languages

Sensitive Content Warning for stickers in Messages prevents you from being unexpectedly shown a sticker containing nudity

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

Weather Lock Screen widget may not correctly display snow

This update introduces the ability for AirDrop transfers to continue over the internet when you step out of AirDrop range. This release also includes enhancements to Apple Music, adds support for Apple Pencil (USB-C), as well as other features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPad.

Content continues to transfer over the internet when you step out of AirDrop range

Favorites expanded to include songs, albums, and playlists, and you can filter to display your favorites in the library

New cover art collection offers designs that change colors to reflect the music in your playlist

Song suggestions appear at the bottom of every playlist, making it easy to add music that matches the vibe of your playlist

Apple Pencil

Support for Apple Pencil (USB-C)

This update also includes the following improvements and bug fixes:

Option to choose a specific album to use with Photo Shuffle on the Lock Screen

Home key support for Matter locks

Improved reliability of Screen Time settings syncing across devices

Fixes an issue that may cause the keyboard to be less responsive

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

This update fixes an issue that may prevent transferring data directly from another iPad during setup.

https://support.apple.com/HT201222

Redesigned Lock Screen gives you all new ways to personalize your Lock Screen by showcasing favorite photos, customizing font styles, displaying widgets, and more

A multilayered depth effect places the subject of the photo in front of the time

Multiple Lock Screens can be created and you can easily switch between them

Lock Screen gallery offers personalized suggestions as well as Apple curated collections, with new wallpapers like Kaleidoscope, Hello, and Lake

Motion effect for Live Photo wallpaper makes your Lock Screen feel more dynamic with Live Photos which settle into your Home Screen when unlocked

Live Activities make it easier to stay on top of things that are happening in real time, right from the Lock Screen

Notifications appear at the bottom of your Lock Screen and can be displayed in an expanded list view, stacked view, or count view

Widgets on the Lock Screen let you glance at information like the weather, time, battery levels, calendar events, alarms and third party widgets

Interactive widgets let you take actions, like mark a reminder as complete, directly from the widget by tapping it on the Home Screen or Lock Screen

Undo on Home Screen lets you undo where you placed a widget by shaking iPad or using a three-finger tap

Stickers iMessage app brings all your stickers into one place including Live Stickers, Memoji, Animoji, emoji stickers, and your third party sticker packs

Live Stickers can be created by lifting the subject from photos or videos and stylizing them with effects like Shiny, Puffy, Comic, and Outline

Audio message transcription is available for audio messages you receive so you can read them in the moment and listen later

Search improvements help you find messages faster by allowing you to combine search filters such as people, keywords, and content types like photos or links to find exactly what you are looking for

Swipe to reply to a message inline by swiping to the right on any bubble

One-time verification code cleanup automatically deletes verification codes from the Messages app after using them with AutoFill in other apps

Leave a video or audio message to capture exactly what you want to say when someone does not pick up your FaceTime call

Enjoy FaceTime calls on Apple TV by using your iPad as a camera (Apple TV 4K 2nd generation and later)

Reactions layer 3D effects like hearts, balloons, confetti, and more around you in video calls and can be triggered with gestures

Video effects allow you to adjust the intensity of Studio Lighting and Portrait mode

Health app on iPad is designed for the larger display, including the sidebar for quick navigation, rich details in Favorites, and interactive charts

Health and fitness data seamlessly syncs across your devices from your iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch, as well as compatible third-party apps and devices

Health Sharing lets you choose health data to share with those closest to you and receive important notifications about your loved ones’ health and view things like their activity, mobility data, heart rate data, and trends

State of Mind reflection allows you to log your momentary emotion and daily mood, choose what factors are having the biggest impact on you, and describe your feelings

Interactive charts give you insights into your state of mind, how it has changed over time, and what factors may have influence such as exercise, sleep, and mindful minutes

Mental health assessments help you understand your current risk for depression and anxiety and if you might benefit from getting support

Screen Distance leverages the TrueDepth camera that powers Face ID to encourage you to increase the distance you view your device to reduce digital eye strain and can help reduce the risk of myopia in children

Inline PDFs and document scans are presented full-width in your note, making it easy to view and mark-up a document you’re reviewing

Linked notes allow you to create hyperlinks to other notes to connect ideas, content, or any information

Block quote formatting makes it easy to visually offset a section of writing with a quote bar

Monostyled text formatting features monospace text inset with a distinct background

Open in Pages lets you create a Pages document from your note from the share menu

