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Your Safari start page, or "homepage", is the page that loads whenever you start Safari. You can change this page to whatever you'd like, but if you have an adware infection it may keep getting reset. If this is the case, you can try manually removing the adware so that you can regain your control. If you use an iOS device, you can create custom shortcuts to simulate a traditional start page.

Changing Your Homepage

If you're using Safari for Windows, click the "Edit" menu and select "Preferences". It is highly recommended that you switch to a more up-to-date browser, as Safari for Windows is no longer supported by Apple and is not receiving any security updates.

Step 3 Select the General tab if it isn't already.

You can also click Set to Current Page to set your new homepage to the page that is currently open.
If your homepage keeps resetting to something else, red on to the next section.

Removing an Adware Infection

Step 1 Understand when you need to do this.

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Step 1 Use Safari to navigate to your desired home page.

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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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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.

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.

"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.

"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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Now, the start-page background will be updated.

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.

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.

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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.

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

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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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 .

Choose sections to customize Safari on iPhone by showing: Launch Safari, open the tabbed view, open 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.

Choose sections to customize start page in Safari on iPhone by showing: Scroll down and tap Edit, tap the toggles for the sections you want. You can rearrange the order by drag-and-drop with the handle at the right

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 .

Set a background image for your customized start page on iPhone by showing: Tap the toggle for Background Image, tap a preset image or pick your own from 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.

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How to Customize Safari Start Page in MacOS Big Sur

Do you use Safari as the default web browser on your Mac? If so, you might be happy to know that Safari’s start page is now customizable, as long as you’re running a new version of Safari on the Mac.

With Safari 14 and later, start page customization allows users to set a background image, choose the sections that are displayed like Favorites or Frequently Visited, and more. These modern Safari version are available on macOS Big Sur, macOS Catalina, and macOS Mojave, so as long as you’re on a modern macOS release you can get started.

Let’s review how you can customize the start page in Safari for Mac.

How to Customize Safari Start Page in MacOS

Customizing your start page is actually a pretty simple and straightforward procedure, here’s what you’ll want to do:

And there you have it, you’ve customized the Safari start page to your liking.

Whether you’re using Safari 14+ that’s pre-installed on macOS Big Sur or you’re running a standalone version of Safari 14 on an older version of macOS like Catalina or Mojave, the above steps are going to be identical. As long as you have a modern Safari version you’ll have these options available.

Aside from the new customization options, newer versions of Safari also let you check the Privacy Report for websites to see how many trackers have been contacted by a specific website. These trackers are automatically blocked and prevented from tracking you across the web. Safari also has native translation with support for seven different languages, with more languages likely to be on the way.

Safari 14 also brings some performance improvements. According to Apple’s claims, Safari is now capable of loading frequently visited websites 50 percent faster on average than Google Chrome. Power efficiency has also been improved as Safari can now stream video for up to three hours longer and browse the web for an hour longer compared to third-party browsers like Chrome or Firefox.

Did you overhaul the look of your start page in Safari for Mac? What do you like about a customized Safari start page? Share with us your thoughts and relevant experiences in the comments.

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On my start page I see everything you mention. But I still have a problem.

At the bottom I see the web pages open on my iPad but I don’t see the web pages open on my iPhone.

How do I add my iPhone pages to the Start Page?

I very much prefer opening Safari with my home page of choice and do not like using this extra step.

“…click on the customize button located at the bottom-right corner of the Safari window.”

No such button appears on my SAFARI page.

As the article says, if you do not see the option it likely means you’re on an older Safari version.

Or maybe you’re not on a blank new Safari start page, as it does not appear on websites.

If it doesn’t appear on website pages, what good is it? 99.9 percent of users have a homepage set as safari default open page… a whole lotta nothing here…

To see the Start page (as opposed to the start page you’ve selected in preferences) you need to click Bookmarks in the drop down menu first then select “Show Start Page” The options box will then appear in the lower right corner. But so what? Nothing you cant do elsewhere… extra steps to get to the same thing… nothing burger…

Perhaps it’s just me, but when I open a new tab, or start Safari clean, I get the homepage I have set. I do not see the options button on any page I open.

