6 useful Safari features to make your web surfing much easier

1. Permanent launch in private mode

Typically, you have to start Incognito Mode manually, but this is tiring, especially if you often look at information that should not be shown to anyone. You can make Safari work in private mode at all times.

Click Safari → Preferences → General and under Open When Safari Launches, select New Private Window.

2. Control of pop-up notifications

If you are tired of the endless pop-up notifications in the upper right corner sent by different sites, you can turn them off. Open "Safari" → "Preferences" → "Websites", select all unwanted resources there and click "Delete".

Then uncheck "Allow websites …" and notifications will stop bothering you.

3. Keyboard shortcuts for bookmarks

Safari has a bunch of keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate the browser much faster. But if they are not enough for you, you can create your own keyboard shortcuts for different sites.

Click System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts → Application Keyboard Shortcuts. Click the + sign to create a combination.

Now open Safari and click Bookmarks → Favorites. Find the required bookmark there and remember its name (not the URL, but the name). If the site you need is not in your favorites, add it: "Bookmarks" → "Add bookmark" → "Favorites" → "OK".

Now in the settings enter in the "Name of the menu" the name of the site that you remember, for example "Lifehacker". In the "Keyboard shortcut" item, click the buttons that you want to assign, for example, Cmd + L. Click "Add".

Now, when you press Cmd + L in Safari, "Lifehacker" will open. This way, you can add any links to Favorites and assign hotkeys to them.

4. Tabs view mode

Safari doesn't have thumbnail pop-ups above the tabs like Vivaldi does, but that's okay. Press Shift + Cmd + \, and you will see all your open sites in preview mode. Here you can switch to the desired tab and close those that are not currently required.

5. Displaying the full URL

By default, Safari only shows the site name in the address bar, not the address of the page you're currently on.

So the browser looks cleaner and simpler, but the information content suffers. To fix this, click "Safari" → "Preferences" → "Advanced" and enable the option "Show full website url".

6. Displaying website icons

Safari usually only displays site names as text on tabs, and when there are too many tabs, it's easy to get lost in them. Fortunately, this is easy to fix.

Click "Safari" → "Preferences" → "Tabs", enable the checkbox "Show website icons …", and it will become much easier to look for the necessary resources with your eyes on the panel.

Did you know all of these functions? Let us know in the comments.