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iOS 15: How to Customize Your Safari Start Page and Background

First seen in macOS Big Sur, Safari's redesigned Start Page in iOS 15 is a one-stop shop for all of your Bookmarks, Favorites, Frequently Visited sites, Siri Suggestions, iCloud Tabs, Reading List, and Privacy Report.

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  • Launch Safari on your iPhone or iPad .
  • Tap the open tabs icon in the bottom right corner of the Safari interface.

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  • Scroll down to the bottom of the Start Page and tap the Edit button.
  • To sync your Start Page settings with other devices linked to the same Apple ID , turn on the switch next to Use Start Page on All Devices .
  • Use the switches to control what you want to appear on your Start Page. Options include: Favorites , Frequently Visited , Shared with You , Privacy Report , Siri Suggestions , Reading List , and iCloud Tabs .
  • You can also turn on the Background image option and choose one of the existing iOS wallpapers, or select your own from your photos by tapping the big + button.

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How to customize your start page in Safari on iPhone and iPad

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  • Choose sections for your start page
  • Set a background image for your start page

Safari is probably one of your most used apps on your current iPhone. After all, Safari is your gateway to the wonderful world of the internet on the go. But have you ever wished you could make your mobile Safari experience a little more personal?

Since macOS Big Sur, Apple gave users the ability to customize the start page in Safari on the Mac . But this same feature did not make its way to the iPhone and iPad until iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, respectively. When you customize the start page in mobile Safari, you can pick your own cool background image and choose what sections you want to display when you first open a new tab. Sections can include your Favorites, Siri Suggestions, Reading List, and more. It's a simple little setting, but customizing your start page makes Safari feel more like your own.

Here's how to customize your start page in Safari on iPhone and iPad.

How to choose sections for your start page in Safari on iOS

  • Launch Safari on your iPhone or iPad.
  • If you are on an existing webpage, tap the Tabs button and launch a new tab .
  • Scroll down to the bottom of the start page and tap Edit .
  • If you prefer to use the same start page customization across all of your iPhones, iPads, and Macs, make sure the toggle for Use Start Page on All Devices is set to ON (green). This ensures that your start page appearance and settings are synced through iCloud.
  • You'll see sections for Favorites , Frequently Visited , Shared With You , Privacy Report , Siri Suggestions , Reading List , and iCloud Tabs . Tap the toggles for the sections that you want to display to ON (green).
  • If you want to rearrange the order that these sections appear in, just drag-and-drop with the handle into the order that you prefer.

In iOS 16 , a new section for Recently Closed Tabs will be added to the available options listed above. This section will show tabs that you've recently closed, in case you want to pull them up again.

How to set a background image for your start page in Safari on iOS

Adding a background image is a good way to spice up your Safari browsing experience while you're on the start page. Apple gives you the option to choose a preset image, or you can even pick out your own. Here's how.

  • Make sure you're in a new tab so you can be on the start page .
  • Scroll down to the bottom and tap Edit .
  • Tap the toggle for Background Image to ON (green).
  • Select one of the preset images by tapping on it.
  • If you prefer to use your own, tap the large plus (+) button.
  • Choose an image from your Photo Library .

If you've already set an image from your Photo Library but want to change it, just tap on the square with your custom image to browse your Photo Library again for a different image.

A personalized Safari

As you can see, it's easy to customize your start page in Safari on your favorite iPhone and iPad in iOS 15 . Doing so will give you a better experience whenever you open up a new tab in Safari, and it is a great way to add your own touch to the browser.

Updated June 2022: Updated with information from iOS 16 developer beta .

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6 tips to personalize your Safari Start Page on Mac

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

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

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

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

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

2) Click the Settings icon from the bottom right.