For some reason, any background image I try to use is severely pixellated and unrecognisable in Safari on my 2012 15″ MacBook Pro. I even did a clean install of Catalina and the problem is still there. The problem isn’t there in Safari Technology Preview on the same Mac and Safari is fine on a 13″ MacBook Pro of the same vintage. Hopefully Catalina will receive the next version of Safari in the autumn and the problem might be cured. Until then, I’m stuck with a boring grey background to my Safari start page!

” if you want to remove any of the Frequently Visited websites from showing up on the home screen, right-click on it and choose “Delete”.”

Yes, OK. But having done that by mistake how do you re-instate that website so it shows on the Home Screen again?

“Whether you’re using Safari 14+ that’s pre-installed on macOS Big Sur or you’re running a standalone version of Safari 14 on an older version of macOS like Catalina or Mojave, the above steps are going to be identical. As long as you have a modern Safari version you’ll have these options available.”

I’m on OS10.14, safari Version 14.0.3 (14610.4.3.1.7)

this “click on the customize button…etc” doesn’t exist.

Try opening a new blank webpage in Safari, you’ll find the options button available in the bottom right corner, it looks like a series of dials and sliders.

Nope. Still nothing. Safari 14.0.3. Running in 10.15.7. Not the first time things on this site aren’t what they say…

Doesn’t work for me either.

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How to personalize your Safari start page on macOS Big Sur

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In macOS Big Sur , Apple has added new features for the ' Safari ' app start page. Most of the new tools are designed to make it quicker to find your favorite web content. Apple also added a background feature.

First introduced with Mac OS X Panther way back in 2003, Apple's native web browser on macOS continues to receive software updates each year. In macOS Big Sur, the list of new features was much longer than other recent updates, however.

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Safari page settings

In recent macOS releases, the 'Safari' start page seemed more like an afterthought than actually helping you be productive. Things have changed in macOS Big Sur. You can now customize the 'Safari' start page by adding a unique background image and adjusting which sections are shown. You can also rearrange the sections to suit your tastes better.

Your 'Safari' homepage isn't the same as the start page. The former is an external webpage you select like 'techradar.com'. The latter is the one Apple created that includes links to your most visited and favorite websites, and more, which you can adjust.

You can set the homepage and start page by going into the 'Safari' app, then click 'Safari' on the menu bar. Choose 'Preferences' in the pull-down menu. By default, your start page is the page that's selected every time you open a new window or tab. If you rather not use the start page, you can adjust both settings to use another page or no page. Add your homepage at the same location.

Safari adjust start page

Go into the 'Safari' start page to make changes. Click on the slider at the bottom right of the page. From here, check the items you wish to show on the start page. Options include 'Favorites', 'Frequently Visited', 'Privacy Report', 'Siri Suggestions', 'Reading List', ' iCloud Tabs', and 'Background Image'.

When 'Background Image' is checked, you can use one of the template backgrounds or select your own. Drag sections in the slider to change their locations on the start page.

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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

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

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

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

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

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.

How to Customize Safari Start Page

You can now customize your Safari start page (also called a Safari home page) to show the content you're most interested in. That way when you open Safari, you can access bookmarked pages and shared files with a single tap on your screen. We'll show you how!

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Give iOS Safari a fresh look by customizing your new tab page

A new background image can really work wonders.

By John Kennedy | Published Nov 29, 2021 9:00 PM EST

A person holding an iPhone X with a customized Safari Start Page—the new tab page on iOS.

If you’re using Safari’s default new tab page on your iPhone, stop. Things can be so much better. You can adjust the browser’s offerings to better suit your habits and even add a background image for a little bit of flair behind your favorites and other shortcuts.

Yes, the Start Page (to use its Apple-given name) is utilitarian, and most of us only stay there briefly on our way to more interesting areas of the web, but a beautiful rest stop that serves your needs is far more enjoyable than one with blank white walls and seven disorganized convenience stores.

