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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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• Easily view the bookmarks, shared files, and privacy reports you're most interested in.
• Organize your Safari home page content to best suit your browsing preferences. 

How to Customize Safari Home Page

Use the steps below to learn how to customize your Safari background image and the content displayed on your customized Safari home page. To see more iOS tips and tricks, check out our free Tip of the Day newsletter!

The great news is that your customized home page settings can also be shared across Apple devices, as long as those devices are signed into the same Apple ID and have iCloud enabled for Safari. 

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How to change your Safari Homepage on Mac, iPhone and iPad

While you may not think much about what your Homepage is on Safari , this can be the handiest way to see your favorite site first. Every time you open Safari, you can visit the website you like most right off the bat or when you hit your Home button. Maybe it’s your preferred news source, the weather site you trust most, or your favorite tech site, iDownloadblog.com.

To make sure you get to your favorite website quickly each day, here’s how to change your Safari Homepage on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Change your Safari Homepage

Open Safari on your Mac, and then follow these steps to change your Homepage:

1) Click Safari > Preferences from the top menu bar.

2) Choose the General tab.

3) In the box next to Homepage , enter the URL of the website you want. If you are currently on that site, just click the Set Current Page button. This will change that URL for you.

Set your Homepage for new windows and tabs

By making that change above, each time you click the Home button on your toolbar or History > Home from the menu bar, you’ll land on that page. But you can set it up so that whenever you open a new Safari window or tab, you’ll go directly to that page too.

In the same Safari Preferences window, above Homepage , you’ll see the options for New windows open with and New tabs open with . You can click the drop-down box and choose Homepage for both or just one.

For something out of the ordinary, you can also set an image as your Safari Homepage on Mac. So, you can see your adorable pet, favorite vacation spot, or loving family whenever you open Safari.

On iPhone and iPad

Things are currently not as simple on iOS as they are on macOS. There isn’t a setting for Homepage in Safari on iPhone and iPad. But there is a workaround you can use to always open Safari with your favorite page. You’ll do this by creating a shortcut on your Home Screen, and here’s how.

1) Open Safari on iPhone or iPad and go to the site you want to use.

2) Tap the Share button at the bottom.

3) Select Add to Home Screen .

4) Name your shortcut and tap Add .

Now, whenever you want to open Safari to that “Homepage,” just tap your shortcut.

Note : If a website you use opens in a reader or mobile mode, you may not see your normal Safari options (tabs, bookmarks, etc.). So, use the desktop version of the site instead. Before performing the steps above, select the Share button > Request Desktop Site . Then, follow the instructions to add it to your Home Screen.

Setting Safari Homepage

You can always use the Favorites feature in Safari to quickly get to the sites you love most. But setting your Homepage gets you to your favorite website the fastest.

Do you plan to set a Safari Homepage for your favorite site? Let us know! And if you have tips for using Safari on Mac or iOS that you’d like to share, feel free to comment below.

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How to Change Your Homepage in Safari

Mobile and desktop Safari use different procedures

What to Know

• Safari on Mac: With Safari open, choose  Safari  >  Preferences > select General tab.
• Then, next to Homepage, add a URL or select Set to Current Page .
• Safari iOS app: Open the page you want > Sharing icon > Add to Home Screen .

This article explains how to change your Safari homepage for the Mac and the Safari app for iOS devices. This information applies to Macs with macOS Monterey (12) through OS X El Capitan (10.11), as well as iPhones and iPads with iOS 15 through iOS 11 and iPad OS 15 through iPadOS 13.

How to Set the Homepage in Safari on a Mac

You can choose any page you want to display when you launch Safari . For example, if you usually begin browsing with a Google search, set the Google homepage as your default. If the first thing you do when you go online is check your email, tell Safari to go to your provider's site.

Here's how to set your Safari homepage on a Mac.

Open Safari on your Mac.

Select Safari from the menu bar and choose Preferences from the drop-down menu.

Select the  General  tab on the Preferences screen.

Next to  Homepage , type the URL you want to set as the Safari homepage.

Select Set to Current Page to choose the page you're on.

Exit the General preferences window to save your changes.

Set the Safari Homepage on an iPhone

You can't set a homepage on an iPhone or another iOS device the same way you can with Safari on the desktop. However, you can add a web page link to your device's Home screen and open it to go directly to that page.

Tap the Safari icon on the iPhone Home screen to open the browser.

Open the web page you want to use as a Safari shortcut.

Tap Sharing (the square with an arrow) at the bottom of the web page to display the Sharing options.

Scroll up on the Sharing screen to see more options.

Tap  Add to Home Screen .

Accept the suggested name or change it, then tap Add to create the shortcut.

You can tap the shortcut instead of opening Safari to always start at the site you chose.

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How to customize your start page in Safari on iPhone and iPad

• Choose sections for your start page
• Set a background image for your start page

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 .

• 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.

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 .

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 Set Safari Homepage on Mac And iPhone

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Depending on the settings, you may find the Safari browser on your MacBook opening a blank page or landing on the default Safari Home page.