Safari and Passwords

Profiles keep your browsing separate for topics like work and personal, separating your history, cookies, extensions, Tab Groups, and favorites

Private Browsing enhancements include locking your private browsing windows when you’re not using them, blocking known trackers from loading, and removing identifying tracking from URLs

Password and passkey sharing lets you create a group of passwords to share with trusted contacts that stays up to date as members of the group make changes

One-time verification code AutoFill from Mail autofill in Safari so you can log in without leaving the browser

Improved autocorrect accuracy makes typing even easier by leveraging a powerful transformer-based language model (iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad (10th generation), iPad Air (4th generation and later), and iPad mini (6th generation))

Easier autocorrect editing temporarily underlines corrected words and lets you revert back to what you originally typed with just a tap

Enhanced sentence corrections can correct more types of grammatical mistakes when you finish sentences (iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad (10th generation), iPad Air (4th generation and later), and iPad mini (6th generation))

Inline predictive text shows single and multi-word predictions as you type that can be added by tapping space bar (iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad (10th generation), iPad Air (4th generation and later), and iPad mini (6th generation))

Improved drawing with new tools, like fountain pen, ruler and watercolor as well as shape recognition

Follow Along allows you to guide collaborators around your board so that they can see what you see as you move around the canvas

Better diagraming helps you quickly build diagrams and flowcharts by dragging connector handles to connect objects

Share to Freeform lets you add content from other apps to your Freeform boards using the share sheet

PDF markup allows you to annotate directly on PDFs in your board

3D interaction lets you preview 3D objects on your canvas with Quick Look

Stage Manager

More flexible window positioning lets you create your ideal window layout with larger draggable areas for precise selection and positioning of apps

External display cameras can be used for FaceTime and video calls

Visual Look Up

Expanded domains in Visual Look Up help you discover similar recipes from photos of food, Maps information from photos of storefronts, and the meaning of signs and symbols on things like laundry tags

Multiple or single subjects can be lifted from the background of photos and videos and placed into apps like Messages

Visual Look Up in Video helps you learn about objects that appear in paused video frames

Visual Look Up for subjects in photos enables you to look up information about objects you lift from photos directly from the callout bar

Option to say “Siri” in addition to “Hey Siri” for an even more natural way to make requests

Back-to-back requests can be issued without needing to reactivate Siri in between commands (iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later), iPad Air (3rd generation and later), iPad mini (5th generation and later), and iPad (8th generation and later))

Intelligent AirPlay device list makes finding the right AirPlay-compatible TV or speaker even easier by showing your devices in order of relevance, based on your preferences

Suggested AirPlay device connections are proactively shown to you as a notification to make it even more seamless to connect to your preferred AirPlay devices

Automatic AirPlay device connections are made between your iPad and the most relevant AirPlay-compatible device so all you have to do is tap “Play” to begin enjoying your content

Adaptive Audio delivers a new listening mode that dynamically blends Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency to tailor the noise control experience based on the conditions of your environment (AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with firmware version 6A300 or later)

Personalized Volume adjusts the volume of your media in response to your environment and listening preferences over time (AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with firmware version 6A300 or later)

Conversation Awareness lowers your media volume and enhances the voices of the people in front of the user, all while reducing background noise (AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with firmware version 6A300 or later)

Press to mute and unmute your microphone by pressing the AirPods stem or the Digital Crown on AirPods Max when on a call (AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro (1st and 2nd generation), or AirPods Max with firmware version 6A300 or later)

Sensitive Content Warnings can be enabled to prevent users from unexpectedly being shown images containing nudity in Messages, AirDrop, Contact Posters in the Phone app, and FaceTime messages

Expanded Communication Safety protections for children now detect videos containing nudity in addition to photos that children may receive or attempt to send in Messages, AirDrop, Contact Posters in the Phone app, FaceTime messages, and the system Photo picker

Improved sharing permissions give you even more control over what you share with apps, with an embedded photo picker and an add-only Calendar permission

Link tracking protection removes extra information from links shared in Messages, Mail, and Safari Private Browsing that some websites use in their URLs to track you across other websites, and links still work as expected

Accessibility

Assistive Access distills apps and experiences to their essential features in Phone and FaceTime, Messages, Camera, Photos, and Music, including large text, visual alternatives, and focused choices for users with cognitive disabilities

Live Speech lets you type what you want to say and have it be spoken out loud in phone calls, FaceTime calls, or for in-person conversations