How to change the Start Page background image

With the release of iOS 15, Apple gave mobile Safari-ers the ability to customize the appearance of the browser’s new tab page. Maybe you’re fine with the standard white visual, but if something else will add even a minuscule amount of joy to your day, we say go for it.

In Safari, hit the plus button to open the Start Page. Scroll all the way to the bottom and hit Edit to bring up all available customization options—you’ll see a toggle switch for Background Image at the very end. Make sure it’s activated and tap to choose one of nine preset graphics or one of your photos from your device.

If you go for a shot from your personal collection, you may have to try a few images to find one that works well with everything else on the Start Page. Something that is either very dark or very light (or has clearly delineated areas of both) should contrast nicely, so your links don’t blend into the background. Safari will also use only the vertical or horizontal middle of your image (depending on your phone’s orientation), so you should keep that in mind as well.

How to reorganize Safari’s Start Page

Now it’s time to talk about the other customization options behind the Edit button at the bottom of Safari’s new tab page. Apple’s mobile browser can display seven categories of links, but you may not find all of them useful. To deactivate them, simply turn off the toggle switch next to whichever ones you don’t want to see. Whether the switch is on or off, you can also move the options around by pressing the three lines to the right of each one and dragging up or down to rearrange the list.

Those, of course, are the basic options, but it’s worth doing a little more for full customization. Let’s take a look at each category in turn.

Shared with You

If you get a lot of links from people in Messages, this is where they all end up, and they display in chronological order. Tap Show All to show… 24 (at most)… and Show Less to show… less than 24 (four at most). To remove something from this group, long-press on it, then hit Remove Link .

One useful feature here is hidden behind the gray bubble with the contact’s name inside it. Tap the sender’s name to bring up the chat where they shared the link, and touch anywhere in the white space around the preview to go directly to that spot in the conversation. This can be useful if you’ve forgotten the context for a specific link.

It seems that for as long as the internet has existed, we’ve had the ability to “favorite” certain pages that we frequently return to. On Safari, you can do so by tapping the share icon (an arrow pointing up out of a square) and choosing Add to Favorites . The other option here is “Add Bookmark,” which is useful if you’ve created folders within Favorites (if not, we’ll get to that). While “Add to Favorites” will dump the page into the main Favorites area, you’ll need to choose Add Bookmark and select the proper destination to get it into a subfolder.

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To edit your Favorites, tap the bookmarks icon (an open book) on any open Safari tab, then choose Favorites . If you’re just looking to clean house, drag any item all the way to the left to delete it immediately; drag it part-way to unveil a Delete button if you want to think about it for a moment. For more granular control, tap Edit .

Once inside the Favorites editing window, you can delete entries via the red minus button they each have, rearrange the list by pressing and dragging the three lines next to each one, or tap the right-pointing arrow to edit the name, URL, or folder location of an individual link. You can also long-press on a link from the Start Page to edit its name, address, and location.

Press New Folder in the editing window and you can create a repository for numerous Favorites, though only the first nine will show on the Start Page until you open the folder. You can rearrange these from the editing window, but you can also open the folder on your Start Page, long-press on any icon, and drag it a short distance in any direction to shrink it into a movable piece you can place between two other icons.

Reading List

When you want to save something to read later, just stash it here. From any open Safari tab, tap the share icon (the square with an upward arrow) and hit Add to Reading List . To edit this list from the Start Page, long-press an item and tap Delete to remove it. To do more, touch the bookmarks icon (an open book), go to Reading List and swipe right to mark something as read or unread, and sort the list by choosing Show Unread or Show All . You can also tap Edit and select items to delete or save to be available offline.

You can mandate offline reading for everything on the list by opening the Settings app, going to Safari and activating the switch next to Automatically Save Offline .

Privacy Report

This tool is purely informational, and will display the number of trackers Safari has blocked in the past seven days. Tap its Start Page bubble to open a more detailed report that explains the various types of trackers, lists websites by how many trackers they have tried to use on you, and also ranks the most common trackers.

Frequently Visited

This category is for any sites you go to often but may not be designated Favorites. To delete any from this list, long-press on it until it opens a preview of the page with an options menu, then tap Delete .

