1 on safari

Blazing fast. Incredibly private.

Safari is the best way to experience the internet on all your Apple devices. It brings robust customization options, powerful privacy protections, and optimizes battery life — so you can browse how you like, when you like. And when it comes to speed, it’s the world’s fastest browser. 1

Performance

More with the battery. less with the loading..

With a blazing-fast JavaScript engine, Safari is the world’s fastest browser. 1 It’s developed to run specifically on Apple devices, so it’s geared to make the most out of your battery life and deliver long-lasting power.

Increased performance

We’re always working to make the fastest desktop browser on the planet even faster.

Improved power efficiency

Safari lets you do more online on a single charge.

Up to 4 hours more streaming videos compared with Chrome 3

Up to 17 hours of video streaming 3

Best-in-class browsing

Safari outperforms both Mac and PC browsers in benchmark after benchmark on the same Mac. 4

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JavaScript performance on advanced web applications. 4

Safari vs. other Mac browsers

Safari on macOS

Chrome on macOS

Edge on macOS

Firefox on macOS

Safari vs. Windows 11 browsers

Chrome on Windows 11

Edge on Windows 11

Firefox on Windows 11

Rendering performance of animated content. 4

Web application responsiveness. 4

4K video streaming

See your favorite shows and films in their best light. Safari supports in-browser 4K HDR video playback for YouTube, Netflix, and Apple TV+. 5 And it runs efficiently for longer-lasting battery life.

Privacy is built in.

Online privacy isn’t just something you should hope for — it’s something you should expect. That’s why Safari comes with industry-leading privacy protection technology built in, including Intelligent Tracking Prevention that identifies trackers and helps prevent them from profiling or following you across the web. Upgrading to iCloud+ gives you even more privacy protections, including the ability to sign up for websites and services without having to share your personal email address.

Intelligent Tracking Prevention

Safari stops trackers in their tracks.

What you browse is no one’s business but your own. Safari has built‑in protections to help stop websites and data-collection companies from watching and profiling you based on your browsing activity. Intelligent Tracking Prevention uses on‑device intelligence to help prevent cross‑site tracking and stops known trackers from using your IP address — making it incredibly difficult to learn who you are and what you’re interested in.

Privacy Report

Safari makes it simple to see how your privacy is protected on all the websites you visit. Click Privacy Report in the Safari menu for a snapshot of cross-site trackers currently prevented from profiling you on the website you’re visiting. Or view a weekly Privacy Report to see how Safari protects you as you browse over time.

Customization

Putting the you in url..

Safari is more customizable than ever. Organize your tabs into Tab Groups so it’s easy to go from one interest to the next. Set a custom background image and fine-tune your browser window with your favorite features — like Reading List, Favorites, iCloud Tabs, and Siri Suggestions. And third-party extensions for iPhone, iPad, and Mac let you do even more with Safari, so you can browse the way you want across all your devices.

Safari Profiles allow you to separate your history, extensions, Tab Groups, favorites, cookies, and more. Quickly switch between profiles for topics you create, like Personal and Work.

Web apps let you save your favorite websites to the Dock on Mac and to the Home Screen on iPhone and iPad. A simplified toolbar and separate settings give you an app-like experience.

Safari Extensions add functionality to your browser to help you explore the web the way you want. Find and add your favorite extensions in the dedicated Safari category on the App Store.

Save and organize your tabs in the way that works best for you. Name your Tab Groups, edit them, and switch among them across devices. You can also share Tab Groups — making planning your next family trip or group project easier and more collaborative.

Smart Tools

Designed to help your work flow..

Built-in tools create a browsing experience that’s far more immersive, intuitive, and immediate. Get detailed information about a subject in a photo with just a click, select text within any image, instantly translate an entire web page, and quickly take notes wherever you are on a site — without having to switch apps.

Notes is your go-to app to capture any thought. And with the Quick Note feature, you can instantly jot down ideas as you browse websites without having to leave Safari.

Translation

Translate entire web pages with a single click. You can also get translations for text in images and paused video without leaving Safari.

Interact with text in any image or paused video on the web using functions like copy and paste, translate, and lookup. 6

Visual Look Up

Quickly learn more about landmarks, works of art, breeds of dogs, and more with only a photo or an image you find online. And easily lift the subject of an image from Safari, remove its background, and paste it into Messages, Notes, or other apps.

Surf safe and sound.

Strong security protections in Safari help keep you safe. Passkeys introduce a safer way to sign in. iCloud Keychain securely stores and autofills passkeys and passwords across all your devices. Safari also notifies you when it encounters suspicious websites and prevents them from loading. Because it loads each web page in a separate process, any harmful code is always confined to a single browser tab so it won’t crash the entire application or access your data. And Safari automatically upgrades sites from HTTP to the more secure HTTPS when available.

