Since 2003 Safari has been Apple's default Mac web browser. The browser was based on Apple's own internal version of KHTML, a free software web page rendering engine. The underlying WebKit technology Apple's developed has gone on to power other browsers too. Safari sports integration with iCloud, Apple's cloud service, with features including Shared Links, making it easy to view content friends and colleagues have shared via social networks. Advanced power saving technology helps Safari spare your MacBook battery from draining when it encounters web pages that use power-hungry technology like Adobe Flash. Safari is also outfitted with advanced privacy and phishing protection, and also supports extensions, enabling third party to developers to create new features and functionality.
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How to enable and edit your favorites in Safari
A few weeks ago, I received a panicked call from my sister. "My Favorites are gone! I don't know where they went and I don't know how to get them back." The favorites in question weren't Instagram likes or Twitter stars — no, her new work Mac had come with its Bookmarks favorites bar disabled. It's not uncommon to see this in new OS X Yosemite Macs; Safari's default view sports as few...
Beta + Firmware = Happy Developer
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Apple rolls out new Safari beta, Thunderbolt firmware update
Apple has seeded a new beta version of Safari to developers today. The beta covers versions 8.0.1, 7.1.1, and 6.2.1 for OS X Yosemite, Mavericks, and Mountain Lion. Apple has asked that developers focus on testing these key areas as part of the beta process: General website compatibility Extension compatibility WebGL graphics on Retina displays Password AutoFill when...
How to use Safari Reading List on your Mac
In OS X Mavericks Apple introduced the Reading List in Apple's Safari web browser. Reading List makes it easier to find content you'd like to read when you get a chance. What's more, Reading List synchronizes between your iOS and Mac devices, so you can pick up and read from anywhere. Here's how to get the most out of it. How to save pages to Safari Reading List Safari's Reading...
How to disable website tracking in Safari for Mac
There are lots of reasons browsers use website tracking. There are also lots of reasons you would want to turn it off. If you use Safari for Mac, you can do just that with just a few simple clicks.
How to use Safari's Reading List feature on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Reading List is a feature in Safari that allows you to bookmark pages you want to remember to check out or read later. The best part is that your iPhone, iPad, and Mac all support the feature and as long as you've got iCloud enabled, you can pick up where you left off on any of your devices. Not sure where to start? Follow along and we'll get you up and running in no time.
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Daily Tip: Bookmarking websites to your iPhone, iPad home screen [Beginner]
Have a favorite website and curious how to bookmark it directly on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad home screen? Apple provides a WebClip feature that means you don't even have to launch Safari to get to your bookmark. We'll show you how after the break! To add a WebClip bookmark icon to your home screen: Launch Safari Go to the web page you want to bookmark Tap the "action" button...
![Daily Tip: Saving Locations on Google Maps [Beginner]](https://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/w300h225crop/public/images/stories/2010/12/Maps_Google_Main.png?itok=Dg6vRbbN)
Daily Tip: Saving Locations on Google Maps [Beginner]
Do you want to save a location that you've found on Google Maps? After searching for a place on Google Maps, you can save the results to Bookmarks or Contacts so you can easily come back to it later. Stay with us after the break and we will show you how. Start First, Search for the location in the search box. When you find the location you want, select the ' > ' icon At the...
Apple Updates Mac OS X Safari to 4.0.4 -- Raises Stakes in JavaScript Wars
Apple has just released desktop Safari for Mac and Windows to 4.0.4, which improves full history search performance, has the mandatory stability improvements, and security fixes, but the big news as far as we're concerned is the number one item on the list -- Improved JavaScript performance Desktop Safari is the big brother of the iPhone's Mobile OS X Safari, and they share a rendering...
Apple Updates Mac and Windows Safari Web Browser to 4.0.3
Desktop Safari, predecessor and big brother to the iPhone's Mobile Safari web browser, has just received an update chock a block full of the usual security and compatibility fixed, and stability improvements. Mac users (and Windows users?!) can get it via Apple's Software Update or directly from the web via Apple.com/safari. Under the theory that where goes desktop Safari, so goes the...
Apple Releases Safari 4 Beta: What Does it Mean for iPhone Safari?
Apple has just released the first public beta of their new Safari 4 web browser for both the Mac and Windows (the Windows version now looking like an actual XP or Vista app). New features include an iTunes/Finder-like CoverFlow visualization for exploring browser history, and Apple TV commercial-esque visual wall of Top Sites (which should cause the same potential pr0nbarassment for...
TiPb Answers: How Do You Manage Mobile Safari Bookmarks on the iPhone?
TiPb loves answering your emails, but we also love sharing our answers with the community in hopes that more people will benefit, and even better answers will present themselves (hey, that's why we have them forums!). Today's question comes from Joephoto5: My Bookmarks are listed in the order that I created them... Is there a way to resort them??? Is there a way to "group" them ... (...
Apple Releases Safari 4 Developer Preview
What is it? The latest build of Apple's next generation desktop browser, based on their Open Source WebKit framework. Why do we care? Because the very same framework powers the desktop version's baby brother, MobileSafari on the iPhone, and while the 2.0 firmware brought some improvements to the latter, we ain't seen nothing like 4.0 yet. Quoth Apple Insider: Safari 4.0's...
Safari 4 to Take Aim at Flash, Beef up Web 2.0 Apps
Hot on the heels of the just released Safari 3.1, some of whose features are reportedly trickling down to baby brother MobileSafari on the iPhone 2.0 firmware, Apple has reportedly begun seeding early builds of Safari 4 (5526.11.2) to developers. The big news? WebKit's screaming fast SquirelFish Javascript engine is a go, and 53% faster, which will be huge for Web 2.0 apps like Google'...