Siri Suggestions

Here, Siri will suggest pages it thinks you might want to look at. If you turn off its ability to display on the Start Page, it will also disable a matching setting inside the Settings app. For reference, it’s Settings > Safari > Siri & Search > Show in App .

iCloud Tabs

Apple lets you access open Safari tabs on other devices as long as they’re synced to iCloud. To set this up, go to the Settings app on your phone or iPad, tap your name, select iCloud , and confirm that Safari is enabled. On your Mac, open the Apple menu , choose System Preferences , click Apple ID , then iCloud , and turn Safari on.

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

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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Rolled out in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple allows you to edit the Safari welcome page to your heart’s content. Like Safari on Mac , you can set a background image and also add or remove display sections like website icons, reports, and more. Besides, different Tab Groups can have different start page settings. Let me show you how to customize the start page in Safari on iPhone and iPad.

How to edit Safari start page on iPhone

How to add a background image to Safari start page

The start page is the first screen you see when you launch Safari or open a new empty tab. Here, you’ll see bookmarked sites, frequently visited websites, privacy reports, items in the reading list, Siri-suggested sites, open tabs on your other Apple devices, etc.

You may want to organize things better or include more useful options and sections here. For example, I do not like privacy reports and reading lists on my Safari start page, so I don’t keep them. Your preferences may be different.

Here’s how to enable or disable sections from Safari’s start page:

Open Safari and stay on the start page. If an existing web page opens, hit the tabs icon and launch a new tab .
Scroll down and tap Edit .
Toggle off the options you do not want on the Customize Start Page .
You may also rearrange the order by touching the three lines icon and dragging it up or down.

How to personalize and declutter Safari start page on iPhone in iOS 15

Anytime you change your mind, follow the same steps to remove or add more sections.

Note: If you toggle on Use Start Page on All Devices , your customized start page settings will be applied across all your Apple devices. However, you must sign in with the same Apple ID while two-factor authentication is enabled.

How to add a background image to Safari start page on iPhone

Traditionally, browsers have been plain white backgrounds. But with this edit option, Apple has tried adding a pinch of glamor to it. What’s more, seeing elements you like keeps you fresh, motivated, and focused on the task.

You can use one of Apple’s wallpapers or choose a custom image from your Photos app. Here’s how.

Open Safari .
Toggle on Background Image .
Tap a wallpaper or the plus icon to choose an image from the iPhone Camera Roll.
Tap X to close this screen. You will see the selected image as the background for Safari’s start page.

How to add a background image to Safari’s start page in iOS 15

How to change background for Safari Tab Group in iOS 16

From iOS 16, the start page customization option will not be applied to all the Tab Groups . So, if you have multiple Tab Groups in action, you’ll have to change them individually.

Go to the desired Tab Group start page .
Tap the edit button.
Customize the page with the steps mentioned above.

And that’s it.

This is how you can customize the start page in Safari on your iPhone. I hope this brief guide was helpful. If you have any further related queries, drop them in the comments section below.

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.

Uncustomized and personalized Safari Start page on Mac

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.

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

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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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Welcome to the world of Safari, Apple's sleek and efficient web browser. Safari is known for its user-friendly interface, robust security features, and seamless integration with Apple devices. One of the customizable features that Safari offers is the ability to change the start page, allowing you to personalize your browsing experience from the moment you launch the browser.

The start page serves as your gateway to the web, providing quick access to your favorite websites, frequently visited pages, and a snapshot of your browsing history. By customizing this page, you can streamline your browsing experience and make it more tailored to your preferences.

Whether you want to set a specific website as your start page, create a custom collection of favorites, or simply change the background image, Safari offers a range of options to help you make the start page your own. In this guide, we will walk you through the step-by-step process of changing the start page in Safari, empowering you to take control of your browsing environment and make it uniquely yours.

So, if you're ready to infuse your browsing experience with a personal touch and optimize your start page to suit your needs, let's dive into the simple yet impactful process of customizing Safari's start page. Whether you're a casual user or a power browser , these steps will enable you to make the most of your Safari start page and enhance your overall browsing experience.