Passkeys introduce a more secure and easier way to sign in. No passwords required.

Passkeys are end-to-end encrypted and safe from phishing and data leaks, and they are stronger than all common two-factor authentication types. Thanks to iCloud Keychain, they work across all your Apple devices, and they even work on non-Apple devices.

Learn more about passkeys

Apple Pay and Wallet make checkout as easy as lifting a finger.

Apple Pay is the easiest and most secure way to shop on Safari — allowing you to complete transactions with Face ID or Touch ID on your iPhone or iPad, with Touch ID on your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air, or by double-clicking the side button on your Apple Watch.

Learn more about Apple Pay

With AutoFill, you can easily fill in your previously saved credit card information from the Wallet app during checkout. Your credit card details are never shared, and your transactions are protected with industry-leading security.

Same Safari. Different device.

Safari works seamlessly and syncs your passwords, bookmarks, history, tabs, and more across Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch. And when your Mac, iOS, or iPadOS devices are near each other, they can automatically pass what you’re doing in Safari from one device to another using Handoff. You can even copy images, video, or text from Safari on your iPhone or iPad, then paste into another app on your nearby Mac — or vice versa.

When you use Safari on multiple devices, your tabs carry over from one Apple device to another. So you can search, shop, work, or browse on your iPhone, then switch to your iPad or Mac and pick up right where you left off.

Save web pages you want to read later by adding them to your Reading List. Then view them on any of your iCloud-connected devices — even if you’re not connected to the internet.

iCloud Keychain securely stores your user names, passkeys, passwords, and credit card numbers and keeps them up to date on your trusted devices. So you can easily sign in to your favorite websites — as well as apps on iOS and iPadOS — and quickly make online purchases.

Designed for developers.

Deep WebKit integration between Mac hardware and macOS allows Safari to deliver the fastest performance and the longest battery life of any browser on the platform, while supporting modern web standards for rich experiences in the browser. WebKit in macOS Sonoma includes optimizations that enable even richer browsing experiences, and give developers more control over styling and layout — allowing for more engaging content.

Make Safari your default browser

Customize your start page, view your browsing privacy report, monitor your saved passwords, use apple pay in safari, view your tabs across all your devices, read the safari user guide, get safari support.

1Password for Safari 4+

Fill and save your passwords, agilebits inc..

• 2.0 • 764 Ratings

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1Password is the world’s most loved password manager, trusted by millions of individuals and over 80,000 businesses to keep their secrets safe. == A browser-first experience == You can now use 1Password in Safari without installing the desktop app! 1Password for Safari is a completely independent extension that provides full access to 1Password’s capabilities: ◆ Create and store strong, unique passwords for all your accounts ◆ Fill usernames & passwords, credit cards, and addresses on websites and online forms in seconds ◆ Protect your private notes, sensitive documents, credit cards, medical records, software licenses, and more If you choose to install the desktop app as well, 1Password for Safari integrates securely with it so you can use Touch ID on supported Macs to unlock in an instant. Best of all, when you unlock one, you unlock the other too! == Secure by design == The information you store in 1Password is encrypted, and only you hold the keys to decrypt it. We can’t see your data, so we can’t use it, share it, or sell it. Learn more about our security model at 1Password.com/security. == Built for families and teams == 1Password for Safari supports accounts for you, your family, and your business. ◆ Add all your accounts and choose which vaults you want to see ◆ Easily move items between accounts ◆ Use shared vaults to safely share secrets with your loved ones or team members == Get automatic security alerts with Watchtower == Watchtower monitors your account for vulnerabilities so you can stay one step ahead of any problems. ◆ Get notified if your login credentials have been exposed in a data breach ◆ Highlight weak or reused passwords so you can change them ◆ Identify sites that support multi-factor authentication to help you add another layer of security ==Get started for free == Try 1Password free for 14 days, then find the plan that’s right for you or your business. Use 1Password on as many devices as you need, with apps for every platform, unlimited password and item storage, and friendly 24/7 email support. == The Nitty Gritty Fine Print == ◆ 1Password can be used in read-only mode without an active 1Password membership. ◆ Privacy policy: https://1password.com/legal/privacy/ ◆ Terms of Use: https://1password.com/legal/terms-of-service/