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

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

Settings button on Safari Start Page on Mac

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

2. Reorganize the Start Page sections

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

Reorganize Safari Start Page items on Mac

3. Change the Start Page background

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

Pick a pre-provided wallpaper

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

Start Page Background Images

Use your own image

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

Choose Your Own Safari Start Page Background Image

Drag from Photos or Finder

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

Drag and Drop a Safari Start Page Background Image From Photos

Choose a different image

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

Remove a Photo as Your Start Page Background

4. Remove items from the Start Page

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

Remove Recently Closed Tab from Safari Start Page on Mac

5. View frequently visited sites as thumbnails

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

View frequently visited sites as thumbnails in Safari on Mac

6. Set your Start Page for tabs and windows

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

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

Safari General settings on Mac to manage windows and tabs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A good example of Apples decline

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

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

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

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How to Customize the Start Page in Safari on macOS

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

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

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

How to Change the Background for Safari's Start Page

Background Image in Safari Start Page

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

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

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

How to Add Favorites to the Start Page in Safari

Add Favorites to Safari start page

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

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

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

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

Add Reading List to Safari Start Page

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

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

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

How to Sync Safari Tabs Across Devices Using iCloud

Enable iCloud Tabs Sync in Safari Start Page

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

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

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

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

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

Add Privacy Report to Safari Start Page

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How to customize Safari's start page

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

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

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

Change the background image

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

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

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

Apple's default options

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

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

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

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

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

What Apple doesn't include

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

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

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

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

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

What we don't get from Apple

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

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

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

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

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

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

Revolutionary

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

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

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How to customize the safari start page on mac.

Bored by the same old Safari start page on Mac with the gray background and a couple of links? Here's how you can add more sections and even change the background!

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How to customize safari start page sections, how to change the safari start page background.

CE Suggestions: Of the list of six Safari 14 start page sections, the "Privacy Report" section isn't described in detail like the other five. Maybe add a sentence or two about it?

With a gray background and a couple of links, Safari's start page is quite bland. But it doesn't have to be! You can add more sections and change the background. Here's how to customize the Safari start page on Mac.

Safari's customizable start page is available in Safari 14.0 or higher if you are running the latest version of macOS Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur, or higher.

New Start Page in Safari 14

The start page in Safari 14 or higher is divided into different sections. In total, there are six sections available to you: Favorites, Frequently Visited, Privacy Report, Siri Suggestions, Reading List, and iCloud Tabs.

The "Favorites" section shows two rows of websites and folders that are in your Favorites bar. You can click the "Show More" button to expand the section. As expected, the "Frequently Visited" section shows some of your frequently visited websites. To remove a website from here, right-click and select the "Delete" option.

Favorites and Frequently Visited Sections in Safari Start Page

"Privacy Report" shows a rundown of websites that you've visited over the past seven days and reports how many trackers have been blocked from profiling your presence on the web. You can click into the report and view exactly what trackers on each website were blocked.

Safari privacy report with trackers

"Siri Suggestions" will show you links that you have received in Messages or in the Mail app. The "Reading List" feature shows the most recent articles from your Reading List.

Reading List in Safari Start Page

And lastly, the "iCloud Tabs" section shows you open tabs from your other Apple devices.

iCloud Tabs in Safari Start Page

You can enable or disable any section as you wish. You can even disable all sections and only leave a translucent gray background as the start page.

Safari Start Page With No Sections and Background Image

Customizing the sections is quite simple. Simply open the Safari app or open a new tab to see the start page. Here, click the Menu button from the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Click Menu Button from Safari Start Page

Here, select the checkbox next to a section to enable or disable it.

Click to Enable or Disable a Section in Safari Start Page

Alternatively, you can right-click anywhere on the start page to see quick shortcuts to show or hide a section.

Quickly Show or Hide a Safari Start Page Section

Once you have customized the sections that you want to see (or rather, hide) on the start page, it's time to customize the background.

While the default gray background is minimal, you can spice things up by changing the background image. You can choose from a handful of images that Apple provides, or you can add your own.

Click the Menu button from the bottom-right corner of Safari's start page and click the checkbox next to the "Background Image" option to enable the feature.

Click Background Image Feature from Menu

Now, scroll horizontally to see all available background images. Click an image to make it your background.

Click to Choose a Background Image for Safari Start Page

To use your own image as a background, click the "+" button.