Step 1: Open Safari

To begin the process of customizing your Safari start page, the first step is to open the Safari web browser on your Mac or iOS device. Safari is readily accessible from the dock on a Mac or the home screen on an iOS device. Simply click on the Safari icon to launch the browser and initiate the start page customization journey.

Upon opening Safari, you will be greeted by the familiar interface, featuring the address bar, bookmarks bar, and various navigation tools. The start page, which typically displays your frequently visited sites, favorites, and Siri suggestions, serves as the central hub for your browsing activities. This page is where you can access your most visited websites with a single click, making it a convenient and efficient entry point to the web.

Once Safari is open, you are ready to proceed to the next step in the customization process. With Safari at your fingertips, you are poised to explore the myriad options for personalizing your start page, whether it involves setting a specific website as the start page, customizing the background image, or organizing your favorite links for quick access.

Opening Safari is the gateway to unlocking the full potential of your browsing experience. By taking this initial step, you are embarking on a journey to tailor your start page to your preferences, streamlining your access to essential websites and enhancing the visual appeal of your browsing environment.

Now that Safari is open and ready for customization, let's move on to the next step in the process, where we will delve into the Safari Preferences to access the settings for modifying the start page. With Safari launched, you are just a few clicks away from transforming your start page into a personalized and efficient gateway to the web.

Step 2: Go to Safari Preferences

After opening Safari, the next step in customizing your start page is to access the Safari Preferences. This is where you can delve into the settings and make adjustments to various aspects of the browser, including the start page.

On a Mac, you can access Safari Preferences by clicking on "Safari" in the top menu bar and selecting "Preferences" from the dropdown menu. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut "Command + ," to quickly open the Preferences window. On an iOS device, you can access Safari Preferences by tapping the "Settings" app, scrolling down to find Safari, and then tapping on it to reveal the settings options.

Once you have accessed Safari Preferences, you will be presented with a range of customization options that allow you to tailor your browsing experience to your preferences. Within the Preferences window, you will find a series of tabs at the top, including "General," "Tabs," "Search," "Privacy," "Security," "Websites," and "Advanced." To modify the start page, you will navigate to the "General" tab, which is typically the default landing point when accessing Safari Preferences.

Within the "General" tab, you will find the option to set your start page. Here, you can choose from a variety of start page options, including "Favorites," "Frequently Visited," "Privacy Report," "Siri Suggestions," and "Custom." Selecting the "Custom" option allows you to set a specific website as your start page, providing you with the flexibility to personalize your browsing experience from the moment you launch Safari.

In addition to setting a specific website as your start page, the Preferences window also offers the ability to customize the background image of the start page. By clicking on the "Background Image" option, you can choose from a selection of built-in images or upload your own image to serve as the backdrop for your start page, adding a touch of personalization and visual appeal to your browsing environment.

Navigating through Safari Preferences empowers you to fine-tune various aspects of the browser, ensuring that it aligns with your browsing habits and preferences. By accessing the "General" tab within Safari Preferences, you can seamlessly modify the start page to reflect your favorite websites, preferred background image, and overall browsing style.

With Safari Preferences at your disposal, you are equipped with the tools to transform your start page into a personalized gateway to the web, enhancing your browsing experience and streamlining access to essential websites. As you navigate through the Preferences window, you have the opportunity to tailor Safari to your unique preferences, making it a seamless and enjoyable platform for your online activities.

Now that you have accessed Safari Preferences and explored the options for customizing the start page, you are ready to proceed to the next step, where you will select a new start page that aligns with your browsing habits and preferences. With the power of Safari Preferences at your fingertips, you are poised to elevate your browsing experience and make the start page uniquely yours.

Step 3: Select a new Start Page

With Safari Preferences open and the General tab at your fingertips, you are now ready to embark on the pivotal step of selecting a new start page that resonates with your browsing habits and preferences. The start page serves as your gateway to the web, offering quick access to your favorite websites, frequently visited pages, and a snapshot of your browsing history. By selecting a new start page, you have the opportunity to tailor this central hub to align with your unique browsing style and optimize your online experience.