Version 2.23.3

- 1Password will now offer to automatically save and update logins with an in-page prompt after you successfully sign in, sign up, or change your password. You can manage this feature in Settings > "Autofill & save". - 1Password will now automatically sign you in when you choose a Login item to fill. You can manage this feature in Settings > "Autofill & save". - We've improved vault access and selection for a seamless Autofill experience in browsers. - We've improved the experience of using the 1Password inline menu icon by improving its visibility and accessibility. - We've fixed an issue in Safari on iOS where you'd see a notification that you successfully copied an item field to your clipboard when it wasn't actually copied. - We've fixed an issue where the keyboard shortcuts to copy usernames and passwords wouldn't work. - We've fixed an issue where selecting Open and Fill would only fill your username. - The inline menu now automatically closes when you use a browser or system filling method. - We've improved the experience when using auto-submit on certain websites. - We've implemented some performance improvements when loading icons for lists of items. - Localization has been improved for a number of our supported languages using new translations from Crowdin. - We've fixed an issue where you couldn't download files from Dropbox when 1Password for Safari was turned on. - We've fixed an issue where the 1Password pop-up could open with a very narrow width in Safari. - We've fixed an issue where trying to sign in with a passkey on some websites caused an authentication error.

Ratings and Reviews

764 Ratings

Version 8 is a step back

Why mess with what works... I used 1Password 7 for a long time and loved it. Version 8 was released and broke so many things, it's a case study in frustrating your users by not leaving good enough alone. Since the version 8 upgrade the Safari extension is constantly asking me to enter my password (version 7 was happy with my touch ID). I get random errors I have never seen before, like "Unable to save" when trying to save a new login, clicking the "Use suggested password" item but it is unresponsive and nothing happens... They also removed a feature I LOVED and used daily: holding alt/option while looking at an item revealed the password - gone in version 8. I wish I could go back to version 7, and I am not the type of person who wants thing to stay the same, I love changes and improvements but from where I stand, I gained nothing from version 8 but lost reliability and functionality I used to love about 1PW. I am only not looking to switch because their successful vendor lock-in. I am too deep into the 1PW ecosystem (installed everywhere) and leaving it behind would cause even more pain than this miserable downgrade they call "version 8".

Developer Response ,

Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear you're not enjoying 1Password for Safari, and we appreciate you sharing your feedback with us. If you reach out to our team at [email protected], we'd be happy to work through your concerns and answer any questions you have.

Terribly unreliable on Safari

The Chrome version of 1Password works fairly well, but I have daily issues with 1Password in Safari. This usually manifests itself as a disconnection from the desktop app, where you try to fill a user/password, 1Password asks you to unlock, and then the Safari extension hangs. Sometimes it will say that it needs to reload to reconnect. At this point it does seem like it reconnects to the 1Password desktop app, but the dropdown in user/password fields won't show without restarting Safari. But there are other annoying persistent bugs as well. Any kind of form autocomplete will battle it out with 1Password. So if the extension thinks that it should try to populate an address field that wants to autocomplete your address (i.e. you start typing your address and it uses Google to try to autocomplete for you), then the 1Password drop-downs will compete for this spot. That's annoying. The most annoying one, though, is competition with Safari's built-in SMS/email OTP autocomplete or just generic email fields. I want to retain the option in Safari to generate a unique email address for a site, so I need that function enabled, but 1Password steps on the Safari drop-downs every time. 1Password team, please, fix this extension. I love 1Password. When I spun up a company, I chose 1Password for our org of 30 people. You can do better.

Thanks for your detailed feedback. We're sorry to hear about the issues you're experiencing with 1Password in Safari. Rest assured, our team is actively working on resolving these bugs. In the meantime, we'd love to gather more information about your specific devices and configurations. If you could reach out to us at [email protected], our team will reach out to help.

I like the new version

I have been using 1Password since 2014 and just upgraded from version 6, so the new version, though somewhat different, has been a much smoother experience for me. I resisted upgrading, especially after reading some of the negativity here, but I liked that I didn't have to dump my old version 6 app and data to upgrade, so I felt confident I could go back if something went wrong or I was simply unhappy with the new version. To my surprise, the migration process from 6 was easy (though I did have to download version 7 first, but still not a big deal). I realized that Dropbox was having a hard time connecting to my devices regularly, so consequently, I often was missing new passwords if they hadn't been synced. That no longer is the case since everything just syncs flawlessly! Plus, I love that y'all are taking the time to respond to all of the comments. I'm sure the complications will get worked out, but if you aren't coming from version 7 directly, 8 is a no-brainer!

Thanks for this great 5-star review. It's great to hear the upgrade process was easy for you, and that you're enjoying 1Password 8 - we appreciate you letting us know!

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How to use Safari on a Mac

Safari is the web browser app bundled with all Macs as part of macOS. You don’t have to use it – if you prefer to use Chrome or Firefox, for example, you can install those apps for your web surfing needs. But in our experience, Safari is a good option – and as you can see from our round-up of best web browser apps for the Mac , it’s pretty much the best you can get.