Click Plus to Add Your Own Image

From the file picker window, navigate to where you have downloaded and stored the image you want to use. Safari will first open the desktop backgrounds folder, making it easy to use any of the built-in wallpapers as the start-page background.

Once you have found the image you want to use, select it and click the "Choose" button.

Select Your Image and Click Choose

Now, the start-page background will be updated.

Safari Start Page with Background Image

If you want to remove the current background or use another one, go back to the customization menu and click the "X" button next to the current background.

Click Remove Button to Remove Background Image

Find the text on some websites hard to read? Give your eyes some rest by setting a default zoom level for all websites in Safari for Mac.

Related: How to Set a Default Zoom Level in Safari for Mac

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

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

Safari Start Page features on Mac

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

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

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

Click Safari and Settings on Mac

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

Change Safari Start Page background on Mac

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

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

Change Safari Start Page background on Mac

Add Favorites to Safari Start Page on Mac

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

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

Add Favorites to Safari Start Page on Mac

Include your Reading List on Safari Start Page

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

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

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

Start Page on All Devices

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

Use iCloud to sync Safari tabs across devices

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

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

On your Mac:

  • Go to  Apple menu  →   System Settings .

Click on Profile and iCloud on Mac

On your iPhone/iPad:

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

Display Privacy Report

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

Other Safari Start Page features

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

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

How to hide or show Start Page items

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

How to delete items from Safari Start Page on Mac

Delete Frequently Visited Site in Safari on Mac

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

How to rearrange items on Safari Start Page on Mac

How to rearrange items on Safari Start Page on Mac

Wrapping up…

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

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

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How to Add Websites to Safari Favorites Page on Mac

When you launch Safari on a Mac, by default the first thing that you see is the start page. The Safari start page can be customized to better suit your needs, and adding your most visited or favorite websites is one great way to improve the Safari start page experience.

The Start / Favorites page in Safari houses a collection of website recommendations, bookmarks, and frequently visited webpages based on your browsing history. This allows you to quickly launch certain websites right after you launch the Safari app without having to type anything in the address bar. That being said, you have complete control over what websites are displayed on this page.

Are you keen on customizing your Favorites section in Safari? Wouldn’t you like to add osxdaily.com so that it’s easy to access? Of course you do!

How to Add Websites to the Safari Start / Favorites Page on Mac

Adding and removing pages from the Favorite section is a pretty simple and straightforward procedure in Safari for macOS. Just follow the steps below to get started.

How to Add Websites to Safari Favorites Page on Mac

  • Now, if you visit your Favorites page, you’ll find the newly added website.

How to Add Websites to Safari Favorites Page on Mac

That’s pretty much all there is to it. Now you know how easy it is to add and remove websites from the Favorites section in Safari.

Of course, you might want to remove some default website recommendations like Yahoo or Bing, and that’s exactly why we’ve covered how you can remove websites from the Safari Favorites page as well. Consider this to be a quick launcher for all of your most-used websites.

If you use Safari on other Apple devices like the iPhone and iPad, you’ll be excited to know that the websites you add to the Favorites page in Safari will be synced across all your devices with the help of iCloud. Therefore, regardless of what device you’re using Safari from, you can use the Favorites section to quickly access a specific webpage. You might also want to learn how to add websites to the Safari Favorites page on iOS devices as well.

This customization capability has been around in Safari for a while, so whether you have a Mac with the latest versions of Safari with deeply customizable Safari Start page options or an older Mac running a younger version of Safari with merely the Favorites page, you’ll find the ability to add favorites is the same regardless.

What are your thoughts on Safari’s start / favorites page as a quick website launcher? How does Apple’s offering stack up to the competition like Chrome and Firefox? Share your thoughts and opinions in the comments.

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Change favourite icons on "Start Page" (Safari 14 macOS)

I've been customising my "Start Page" on Safari 14. Some of my favourites have successfully preloaded an icon to display in the Start Page as you can see in the screenshot.

I managed to manually change the iCloud icon by going to ~/Library/Safari/Touch Icons Cache/Images , the reason I managed to change it was because it was previously displaying a different icon saved in the path folder stated above, so I managed to simply replace the icon with the iCloud one.

