Advanced tips to help you browse better

1. Use Mission Control

Want to quickly compare pages in Safari? You can use Split View for a two-up view, but also Mission Control. Hold ≈ and tap the Mission Control key on your keyboard to see an overview all open Safari windows.

2. Show full site addresses

By default, Safari shows a site’s domain (such as apple.com) but not the full address of the page you’re on (say, apple.com/uk/mac). You can change this in its Advanced prefs by putting a check mark next to ‘Show full website address’.

3. Tame notifications

Occasionally, you’ll happen across a site that will ask permission to show alerts in Notification Centre. If you accidentally grant permission, go to Notifications in Safari’s preferences and click Deny next to the site’s name.

4. Manage downloads

In Safari’s General preferences there are options that determine download behaviours; you can alter the folder where they’re stored, tell Safari to remove items from its download list after a specific action (quitting or the download finishes, rather than after a day) and auto-open ‘safe’ files.

5. Access passwords

If you allow Safari to save passwords for websites, they can be checked in the Passwords tab of its preferences. Enter your user account’s password (or use Touch ID) and you can click a password to temporarily reveal it.

6. Control tabs

Choosing View > Show Tab Bar and the tab bar becomes always visible, even if a window has just one tab. In Safari’s preferences, you can refine tab behaviour further, including whether new pages and ç- clicks open the page at the other end of a link in a new tabs or windows.