If you are new to Safari this article will help you find your way around the app. And if you are a seasoned Safari user we will reveal a few Safari tips and tricks that you might not know, including some of the fab new features in Safari 11, the latest version of Safari for Mac.

If you’d like to read about using Safari on the iPad or iPhone, read this .

How to get the latest version of Safari for Mac

First things first. You will want to make sure you have the latest version of Safari. At the time of writing the most up-to-date version is Safari 11.1.

Here’s how to find out which version of Safari you are running:

• Open Safari.
• Click on Safari > About Safari in the menu.
• The resulting window will reveal the version number.

As long as your copy of MacOS – the Mac operating system – is up to date your copy of Safari should be because Safari is bundled as part of an operating system update.

However, you don’t have to be using the latest version of macOS to have the latest version of Safari. Apple is bundling Safari 11 with High Sierra, Sierra and El Capitan versions of the Mac OS. If you need to update your version of MacOS read this: how to update your Mac operating system software .

Now that you have the latest version of Safari you can start enjoying some of the new features that we will discuss below.

Safari basics

If you are a surfing novice you might want to familiarise yourself with these tips.

We’ll start off with the basics, such as how to get into Safari, how to search, and other useful pointers. You can skip this bit if you aren’t a Safari beginner, there are plenty of tips below that you might find useful.

You can find Safari in the Dock at the bottom of your Mac’s screen. Its icon looks like a compass.

How to use Safari

The big bar at the top of the Safari window is where you can enter a website URL or a search term to either take you directly to a website, or to a list of pages that match your query.

It will automatically search in Google (but you can change it so it defaults to another search engine).

You rarely have to enter a complete URL for a website. Once you have visited a site once you only need to type a few letters of its name and it will autofill the rest of the URL.

For example, type: ‘Face’ and it will autofill the rest of the URL and when you press enter it will take you straight to Facebook.

How to make it easy to find your favourite sites in Safari

There are lots of ways of making it easy to get to websites you frequently visit.

When you open a new tab (see below for details of how to do that) you will see your Favourites view including Frequently Visited Sites. You could also choose to see a Top Sites view, set a Homepage, just see an empty page, or have the Same Page show up. These are all options you can access in Safari > Preferences > General. Just click on the menu beside New tabs open with.

If you choose the Top Sites view you can adjust it to show 6, 12 or 24 sites. To add and remove Top Sites hover over the preview until you see an x and a pin icon. Pin those sites you wish to keep and click x on those you don’t image you will want to find again. The sites that appear in Top Sites tend to be those you visit most frequently.

You can choose one of these views for every time you open a new Safari window.

How to Pin a site in Safari

In Safari you can also ‘Pin’ favourite sites to the menu bar – a simple way of adding a shortcut to Facebook, YouTube or any site you visit frequently.

When you Pin a site you will see a small icon representing that site on the left of your tabs.

To Pin a particular web page right- or control-click on the tab and choose Pin Tab. Then it’s very easy to go straight to that site.

Using tabs in Safari

Back to tabs. You can open multiple tabs in a Safari window, this means that rather than having a different Safari window open for every website you are on, you can just have one Safari window open and multiple pages accessible through that.

To open a new tab press Command + T.

There are two ways that you can see a preview of the different tabs you have open:

• You can see a short summary of the name of the web page on the tabs themselves. This might be sufficient if you only have one or two tabs open, but once you have more than eight you’ll probably find the summary is too short to be useful.
• Or, you can click on the icon that looks like two boxes on the right of the search/URL box. This will show a thumbnail view of all the web pages you have open.

While we’re on the subject of Tabs, you can close a single tab just by hovering over the tab and clicking on the x that shows up in the corner of that tab.

It’s also possible to close all but one tab. Just hold down the Option/Alt key when you click on the x to get rid of all the other tabs that are open, except for the page on that tab.

How to tell which Safari tabs are playing audio

Not everyone wants to surf the web in silence though. There is lots of very worthy audio and video content available on the web and no doubt many surfers wouldn’t want to miss out on that.

The problem is when you have multiple web pages open and more than one of them is blaring out audio.

Luckily there is another Safari tip to fix that.

You can identify which of your open tabs is playing audio by the speaker symbol that appears in the far right of the Safari tab associated with that web page.

It’s possible to mute the audio with a single click on the speaker symbol without even opening the tab.

And if more than one Safari webpage is playing audio you can choose to mute them all at once. Just click on the speaker symbol in the URL bar and choose Mute all Tabs.

Alternatively, you can Option/Alt-click on the speaker icon of the tab you do wish to listen to and mute the audio on all the other tabs.

How to reopen all windows from the last session

Here’s another useful tip. You can easily reopen all the tabs you had open last time you were using Safari.