Within the General tab of Safari Preferences, you will find the option to set your start page. Here, you can choose from a variety of start page options, including Favorites, Frequently Visited, Privacy Report, Siri Suggestions, and Custom. Selecting the Custom option empowers you to set a specific website as your start page, allowing you to personalize your browsing experience from the moment you launch Safari.

When selecting a new start page, consider your most visited websites, preferred sources of information, or frequently accessed online tools. By setting a website that aligns with your browsing habits as the start page, you can streamline your access to essential online resources and ensure that your browsing experience begins with the content that matters most to you.

In addition to setting a specific website as your start page, Safari also offers the option to customize the background image of the start page. By clicking on the Background Image option within Safari Preferences, you can choose from a selection of built-in images or upload your own image to serve as the backdrop for your start page. This customization feature allows you to infuse your start page with a personal touch, adding visual appeal and a sense of individuality to your browsing environment.

As you select a new start page and customize the background image, consider the visual and functional aspects that resonate with your preferences. Whether it's a serene landscape, an inspiring quote, or a dynamic image that reflects your interests, the background image can set the tone for your browsing experience, creating a welcoming and personalized environment each time you launch Safari.

By selecting a new start page and customizing the background image, you are taking proactive steps to make the start page uniquely yours. This process empowers you to optimize your browsing environment, streamline access to essential websites, and infuse your online experience with a touch of personalization and visual appeal.

Now that you have selected a new start page and customized the background image, you are ready to proceed to the next step, where you will fine-tune the start page to align with your preferences and browsing habits. With the ability to set a specific website as your start page and personalize the background image, you are poised to enhance your browsing experience and make the start page a seamless and enjoyable gateway to the web.

Step 4: Customize your Start Page

Customizing your start page is a pivotal step in personalizing your browsing experience and optimizing the way you interact with Safari. The start page serves as the gateway to your online activities, providing quick access to your favorite websites, frequently visited pages, and a snapshot of your browsing history. By customizing this central hub, you can streamline your access to essential online resources, infuse your browsing environment with a touch of personalization, and create a visually appealing and functional start page that aligns with your unique preferences.

Organize Favorites and Frequently Visited Sites

One of the key aspects of customizing your start page is the ability to organize your favorites and frequently visited sites for quick and convenient access. Safari allows you to arrange your favorite links and frequently visited websites directly on the start page, enabling you to create a curated collection of online resources that are easily accessible with a single click. By organizing your favorites and frequently visited sites, you can streamline your browsing experience and ensure that the content you value most is readily available each time you launch Safari.

Add Reading List and iCloud Tabs

In addition to organizing favorites and frequently visited sites, Safari offers the option to include your Reading List and iCloud Tabs on the start page. Your Reading List allows you to save articles, webpages, and other content for later viewing, providing a convenient way to keep track of interesting material across your devices. By incorporating your Reading List on the start page, you can seamlessly access saved content and continue your reading journey with ease. Similarly, iCloud Tabs enable you to access open tabs from your other Apple devices, allowing for seamless continuity in your browsing experience. By including your Reading List and iCloud Tabs on the start page, you can enhance the functionality of Safari and ensure that your essential browsing resources are always within reach.

Customize Background Image

Another impactful way to customize your start page is by personalizing the background image. Safari offers a range of built-in images that you can choose from to serve as the backdrop for your start page. Additionally, you have the option to upload your own image, allowing you to infuse your start page with a personal touch and create a visually appealing environment that resonates with your interests and preferences. Whether it's a serene landscape, an inspiring quote, or a dynamic image that reflects your personality, the background image can set the tone for your browsing experience, creating a welcoming and personalized environment each time you launch Safari.

