Get started with Safari on Mac

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

Open Safari for me

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

Search for information

You can use the Smart Search field at the top of the Safari window to search the web for almost anything. Enter what you’re looking for—like “ice cream near me”—then click one of the search suggestions that appear.

👁 The Safari Smart Search field, where you can enter a website’s name or URL.

Go to a website

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

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

Choose a homepage

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

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

Bookmark websites

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

Want to learn more?

URL: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/get-started-ibrw6fde4ee8/26.0/mac/14.0