Personal Voice enables users who are at risk of losing their speech function to privately and securely create a voice that sounds like them on iPad, and use it with Live Speech in phone and FaceTime calls

Point and Speak in Magnifier Detection Mode uses iPad to read text out loud on physical objects with small text labels, such as keypads on doors and buttons on appliances

This release also includes other features and improvements:

Pets in the People album in Photos surfaces individual pets in the album just like friends or family members

Photos Album widget lets you select a specific album from the Photos app to appear in the widget

Item sharing in Find My allows you to share an AirTag or Find My network accessory with up to five other people

Activity History in Home displays a recent history of events for door locks, garage doors, security systems, and contact sensors

Grid Forecast in Home shows when your electrical grid has cleaner energy sources available (Contiguous US only)

Grocery Lists in Reminders automatically group related items into sections as you add them

New Memoji stickers in Keyboard include Halo, Smirk, and Peekaboo

App Shortcuts in Spotlight Top Hit offer you app shortcuts to your next action when you search for an app

Email or phone number sign-in lets you sign into your iPad with any email address or phone number listed in your Apple ID account

This release includes even more features and improvements. For more information, please visit this website: https://www.apple.com/ipados/ipados-17

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How to Download Safari 17 Beta for macOS Ventura and Monterey

​Apple is now allowing Mac users running macOS Ventura and macOS Monterey to try out its latest Safari 17 browser before it officially launches alongside macOS Sonoma in the fall. Keep reading to learn what’s new and how to download it.

Last month, Apple quietly began making beta versions of Safari 17 available to download as a standalone package. Prior to this, the only way to try out the revamped version of Safari was to install the macOS Sonoma Beta , but now anyone running macOS Ventura or macOS Monterey can try out Safari 17 without having to install Apple’s latest beta operating system on their Mac.

What’s New in Safari 17 for macOS

As of writing, Safari 17 for macOS Ventura and Monterey has reached its fourth beta. Not only is it snappier with faster search responsiveness, it also has more relevant search suggestions – and easier-to-read suggestions. Here’s what else is new: Locked Private Browsing : Private browsing windows in Safari can now be locked when not in use, and require secondary authentication via Touch ID or your Mac’s password to unlock and access for added privacy. One-Time Code AutoFill from Mail : One-time verification codes you receive in Apple Mail now autofill in Safari, making it easy to log in without leaving the browser. Advanced Tracking and Fingerprinting Protection : URLs in ‌Safari 17‌ can be stripped of all tracking information appended to the end of the URL so that websites cannot track your browsing using URL identifiers. Multi-Tab Selection : You can now select multiple open tabs at once to move them around the tab bar or create a Tab Group for them. Favicons in the Favorites Bar : You can now identify sites in the Favorites bar more easily with favicons. Hide IP Address From Websites : There’s a new option to hide IP address from both trackers and websites or only trackers when using the iCloud Private Relay feature. Reading List Widget : You can now add your Safari Reading List to your Mac’s Notification Center for quick access. Privacy Protections for App Extensions : You can now set per-site privacy settings for app extensions in addition to web extensions. Safari Profiles : Safari has gained a new feature called Profiles, which is designed to help keep your browsing separate for topics like Work, School, or Personal. Each profile gets its own icon and silos your history, Tab Groups, favorites, and cookies. You can even assign specific extensions to profiles to optimize your browsing experience based on the task at hand.

How to Install Safari 17 on macOS Ventura/Monterey

In an unexpected change for 2023, anyone who signs in to Apple’s developer account website with their Apple ID gets access to developer beta releases as well , even if they are not a paying member of Apple’s Developer Program. So if you’re still interested in trying out Safari 17, simply follow the steps below.

Note that Safari 17 Beta 4 requires macOS Ventura 13.4 or macOS Monterey 12.5 to run , and that installing it will overwrite your current Safari version. Also, bear in mind that this is beta software , so you may potentially experience bugs and issues that negatively impact your browsing. Having said that, beta 4 is very stable in our experience. Open Safari on your Mac and go to Apple’s developer website . Under “Sign in to Apple Developer,” enter and submit your Apple ID and password using the arrow buttons, then if required, enter the two-factor authentication code sent to your Apple devices. Now click through to the Safari Beta Downloads page . Under Safari 17, click View Details , then click the Safari 17 Beta DMG link to download the installation package applicable to your macOS version. Once the package is downloaded to your Mac, double-click it and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation.