Explore Privacy Report and Siri Suggestions

Safari's start page also features the Privacy Report, which provides insights into the trackers that Safari has blocked, offering transparency and control over your online privacy. By including the Privacy Report on your start page, you can stay informed about the trackers that are being prevented from profiling your online activity, empowering you to make informed decisions about your privacy settings. Additionally, Safari offers Siri Suggestions on the start page, providing intelligent recommendations based on your browsing history and frequently visited sites. By exploring the Privacy Report and Siri Suggestions, you can leverage Safari's advanced features to enhance your browsing experience and ensure that your online activities are both personalized and secure.

Save Your Changes

After customizing your start page to align with your preferences and browsing habits, it's essential to save your changes to ensure that your personalized start page settings are retained. Safari makes it easy to save your customizations, allowing you to seamlessly transition to your newly personalized start page each time you launch the browser. By saving your changes, you can ensure that your start page reflects your favorite websites, frequently visited content, and personalized settings, creating a tailored and efficient gateway to the web.

By customizing your start page, you are taking proactive steps to optimize your browsing environment, streamline access to essential online resources, and infuse your online experience with a touch of personalization and visual appeal. Whether it involves organizing favorites and frequently visited sites, customizing the background image, exploring advanced features such as the Privacy Report and Siri Suggestions, or saving your changes to retain your personalized settings, customizing your start page empowers you to make the most of your browsing experience and create a seamless and enjoyable gateway to the web.

Step 5: Save your changes

Saving your changes in Safari is a straightforward process that ensures your customized start page settings are preserved for future browsing sessions. Once you have organized your favorites, selected a new start page, customized the background image, and explored advanced features such as the Privacy Report and Siri Suggestions, it's important to save these customizations to solidify your personalized browsing environment.

To save your changes in Safari, simply navigate to the Safari Preferences window and access the General tab, where you have customized your start page settings. Once you are satisfied with the modifications you have made, click on the "Save" or "Done" button, typically located in the lower right corner of the Preferences window. This action confirms your customizations and ensures that your personalized start page settings are retained for future browsing sessions.

By saving your changes, you are creating a seamless and personalized browsing experience within Safari. Each time you launch the browser, you will be greeted by your customized start page, featuring your favorite websites, frequently visited content, personalized background image, and any additional customizations you have made. This streamlined and tailored start page serves as the gateway to your online activities, providing quick access to essential resources and reflecting your unique browsing style.

Furthermore, saving your changes in Safari ensures that your personalized start page settings are preserved across devices if you are using iCloud to sync your Safari preferences. This means that your customized start page will be consistent whether you are browsing on your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or any other Apple device, creating a cohesive and familiar browsing experience across your Apple ecosystem.

In essence, saving your changes in Safari is the final step in the process of customizing your start page, ensuring that your personalized settings are retained and seamlessly integrated into your browsing experience. By taking this simple yet crucial action, you are solidifying your personalized start page and optimizing your browsing environment to align with your preferences and habits.

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Customise a start page in Safari on Mac

You can put everything from the web that’s most important to you in one convenient place, the start page.

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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. You must be signed in to your other devices with the same Apple ID as on your Mac and have Safari turned on in iCloud preferences .

Tab Group Favourites: Show websites you’ve added as favourites to the selected Tab Group.

Recently Closed Tabs: Show websites from tabs you’ve recently closed in the selected Tab Group.

Favourites: Show websites from the bookmarks folder you’ve chosen in General settings. See Change General settings .

Frequently Visited: Show websites you’ve visited often or recently.

Siri Suggestions: Show suggested websites found in Messages, Mail and other apps. If Siri Suggestions isn’t listed, you can turn it on. See “Customise Siri suggestions” in Ways to use Siri .

Reading List: Show web pages you’ve selected to read later.

Privacy Report: Show a privacy summary, which you can click for details about who was prevented from tracking you.

iCloud Tabs: Show web pages open on your other devices.

You must be signed in to your other devices with the same Apple ID as on your Mac and have Safari turned on in iCloud preferences .

You can also drag a photo onto the start page.

Drag start page options into the order you want them to appear.

Click in the Safari window.

You can have the start page appear whenever you open a new window or tab. See Change General preferences . You can also see the start page by clicking in the Smart Search field . See View your Favourites .

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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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