Unfortunately I didn't have the same luck with the Youtube and Amazon icons since these just show a letter and not an actual icon I can replace.

Does anyone know how to give them an icon?

Thanks in advance!

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Posted on Oct 20, 2020 4:40 AM

Salvatore Micciche'

Posted on Nov 17, 2020 3:03 PM

ok, after some tries and searching I found this:

  • Touch icons must be at least 144x144, PNG, 72 dpi
  • the name must be the MD5 of the domain (32 letters and numbers)
  • the .png extension must be present (go to "information" of the file and deselect the relative option)

If there are still issues, close Safari, then go to ~/Library/Safari/Touch icon cache folder, open the file TouchIconCacheSettings.db and for the relative domain of the icon set the field "icon_is_in_cache" to 1, then restart Safari.

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Nov 17, 2020 3:03 PM in response to Salvatore Micciche'

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Nov 27, 2020 5:57 AM in response to Salvatore Micciche'

I have faced a similar issue in Safari 14, not with the Favourites icons themselves but with the folder icons, which should display mini-icons rather than a grey folder icon. I have decided to use my full bookmark folder as the Start Page Favourites, and it contains several sub-folders where the bookmarks are organized. The picture below shows how the Start Page Favourites folders should look like:

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Instead, this is what I am getting in the Start Page:

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After some tests I have found that quitting Safari, erasing the TouchIconCacheSettings.db-shm file in the "~/Library/Safari/Touch Icons Cache" folder and launching Safari again would sort of revert the Favourites folder icons to the correct state (but not all folders, I couldn't figure out exactly why), but that doesn't last for long: after closing and opening a new window the grey folder icons are back.

Any suggestions to fix it would be much appreciated !

Nov 2, 2020 5:14 AM in response to stevenspain

I'm doing the same thing, as I cannot stand the "default" icons with " grey letters"...

The images must be at least 144x144, PNG, 72 dpi. Sometimes I have had also troubles, especially with some website that have subdomains, but mostly it works.

Nov 2, 2020 9:24 AM in response to Salvatore Micciche'

is it possible to reach the related web site from the 32 letters and numbers with the PNG extension? I cannot find any help in the touch icon DB related to the images folder... Are those letters/numbers random?, I think no...

Nov 18, 2020 8:26 AM in response to Salvatore Micciche'

Awesome. Thank you! I've now managed to get most of them sorted.

The only one I'm struggling with is youtube. My favourite saved is https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions but I can't seem to find the actual icon that I need to replace, since it only shows a "Y". Is there any way of knowing a domain's MD5 so I can set the icon?

Nov 18, 2020 8:32 AM in response to stevenspain

the MD5 for www.youtube.com is AB3201C6103205C14F6E56B11B2FCD46

I didn't understand wether for some web sites it is important to set also subdomains or so.

However, for MD5 you can use Terminal:

md5 -q -s ' www.youtube.com' | tr a-f A-F

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6 Tips to Improve Your Safari Experience on iPhone

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

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

1. Modify the Start Page

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

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

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

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

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

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

2. Create Tab Groups in Safari

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

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

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

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

3. Use Safari Extensions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4. Choose Websites to Automatically Use Reader

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

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

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

5. Set Tabs to Open in Background

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

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

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

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

6. Configure Safari to Automatically Close Tabs

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

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

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

Become a Safari Power User With These Changes

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

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

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The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Alexandra Leigh Young, Lisa Chow, Eric Krupke, Marc Georges, Luke Vander Ploeg, M.J. Davis Lin, Dan Powell, Sydney Harper, Mike Benoist, Liz O. Baylen, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Rachelle Bonja, Diana Nguyen, Marion Lozano, Corey Schreppel, Rob Szypko, Elisheba Ittoop, Mooj Zadie, Patricia Willens, Rowan Niemisto, Jody Becker, Rikki Novetsky, John Ketchum, Nina Feldman, Will Reid, Carlos Prieto, Ben Calhoun, Susan Lee, Lexie Diao, Mary Wilson, Alex Stern, Dan Farrell, Sophia Lanman, Shannon Lin, Diane Wong, Devon Taylor, Alyssa Moxley, Summer Thomad, Olivia Natt, Daniel Ramirez and Brendan Klinkenberg.