However, the macOS Safari browser also provides the option to set any website as the Home page and this feature can be used to make the Safari browser on your Mac to always open your favorite or most frequently accessed website.

In the case of iPhone, Safari browser does not provide the option to Set Homepage, but it provides the option to add websites to the Home screen of your device.

1. Set Any Website As Safari Homepage on Mac

You can make the Safari browser on MacBook always land on your favorite or most frequently visited website, instead of opening a blank page or landing on the default Safari Homepage.

1. Open the Safari Browser on your Mac and visit the website that you want to set as Safari Home Page on your Mac.

2. Once you land on the website, click on the Safari tab in top-menu bar and select Preferences in the drop-down menu.

3. On Safari Preferences screen, switch to General tab  and click on Set to Current Page button or enter URL of the website that you want to designate as the Homepage in Safari Browser.

important: Make sure that you set New windows open with option is set to Homepage .

2. Add Shortcut to Home Screen on iPhone Using Safari Browser

As mentioned above, the Safari browser on iPhone does not provide the option to Set or Change Homepage, but provides the option to Add Shortcuts to Home Screen.

1. Open the Safari App on iPhone and visit the website that you want to set as Homepage in Safari browser on iPhone.

2. Once you are on the website, tap on the Share button located in bottom menu to open Safari sharing menu.

3. On the sharing menu, select Add to Home Screen option.

4. On the next screen, tap on the Add  option, located at top-right corner.

This will add a Shortcut to the website on the Home Screen of your iPhone, which allows you to vist your favorite or most frequently accessed website by tapping on the shortcut.

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Change Safari Homepage On iPhone, iPad & Mac

W hile you may not think much about what your Homepage is on Safari, this can be the handiest way to see your favorite site first. Every time you open Safari, you can visit the website you like most right off the bat or when you hit your Home button.

To make sure you get to your favorite website quickly each day, here’s how to change your Safari Homepage on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Change your Safari Homepage on iPhone and iPad

Things are currently not as simple on iOS as they are on Mac. There isn’t a setting for Homepage in Safari on iPhone and iPad. But there is a workaround you can use to always open Safari with your favorite page. You’ll do this by creating a shortcut on your Home screen and here’s how.

Step 1.  Open  Safari  on iPhone or iPad and go to the site you want to use.

Step 2.  Tap the  Share  button at the bottom.

Step 3.  Select  Add to Home Screen .

Step 4.   Name  your shortcut and tap  Add .

Now, whenever you want to open Safari to that “ Homepage ,” just tap your shortcut.

Note : If a website you use opens in a reader or mobile mode, you may not see your normal Safari options (tabs, bookmarks, etc.). So, use the desktop version of the site instead. Before performing the steps above select  Share button  >  Request Desktop Site . Then, follow the instructions to add it to your Home screen.

Change your Safari Homepage on Mac

Open  Safari  on your Mac and then follow these steps to change your Homepage.

Step 1.  Click  Safari  >  Preferences  from the menu bar.

Step 2. Choose the  General  tab.

Step 3.  In the box next to  Homepage , enter the  URL  of the website you want. If you are currently on that site, just click the  Set Current Page  button. This will change that URL for you.

Set your Homepage for new windows and tabs

By making that change above, each time you click the Home button on your toolbar or  History >  Home  from the menu bar, you’ll land on that page. But you can set it up so that whenever you open a new Safari window or tab, you’ll go directly to that page too.

In the same Safari Preferences window, above  Homepage , you’ll see the options for  New windows open with  and  New tabs open with . You can click the drop-down box and choose  Homepage  for both or just one.

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The ‘homepage’ on your web browser is the page it loads whenever you launch it on your device. You can set your homepage to your favourite website or something more functional like a search engine or a news website. The possibilities are endless. If you want to save your internet data , you can choose not to have a homepage at all. Here’s how you can change your Safari homepage on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

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Can you change the homepage on Safari?

Like all web browsers, Safari also lets you set any website as your homepage. But there’s one catch. You can only do this on your Mac. Safari for iOS and iPadOS has no option to set a preferred homepage. However, to make your most visited websites more accessible, you can add them to your iPhone’s home screen . Once you do that, they will appear as app icons on the home screen. Tapping on them will redirect you to their respective web pages in Safari.

Mac users can not only set a homepage, but they can also choose whether the homepage loads by default every time they open a new tab or window. Like the iPhone, your Mac also allows you to make a desktop for any website. You can do this simply by dragging the URL and dropping it on the desktop. This is a great trick for creating app-like icons for apps that are not available on Mac (like Netflix and Google Calendar).

Change Safari homepage on Mac

Step 1: Open Safari on your Mac.

Step 2: On the top menu, click on Safari and select Preferences .

Step 3: Switch to the General tab.

Step 4: In the ‘Homepage’ field, enter the URL of the website you want to set as Safari’s homepage .

Step 5: You can also set the new tabs and windows to open with the homepage.