Click History > Reopen All Windows from Last Session to quickly recover all the windows you were recently looking at. You might also find this helpful: How to export bookmarks from Chrome to Safari

How to show the full URL in Safari

Another handy Safari tip. In Yosemite Safari stopped showing the whole URL – a feature designed to help avoid users being taken in by phishing scams, wherein the URL is obfuscated. In other words, if you’re visiting https://macworld.co.uk/this/page/that/page then all you’ll see in the address bar is macworld.co.uk.

If this isn’t what you want, perhaps you want to see the full URL of the article you are reading, you can change things so that the whole URL is shown.

Open Safari’s preferences dialog box (Cmd+,) then click the Advanced icon and put a check alongside Show Full Website Address.

How to change how you view websites in Safari

One of our favourite features in Safari 11 is the extra control we have over the web. You can tweak the settings of specific websites so that they suit you for example.

How to change the font size on a website

You can tweak your settings so that when you visit a specific site the images and text are bigger – perfect if you are frustrated to find that the text on a favourite website is a bit too small for your eyes.

Here’s how to enlarge (or reduce) the font size on a particular website so that it stays that size whether you visit:

• Go to Safari > Preferences.
• Click on the Websites tab.
• Click on Page Zoom.
• Find the site you want to customise (any site you have open or have recently visited will be listed here).
• Choose a number bigger or smaller than 100% depending on how large you want the text and images to be.

You can do this on a per website basis, or if you frequently find that the text on websites is too small for you, you can choose to default to the percentage that suits you wherever you go on the web. Note that not all websites are created the same so some will naturally have larger type than others.

To choose the zoom percentage for all websites, click in the drop down box beside “When visiting other websites”.

Another benefit of having access to these controls that allow you to change the way you view the web is that it enables you to stop seeing ads and auto-playing videos. We’ll look at that below.

How to stop ads and auto-playing videos in Safari

Another enticing feature of Safari is the way you can choose to adjust the settings so that you never see another ad or auto-playing video again. We’ll look at how to do that next.

How to stop autoplay audio and video in Safari

Perhaps you are frustrated by auto-playing video blaring out every time you visit a website.

With Safari 11 you can disable autoplay video, so you will never again have to hear voices while you are browsing the web. Here’s what to do:

• Open the offending website.
• Click on Safari > Settings for This Website (or right-click the URL box and select Settings for This Website).
• Allow All Auto-Play
• Stop Media with Sound
• Never Auto-Play

Stop Media with Sounds is the default option, and it will essentially stop any video from starting if the sound is set to be on. If the video is set to play silently it will still run but you won’t hear it, unless you choose to.

If you would rather not let auto-playing video play, you can choose Never Auto-Play.

Remember that if you adjust the settings this way it will only apply to autoplay videos on that website. If you’d like to never see an autoplaying video again follow these steps:

• Go to Safari > Preferences and click on Websites.

And there is an option below to choose the same settings “When visiting other websites”.

We have a complete tutorial that explains how to use this feature here: How to stop autoplay video in Safari & Chrome on Mac .

We also cover how to stop Safari asking to use your location data here .

How to stop seeing ads on websites in Safari

While ads pay a part of our wage, we realise that some ads can really reduce the enjoyment of web browsing. Usually these are ads that have something wrong with the way they have been coded and aren’t behaving as intended, or even worse they are spam ads that have crept onto the ad networks. We are honestly as frustrated as you are!

One of the big changes Apple bought to Safari 11 was the ability to really manage the ads that you see – this was part of Apple’s effort to make the web work better. Effectively, if Apple can remove ads that aren’t behaving as intended and are jamming up page loading times and the like, then Safari will perform quicker, which means that the surfer has a better time surfing.

There are a few ways you can take advantage of these anti-ad related features in Safari 11.

One way is to choose to surf the web – or certain pages – in Reader mode.

Reader mode is a way of viewing webpages that Apple introduced back in 2010 in Safari 5. Reader displays just the text and images from a webpage, without any of the other page furniture. We think it is a bit like reading a Word document or a PDF. The feature hasn’t changed much over the years, but in Safari 11 it’s became possible to choose for a site to always be viewed in Reader Mode.

First, here’s how to view a site in Reader mode:

• Click on the stack of lines to the left of the URL bar.
• This will automatically change the webpage to Reader view.
• Click on the stack of lines to turn Reader view off.

It’s worth checking how a site appears in this mode before switching over to it because not all sites implement it particularly well (sometimes you will find that an article stops abruptly because only one page has been carried into Reader view). Some sites don’t have a Reader view at all (such as Apple, for example).

And here is how to customise your settings so that whenever you visit that site the pages are viewed in Reader mode:

• Click on Reader.
• Find the site you want to customise (any site you have open, or have recently visited will be listed here).
• Toggle the drop-down menu beside that site to On.