Our theme music is by Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk of Wonderly. Special thanks to Sam Dolnick, Paula Szuchman, Lisa Tobin, Larissa Anderson, Julia Simon, Sofia Milan, Mahima Chablani, Elizabeth Davis-Moorer, Jeffrey Miranda, Renan Borelli, Maddy Masiello, Isabella Anderson and Nina Lassam.

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Bookmark a website in Safari on iPad

safari start page favorites

Tap Add Bookmark.

Bookmark open tabs

Pinch closed with three fingers to view all your tabs.

Touch and hold one of your tabs, then tap Add Bookmarks for [ number of ] Tabs.

View and organize your bookmarks

the Show Sidebar button

Tap Edit, then do any of the following:

Create a new folder: Tap New Folder at the bottom left, enter a name, then tap Done.

the Back button

Rename bookmarks: Tap the bookmark, enter a new name, then tap Done.

The Reorder button

See your Mac bookmarks on iPad

safari start page favorites

Tap Show All (below Apps Using iCloud), then make sure Safari is turned on.

Note: You must also have Safari turned on in iCloud settings on your Mac and be signed in with the same Apple ID. See Set up iCloud for the Safari app on all your devices in the iCloud User Guide.

Add a website icon to the Home Screen

You can add a website icon to your iPad Home Screen for quick access.

the Share button

The icon appears only on the device where you add it.

Note: Some websites may ask for permission to send you notifications. You can change your notification settings at any time. See Change notification settings .

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  1. Customize a start page in Safari on Mac

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

  2. Customize your Safari settings on iPhone

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

  3. Add websites to your Favorites in Safari on Mac

    In the Safari app on your Mac, do any of the following:. View your Favorites from the Smart Search field: Click in the Smart Search field to see your Favorites in the start page view, then click the icon of the website you want to visit.The start page view goes away if you start typing, and it doesn't appear if you click the field while you're viewing the start page.

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

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

  5. iOS 15: How to Customize Your Safari Start Page and Background

    First seen in macOS Big Sur, Safari's redesigned Start Page in iOS 15 is a one-stop shop for all of your Bookmarks, Favorites, Frequently Visited sites, Siri Suggestions, iCloud Tabs, Reading List ...

  6. How to Add, View, and Manage Favorites in Safari on a Mac

    On the Start Page. To make it easier for you to access sites you often visit, Safari shows your Favorite whenever you launch the Start Page. If you can't see it, open a new tab to see the Start Page. Click the Options button in the bottom-right corner of the window, then check the Favorites option.

  7. How to customize your start page in Safari on iPhone and iPad

    Launch Safari on your iPhone or iPad. Make sure you're in a new tab so you can be on the start page. Choose sections to customize Safari on iPhone by showing: Launch Safari, open the tabbed view, open a new tab (Image credit: iMore) Scroll down to the bottom and tap Edit. Tap the toggle for Background Image to ON (green).

  8. How to add Favorites in Safari on iPhone, iPad and Mac

    That being said, you have four different ways to add websites to your Favorites in Safari on Mac. Use whichever is most convenient for you. Use the share button. Open the web page you wish to add to Safari Favorites and click the share button. Click Add Bookmark. Click the Bookmarks dropdown menu and choose Favorites. Finally, click Add.

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

    Note: In addition to using the settings icon, you can also right-click on a blank spot on your Safari Start Page and select or unselect the desired options. 2. Reorganize the Start Page sections. By default, Favorites is shown on the top of the Safari Start Page, followed by Recently Closed Tabs, iCloud Tabs, and so on.

  10. How To Use the Safari 14 Start Page

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

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

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

  12. How to Personalize Your Safari Start Page on Mac

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

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

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

  14. How to customize Safari start page

    In this article, we explain how to set up your favorites as a homepage on Safari. Open the Safari browser, click on Safari in the upper menu and choose Preferences. Go to the General tab and find the New window opens with section select Favorites or any other page.

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