Get started with Safari on Mac

Use Safari on your Mac to browse websites and find almost anything on the web. Heres how to get started.

Open Safari for me

[The Safari Smart Search field, where you can enter words and phrases to find information.]

Search for information

You can use the Smart Search field at the top of the Safari window to search the web for almost anything. Enter what youre looking forlike science exhibits near methen click one of the search suggestions that appear.

[The Safari Smart Search field, where you can enter a websites name or URL.]

Go to a website

You can also use the Smart Search field at the top of the Safari window to visit a website. Just enter its name or web address.

[General settings for Safari webpages, with the current webpage selected as the Homepage.]

Choose a homepage

If you like to visit a website often, you can make it your homepage and have it appear whenever you open a new Safari window. Choose Safari > Settings, click General, then enter a webpage address (or click Set to Current Page to choose the webpage youre currently viewing).

[The Safari app showing websites organized into bookmarks in the sidebar, with a bookmarked website for a design publication shown on the right.]

Bookmark websites

When you find websites you want to go back to, you can bookmark them to easily revisit. Click [the Share button] in the toolbar, then choose Add Bookmark to. To visit a bookmarked website, click [the Sidebar button] in the toolbar, then click Bookmarks.

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Safari User Guide

Get started with Safari on Mac

Search for information

Go to a website

Choose a homepage

Bookmark websites

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