A quicker way to do this is to right-click or control-click on the stack of lines beside the URL and choose Use Reader Automatically.

Or, as long as you are on the website you wish to change the setting for, you can click on Safari > Settings for this Website, and choose Use Reader When Available.

How to surf in private using Safari

Another useful feature in Safari is the option to use a private browsing window. This doesn’t just keep your browsing habits private from someone else who has access to your Mac, it also means that you are incognito – in other words even the websites you are visiting don’t have any information about you.

Go to Safari > File > New Private Window (or shift-cmd-n). You can tell if a window is private because the search bar will be grey. Any new tabs you open in this window will be private.

Alternatively, to open a Private Browsing window you can click shift, command and N.

You can tell it’s a private window because the URL field will be greyed out.

Hold down Option/Alt while picking Private Browsing to quickly switch it on and bypass the ‘Do you want to switch on Private Browsing?’ alert window if you happen to see it frequently. We have a complete guide to private browsing on Safari here .

For even more privacy, you can choose to always search with privacy-obsessed DuckDuckGo as your default search engine. Go to Safari > Preferences > Search, and click on the Search Engine. Then select Duck Duck Go from the Search Engine dropdown list. You can choose from Google, Bing, Yahoo or DuckDuckGo.

How to delete your histroy in Safari

If you didn’t search using a private browsing window you can still delete your history and evidence of what you were up to.

• Click on History.
• Scroll down and click on Clear History.
• You can choose to clear history for Today, the last hour, today and yesterday, or all history.
• You’ll see a warning that Clearing history will remove related cookies and other website data. Basically this is warning you that if you go ahead and Clear History you may find that you have to log onto websites, or shopping cart information may disappear.
• If you are happy with that then click on Clear history.

We have a complete tutorial all about how to delete your browser history on a Mac here .

How to delete cookies in Safari

Another new feature that came in Safari 11 was the introduction of privacy protection, a feature that’ll stop those annoying Amazon adverts showing you products after you’ve bought them.

Safari actively tries to block the cross-site tracking data that powers targeted adverts. While it won’t completely stop it, it should have a noticeable effect when using the browser.

According to Apple this isn’t an attempt to block ads, but rather to protect your privacy.

This means that you should no longer need to delete cookies if you want to stop seeing targeted ads (cookies have also been known to affect the price for goods if you have previously shown an interest in a product so deleting cookies could avoid such practices).

If you want to go a step further regarding cookies in Safari 11 there are some preferences changes you can make.

• Beside Website tracking click on Ask websites not to track me.
• Beside Cookies and website data click on Block all cookies.

If you aren’t using Safari 11 you can still delete cookies.

• Click on the Privacy tab.
• Click on Remove All Website Data…

Here’s how to add your own background image to Safari.

Author: Karen Haslam , Managing Editor

Karen has worked on both sides of the Apple divide, clocking up a number of years at Apple's PR agency prior to joining Macworld more than two decades ago. Karen's career highlights include interviewing Apple's Steve Wozniak and discussing Steve Jobs’ legacy on the BBC. Having edited the U.K. print and online editions of Macworld for many years, more recently her focus has been on SEO and evergreen content as well product recommendations and buying advice on Macworld.com.

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This article was written by Luigi Oppido and by wikiHow staff writer, Nicole Levine, MFA . Luigi Oppido is the Owner and Operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, California. Luigi has over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, virus removal, and upgrades. He is also the host of the Computer Man Show! broadcasted on KSQD covering central California for over two years. The wikiHow Tech Team also followed the article's instructions and verified that they work. This article has been viewed 580,876 times.

Cookies are enabled by default in Safari on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. If the features of a certain website aren't working properly or you're getting errors about cookies, you may have disabled cookies in your settings. This wikiHow article will teach you how to allow cookies in Safari, and show you what to do if cookies aren't working properly.

Things You Should Know

• Open Safari on your Mac. Go to Safari > Preferences… > Privacy and uncheck "Block all Cookies".

• Try clearing your cookies if you are having trouble loading websites—sometimes old cookies get in the way of saving the new version of a cookie.

Enabling Cookies on a Mac

• In most cases, you'll probably want to leave a checkmark in front of this option to preserve your privacy. However, if websites aren't loading properly or you can't use the features of certain sites, you may need to enable this option.

Enabling Cookies on iPhone and iPad

• In most cases, you'll probably want to leave this switch on, as this protects your privacy. However, if websites aren't loading properly or you're unable to use features of certain sites, you can enable this option and see if it resolves the problem.