Wrapping Up

When Safari 17 is officially released to the public as part of macOS Sonoma, users can expect some additional features, including the ability to save your favorite websites to the Dock as streamlined Web Apps , as well as the ability to share website passwords and passkeys with trusted contacts.

This article, “ How to Download Safari 17 Beta for macOS Ventura and Monterey ” first appeared on MacRumors.com

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Apple released  iOS 17.4  on March 5, more than a month after the tech giant released  iOS 17.3  to the general public. The latest major iOS update brings new features, including major changes for people in the European Union  and  new emoji , as well as important bug fixes to your iPhone. 

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Here's what iOS 17.4 brings to your iPhone.

Downloading other app stores in the EU

Apple introduced a significant change to Safari, the App Store and iOS with iOS 17.4, but only for people in Europe. With iOS 17.4, people in the EU can download an alternative app store and apps from outside the App Store. As CNET's Katie Collins reports , this marks one of the largest changes to the App Store since its inception in 2008. People in the EU will also be given new default app controls, giving them more ways to customize their iPhone experience. 

People in the EU have access to other app stores and more now.

Apple made these changes , which were announced in January, to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act.

Read more: Apple Will Allow Installation of Rival App Stores On iPhones In Europe

More options for in-app payments

Apple introduced more ways to make in-app payments with iOS 17.4. If you go to Settings > Privacy & Security , you'll see an option called Contactless & NFC , or near-field communication . If you tap the new option, you'll be taken to a mostly blank page that has a small disclaimer that says the page will show apps that have requested the ability to use contactless and NFC payments in the future. Apple announced these options alongside the changes for people in the EU, and there's no word on whether this will be used by apps outside that region.

At least 100 new emoji

Some of the new emoji in iOS 17.4 include a phoenix, a slice of lime and broken chains.

Apple introduced over 100 new emoji to iPhone users with iOS 17.4. Those emoji include heads shaking up and down or left and right, a phoenix and a slice of lime. These emoji were announced in 2023, and some Android devices, including the latest Samsung phones , already have them.

Improved iMessage security against future threats

With iOS 17.4, your iMessage chats get a security boost to protect them from cyberattacks that involve quantum computing. According to CNET's David Lumb , Apple said it hasn't seen these kinds of cyberattacks yet, but the company wants to get ahead of the potential threat now. 

Read more:   Apple's Next iOS Update Protects iMessage Against Future Quantum Computing Attacks

Podcasts can now show transcripts

You can now read a transcript of your favorite podcasts with iOS 17.4.

In iOS 17.4, you can read the transcripts of your favorite podcasts as you listen to them. To see the transcripts, go into the Podcasts app and start listening to a show, then tap the media player across the bottom of your screen. There's a new button in the bottom left corner of your screen that looks like a speech bubble with quotes inside it. Tap this button and you'll see the transcript of the show you're listening to.

You can search within the transcript, too, so if someone mentions a book or movie title and you only remember part of it, you can search the part you do know and find the whole title. 

Read more:   What to Know About Podcast Transcripts on iOS 17.4

Virtual card numbers come to Apple Cash

Your Apple Cash  gets an upgrade with iOS 17.4, too. Now you can view  virtual card numbers for your Apple Cash which lets you shop at online stores that don't accept Apple Pay. This card comes with its own number, expiration date and three-digit security code, like a physical card. You can also easily request a new card number if you think your card has been compromised.

Read more: How to View Your Apple Cash's Virtual Card Numbers

Another digital clock widget

In iOS 17.4, Apple introduced a new digital clock app widget called City Digital. This widget displays the time as well as a set location as opposed to wherever your iPhone is at the moment. This can be helpful if you're traveling or live far from family and friends but want to keep in touch without waking them up in the middle of the night.

Apple introduced the digital clock widget to iPhones with the release of iOS 17.2 .

More Stolen Device Protection options

Stolen Device Protection now lets you always require a security delay, or only when you're away from locations like your home.

Apple introduced a few new options in  Stolen Device Protection  with iOS 17.4. The new options let you choose whether you want to always require a 1-hour security delay to access certain settings or make changes, or to only require the delay when you're away from a familiar location like your home. 

Apple introduced Stolen Device Protection with iOS 17.3, and the intent of the feature is to protect some of your data if your device is stolen or falls into nefarious hands. The feature doesn't protect all your data, but Apple still recommends everyone turn it on.

