How to Access mobile content on your Mac

1

Turn on a menu

In Safari’s Advanced preferences, turn on the Develop menu. It’s primarily designed for web developers, but its Open Page With submenu is useful for opening the current page in another browser if it doesn’t work well in Safari.

2

Change user agent

Some websites bizarrely still insist on Flash for video. Others present a more cluttered desktop version than they do on mobile devices. When you find this happens, try choosing “iPad” under User Agent in the Develop menu.

3

Switch back

The mobile site might look different, but should still be usable. You can change back by selecting Default from the User Agent submenu. If you use an option often, set up a shortcut for it in System Preferences’ Keyboard pane.