Troubleshooting

• Mac: Click the Safari menu, select Preferences , click Privacy , and then remove the checkmark from "Prevent cross-site tracking."
• iPhone/iPad: Open your Settings , tap Safari , and then toggle the "Prevent Cross-Site Tracking" switch to the Off (white) position.

• First, check to make sure private browsing is not always set to turn on—click the Safari menu, select Preferences , click General , and click the "New windows open with" menu. [6] X Research source If "A new private window" is selected, choose A new window instead.
• Then, to open a new window, just close the currently open Safari window, click the File menu, and then select New Window .
• iPhone/iPad: Open Safari and tap the overlapping squares at the bottom. [7] X Research source Tap Private at the bottom (if you see it), select (number of) Tabs , and then tap Done .

• Mac: Click the Safari menu, click Preferences , click Privacy , click Manage Website Data , and then click Remove All .
• iPhone/iPad: Open Settings , tap Safari , tap Advanced , select Website Data , and then tap Remove All Website Data . [8] X Research source

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• Enabling cookies can often allow you to view and have access to a larger number of websites that require cookies in order to function or display properly. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0
• Despite their poor reputation, cookies aren't inherently malicious. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0

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• ↑ https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
• ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/105082
• ↑ https://support.ewu.edu/support/solutions/articles/10000057364-how-do-i-disable-prevent-cross-site-tracking-in-safari-
• ↑ https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/use-private-browsing-ibrw1069/mac
• ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203036

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First, make sure 1Password is turned on in Chrome. Click the Chrome menu   in the toolbar and choose Extensions > Manage Extensions . Then click to turn on 1Password.

To add the 1Password icon to the toolbar in Chrome:

• Click next to 1Password.

First, make sure 1Password is turned on in Firefox. Click the Firefox menu in the toolbar and choose Add-ons and themes . Click Extensions in the sidebar, then turn on 1Password .

To add the 1Password icon to the toolbar in Firefox:

• Click the Extensions button in the toolbar.
• Click the gear icon beside 1Password.
• Choose Pin to Toolbar .

If you can’t add 1Password to the toolbar in Firefox

If you’re unable to find 1Password or drag it to the toolbar in Firefox, you may have a corrupt Firefox profile. You should be able to get things working by creating a new profile in Firefox.

• Start the Firefox Profile Manager.
• Create a new profile in Firefox.
• Install 1Password in Firefox.

First, make sure 1Password is turned on in Edge. Click the Edge menu in the toolbar and choose Extensions , then click Manage Extensions . Then click to turn on 1Password.

To add the 1Password icon to the toolbar in Edge:

• Click the Microsoft Edge menu    in the toolbar.
• Control- or right-click the 1Password icon and choose Move to the Toolbar.

First, make sure 1Password is turned on in Brave. Click the Brave menu   in the toolbar and choose Extensions . Then click to turn on 1Password.

To add the 1Password icon to the toolbar in Brave:

First, make sure 1Password is turned on in Safari:

• Choose Safari > Settings from the menu bar.

If you have multiple profiles , click Manage Profiles and make sure 1Password is turned on for each profile you want.

To add the 1Password icon to the toolbar in Safari:

• Choose View > Customize Toolbar from the menu bar.

If you have multiple profiles , switch to each profile where 1Password is turned on and repeat these steps.

• Click Done .

If you still don’t see the button, restart your Mac and try these steps again.

If you don’t see 1Password in Safari settings

If 1Password is missing from the Safari Extensions list, you can use the 1Password app to restore it.

• Open 1Password for Mac .
• Choose Help > Troubleshooting > Fix Missing Safari Extension from the menu bar.

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I tried browsing the web with safari 1.0, here's how it went.

Hands-on with Apple's first web browser.

Key Takeaways

• Safari 1.0 was released in 2003 to replace Internet Explorer on the Mac.
• It was lacking some features compared to other web browsers, but it was fast and minimalist.
• Safari 1.0 is not compatible with most modern websites.

Safari was introduced in 2003 as Apple's replacement for Internet Explorer on the Mac, and it has continued to evolve since then as the default browser on all Apple devices. Let's take a deep dive into the browser that started it all: Safari 1.0.

The first version of Safari was released on June 23rd, 2003 , following a public beta that reached nearly five million downloads. The initial version was an optional download for Macs running Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar , and it was later bundled with Mac OS X 10.3 Panther . Apple continued shipping Safari with every new Mac operating system, continuing to the present day with new releases of macOS.

Hello, Safari

Safari is a core system application on Mac computers, so you can't (easily) use older versions on newer operating systems that have a newer Safari version already installed. In the name of science, I fired up my trusty 1999 PowerMac G3, created a new drive partition, and installed a fresh copy of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. That release shipped with Safari version 1.1, so this isn't technically the first public version, but it's close enough.

