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Safari User Guide

In the Safari app on your Mac, use General preferences to choose the page that appears when you open a new window or tab, to choose how to handle downloads, and more. To change these preferences, choose Safari > Preferences, then click General.

Option

Description

Safari opens with

Choose how each Safari session starts: with a new window, a new private window, all the windows from your last session, or all the non-private windows from your last session.

This option is shown only if “Close windows when quitting an app” is selected in the General pane of System Preferences.

New windows open with

Choose what a new Safari window contains.

  • Start Page: See websites you’ve marked as Favorites, a Privacy Report summary, your Reading List, and webpages open on other devices where you’re signed in with the same Apple ID.

  • Homepage: The homepage you set in the Homepage field below.

  • Empty Page: An empty Safari window with no page address or content.

  • Same Page: The webpage you most recently viewed.

  • Tabs for Favorites: All the bookmarks in Favorites as a set of tabs.

  • Choose tabs folder: The bookmarks in the bookmarks folder you choose.

New tabs open with

Choose what a new tab contains.

  • Start Page: See websites you’ve marked as Favorites, a Privacy Report summary, your Reading List, and webpages open on other devices where you’re signed in with the same Apple ID.

  • Homepage: The homepage you set in the Homepage field below.

  • Empty Page: An empty Safari window with no page address or content.

  • Same Page: The webpage you most recently viewed.

Homepage

Enter the URL of the webpage you want to use as your homepage, or click Set to Current Page to use the current active page.

Remove history items

Choose when to remove items from the history.

Favorites shows

Choose the bookmarks folder whose bookmarks you want shown on the start page and in the start page view that appears below the Smart Search field.

File download location

Choose where to save items you download from the internet, or have Safari always ask where you want to save downloads.

Remove download list items

Choose when to remove items from the list.

Open “safe” files after downloading

In Safari, automatically open the listed types of files, but not software.

Download System Preferences For Mac 10.6.8

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How to get updates for macOS Mojave or later

If you've upgraded to macOS Mojave or later, follow these steps to keep it up to date:

  1. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu , then click Software Update to check for updates.
  2. If any updates are available, click the Update Now button to install them. Or click ”More info” to see details about each update and select specific updates to install.
  3. When Software Update says that your Mac is up to date, the installed version of macOS and all of its apps are also up to date. That includes Safari, iTunes, Books, Messages, Mail, Calendar, Photos, and FaceTime.

To find updates for iMovie, Garageband, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and other apps that were downloaded separately from the App Store, open the App Store on your Mac, then click the Updates tab.

To automatically install macOS updates in the future, including apps that were downloaded separately from the App Store, select ”Automatically keep my Mac up to date.” Your Mac will notify you when updates require it to restart, so you can always choose to install those later.

How to get updates for earlier macOS versions

For

If you're using an earlier macOS, such as macOS High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, or earlier,* follow these steps to keep it up to date:

  1. Open the App Store app on your Mac.
  2. Click Updates in the App Store toolbar.
  3. Use the Update buttons to download and install any updates listed.
  4. When the App Store shows no more updates, the installed version of macOS and all of its apps are up to date. That includes Safari, iTunes, iBooks, Messages, Mail, Calendar, Photos, and FaceTime. Later versions may be available by upgrading your macOS.

To automatically download updates in the future, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click App Store, then select ”Download newly available updates in the background.” Your Mac will notify you when updates are ready to install.


* If you're using OS X Lion or Snow Leopard, get OS X updates by choosing Apple menu  > Software Update.

How to get updates for iOS

Open System Preferences Mac

Learn how to update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the latest version of iOS.

Learn more

Profiles Mac System Preferences

  • Learn how to upgrade to the latest version of macOS.
  • Find out which macOS your Mac is using.
  • You can redownload apps that you previously downloaded from the App Store.
  • Your Mac doesn't automatically download large updates when it's using a Personal Hotspot.