Step 6: Relaunch the browser to view the homepage.

Change the Safari homepage on an iPhone or iPad

Since Safari for iOS does not allow setting a default homepage, you can do the next best thing and add a web shortcut to your iPhone/iPad’s home screen. Here’s how.

Step 1: Launch the Safari web browser on your iPhone.

Step 2: Open the website you want to set as the home page.

Step 3: Hit the Share icon at the bottom of the screen.

Step 4: Tap on Add to Home Screen .

Step 5: Give it a name and hit Add at the top right corner of the screen.

Whenever you wish to open Safari to that page, hit its icon on your iPhone home screen.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Can the safari browser on my iphone have a home page.

No, you cannot set up a default homepage for Safari on your iPhone or iPad. Instead, you can add a web shortcut to your iPhone’s home screen.

How do I add a web shortcut to my iPhone’s home screen?

To add a web shortcut to your iPhone’s home screen, open the website in Safari, hit the share icon at the bottom, select ‘Add to Home Screen’, and hit ‘Add’.

How do I set up a Safari homepage on my Mac?

Open Safari, then go to Safari>Preferences and enter the URL of the website next to ‘Homepage’.

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How to change the safari home page on a mac.

Tired of opening Safari and seeing Favorites? Here's how to set your homepage to your favorite website in Safari on Mac.

Traditionally, a homepage is the first website your browser loads when you start it. But by default, Safari on Mac opens up a window of Favorites instead. If you'd like Safari to start with a website of your choice, follow these simple steps.

First, open the Safari web browser by clicking its icon in the dock, by using Spotlight Search , or by selecting it from the macOS Applications folder . From there, navigate to the page you'd like to use as your home page. It can be any website you want.

In the menu bar at the top of the screen, select Safari > Preferences.

In Preferences > General, click the "Set to Current Page" button. This changes your home page to the current website Safari has open.

After clicking the button, the address in the "Homepage" field will change to the address of the current page.

Next, we'll make it so you see your home page when you open Safari. In Preferences > General, click the drop-down menu beside the "New Windows Open With" listing.

In the drop-down menu, select the "Homepage" option.

If desired, you can repeat the same step with the "New Tabs Open With" option. In that case, every time you open a new tab, you'll see your home page.

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Meta AI appears on social media feeds and search bars on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, where it prompts the user with topics and launches a chat when a query is sent. It has also been spotted participating in conversations in Facebook groups.

Why did Meta launch it?

Since ChatGPT took the internet by storm in 2022, competition in the AI space has been amping up with all the major tech giants launching their own version.

"Meta is behind in some respect," Stan Karanasios, associate professor at the University of Queensland Business School, told the ABC.

"Llama 3 is a move that puts Meta's AI tool squarely in competition with those leading AI chatbots."

Launching the AI assistant as an integrated part of Meta's existing social media platforms could be a huge competitive advantage, he said.

"It is part of a brand that we trust, that we are familiar with, and is already a company that many, many people are very comfortable giving personal data to."

The move opens up generative AI to a new audience, Professor Karanasios said.

 "Unlike ChatGPT, this is built into an existing ecosystem. People don't necessarily go to seek out AI, it's presented in front of them." 

As with Meta's other products, the AI tool is free, which means the users pay with their data, time and and attention.

How do you turn off Meta AI?

Unfortunately you can't, despite some users searching high and low for a way to do so.

However, if you ask Meta AI for a way to turn the assistant off, it might give you a made up answer, as one X user found out.

You can still use the search bars normally by typing in words and clicking on the text results that appear below, rather than pressing the blue send icon to the right end of the bar, which will launch an AI chat.

What do you use it for?

Meta says the tool can be used "to get things done, learn, create and connect with the things that matter to you".

Like its competitors, Meta AI can generate text and images based on user prompts for a variety of different uses.

Some of the uses the Meta website recommends its AI for include home decor inspiration, study help and restaurant recommendations.

While AI can be helpful in generating ideas, it's good to understand that it's trained on data that exist on the internet, which isn't necessarily fact-checked or up-to-date.

Why is it creating so much confusion?

Meta AI has caused confusion by responding to conversations in Facebook groups seemingly unprompted, including by trying to give away nonexistent items in a Buy Nothing forum, the Associated Press reported.

AI technology works by predicting what word is likely to follow next in a sentence, but it doesn't fully understand the context of human conversations.

Facebook's online help page says the AI agent will join a group conversation if tagged, or if someone "asks a question in a post and no one responds within an hour." Group's administrators have the ability to turn it off.

What's more, some people are simply not here for having an AI assistant automatically integrated to their familiar social media feeds, with many users voicing frustration online about wanting to use the apps without AI.

Teething problems are expected, especially with Meta's AI reaching such a large audience instantly, Professor Karanasios said.

"With a little bit of playing around, many people will become familiar and more comfortable with it, and it will become the go-to source of information as well," he said.

Over time, he said, Meta AI will become a highly personalised tool that is familiar with a person's needs and tailor its content accordingly.

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