Read more: How to Give Your iPhone's Stolen Device Protection a Boost

New Battery Health readout for iPhone 15 models

With iOS 17.4,  iPhone 15 models  get a new  Battery Health  readout. If you go to  Settings > Battery, you'll see a new option that tells you the status of your battery's health in a word, like Normal or Service. You can also tap this option for more details about your battery, like its cycle count and maximum capacity. Before, your iPhone would show a percentage correlating to your battery's health without any indication of what it means.

Read more:   iOS 17.4's New Tool Shows if Your iPhone 15's Battery Health Is Normal

New Home button in the Music and Books apps

Apple introduced a Home button in Apple Music and the Books app with iOS 17.4. If you open either app and look at the bottom of your screen, the Home button is in the far-left corner. This button replaced Listen Now in Apple Music and Read Now in Books. 

If you're an Apple Music subscriber and tap the button, you're taken to a page that shows you menus, like Recently Played, and recommendations based on artists you've listened to. If you tap this button in the Books app, you see menus like Current Bestsellers and Start Reading for Free.

Previous iOS updates brought Home buttons to the Podcasts and Apple TV apps, so this change is likely Apple trying to apply some uniformity across its apps.

Siri can read messages in multiple languages

In iOS 17.4, Apple gave Siri the ability to read messages in multiple languages . Once enabled, Siri can read messages in languages like Spanish, dialects of Mandarin and Thai. Apple writes that this won't change the primary language Siri listens and responds in. 

Read more: How to Enable Siri to Read Messages in More Languages

New Apple CarPlay and Maps experience in certain vehicles

Certain Apple CarPlay-supported vehicles will show a new Maps instrument cluster with iOS 17.4.

With iOS 17.4, if you use Apple CarPlay with Maps in certain supported vehicles, you'll see a new instrument cluster. 

"With supported CarPlay vehicles, Apple Maps will present a new instrument cluster experience with information about upcoming maneuvers," Apple wrote online . "Users will be able to swap the desired display type between the main and instrument cluster screen by tapping the map configuration button on the upper right of the Maps main screen."

Apple didn't say which vehicles support this new feature, and the company didn't respond to a request for comment.

Here are the full release notes for iOS 17.4.

Emoji New mushroom, phoenix, lime, broken chain, and shaking heads emoji are now available in the emoji keyboard. 18 people and body emoji add the option to face them in either direction. Apple Podcasts Transcripts let you follow an episode with text that highlights in sync with the audio in English, Spanish, French and German. Episode text can be read in full, searched for a word or phrase, tapped to play from a specific point and used with accessibility features such as Text Size, Increase Contrast and VoiceOver. This update includes the following enhancements and bug fixes: Music recognition lets you add songs you have identified to your Apple Music Playlists and Library, as well as Apple Music Classic. Siri has a new option to announce messages you receive in any supported language. Stolen Device Protection supports the option for increased security in all locations. Battery Health in Settings shows battery cycle count, manufacture date, and first use on iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models. Call Identification displays Apple-verified business name, logo and department name when available. Business updates in Messages for Business provide trusted information for order status, flight notifications, fraud alerts or other transactions you opt into. Apple Cash virtual card numbers enable you to pay with Apple Cash at merchants that don't yet accept Apple Pay by typing in your number from Wallet or using Safari AutoFill. Fixes an issue where contact pictures are blank in Find My. Fixes an issue for Dual SIM users where the phone number changes from primary to secondary and is visible to a group they have messaged. Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

For more on iOS 17, here's what to know about iOS 17.4.1 and all the features that were included in iOS 17.3 . You can also check out our iOS 17 cheat sheet .

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Apple releases iOS 17.4.1 for iPhone users, more

Apple has officially released iOS 17.4.1 for iPhone users today. The update comes two weeks after Apple released iOS 17.4 with major changes in the European Union.

You can update your iPhone to iOS 17.4.1 by heading to the Settings app, choosing General, then choosing Software Update. The build number for today’s update is 21E236. It’s available for any iPhone capable of running iOS 17, which includes the iPhone XR/XS and newer.

Apple’s release notes for iOS 17.4.1 simply say: “This update provides important bug fixes and security updates and is recommended for all users.”

iOS 17.4 was released  on March 5 with a number of new features, including alternative app store support in the European Union. The update also included transcripts in Apple Podcasts, improvements to Stolen Device Protection and Siri, new emoji, and more. 

In addition to iOS 17.4.1, Apple has released the following updates (all of which contain important bug fixes and security updates):

• visionOS 1.1.1
• iPadOS 17.4.1

Find anything new in iOS 17.4.1? Let us know down in the comments.

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