Safari 1.0 is a far cry from modern versions of Apple's web browser, but there are some familiar interface elements. The top bar has the back, forward, reload, and bookmark buttons that are still present in today's web browsers, but the address bar and web search are two separate text fields.

Google Chrome helped popularize the idea of a combined address and search bar when it was released in 2009, but before that, most web browsers had the same split text fields. On that note, Google is the default search engine, and I didn't see an option anywhere to change it.

Safari 1.0 isn't just minimalist by today's standards. This new Mac OS X installation also came with Internet Explorer 5 for Mac, which has a much more cluttered design with a sidebar, status bar, and more buttons at the top of the window. You could click a button on the sidebar to hide most of that for distraction-free browsing, but Safari is less complicated out of the box.

Most of the other browsers from this time, like Opera, Netscape, and the Mozilla Application Suite, were similarly feature-packed. The first version of Firefox arrived in 2004, the year after Safari, with a simplified feature set and a focus on web browsing. There is support for tabbed browsing in Safari 1.0, but it's not enabled by default.

There's also a bookmarks manager for organizing your favorite sites and pages, accessible from the menu bar or the bookmarks button in the bookmarks bar. The default bookmarks are a fun look back at the early-2000s internet, with links to Amazon, PayPal, BBC News, MapQuest, Monster.com, and other sites.

The preferences panel has some options for how windows open, where to save files and pages, turning on tabbed browsing, managing plugins, and deleting browsing cookies. There's also an AutoFill feature that can fill in web forms with information from your Address Book.

I also noticed this early version of Safari doesn't have an Inspect Element option, or seemingly any other web development features. You can view the HTML source code for a page, but that's it.

Surf Like It's 2003

So, what can you actually do with Safari 1.0 in 2024? Well, not a lot. This is a twenty-year-old web rendering engine, with no support for modern HTML and CSS layout features, HTML5 video, or most JavaScript features. Every site that loads over HTTPS (SSL) shows security warnings or refuses to load at all.

The main Google home page works, but the search results use a broken mobile layout. CNN, Apple.com, Wikipedia, eBay, and BBC News don't load at all. Amazon made the browser freeze for about a minute, complete with the spinning beachball of death, then loaded a page with just text and no styling or images.

There are a few websites designed specifically for older browsers, though. The FrogFind search engine created by Action Retro on YouTube works well here, which downgrades modern sites to simpler text-based layouts.

FrogFind doesn’t always work well, but it does turn websites like Wikipedia from completely unusable to readable.

Looking Back at Tomorrow

You can’t use Safari 1.0 for typical web browsing anymore, but it’s still a fascinating look at Apple’s vision for the future of web browsing. It wasn’t a feature-packed internet suite, like Netscape and Mozilla, or a super-customizable application like Opera. It was a fast, simple, and focused web browser, built on top of the modern KHTML engine from KDE’s Konqueror project.

Even though Safari wasn’t a perfect experience in its early days, the response from Mac owners was generally positive. Macworld said in 2003 , “Safari loaded pages faster than Internet Explorer in four out of five tests — in some cases, almost twice as fast.” The review from CNET for the 1.0 release said, “We encountered only minor bugs, usually related to JavaScript errors, though less so than the beta versions. Overall, Safari performed well.”

Safari went on to serve as the default browser for the iPhone and iPad, and there was a short-lived Windows version starting in 2007 . Safari’s underlying WebKit engine has also helped shape the internet we know today. WebKit was used by Google Chrome for years until Google forked it to create the Blink engine , which is now used by Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Vivaldi, and other web browsers.

For now, though, I’m happy to get back to a functioning modern web browser.

How To Manually Close All Safari Tabs On iPhone

A ny active online content consumer can attest that browser tab management can get a bit overwhelming sometimes. It's a bit easier to keep track of all your open webpages on a computer web browser because you can see at a glance how many links you have open and can close a few when the number is getting out of hand — when you can no longer read the title on the webpage tabs, that's usually a good sign for browser tab cleanup. On a mobile browser, though, you're more likely to forget about a link you clicked because you can only view one webpage at a time on your screen.

If you own an iPhone and use Safari for all your mobile browsing needs, you can check the status of your metaphoric webpage graveyard by launching the Safari app and tapping the Tabs view, signified by the two-square icon on the bottom navigation bar. If you haven't closed out a browser page in a while, the number of tabs you have open will likely be high. Unless you've rigged your iPhone to automatically close Safari tabs after a certain amount of time has passed, you might find yourself stressed out by the task of manually hitting "x" on several webpage tiles. If that's something you don't feel like doing, there may be another solution you can consider.

Read more: How To Speed Up The Internet Connection On Your Android Phone

Start Fresh And Purge All Your Open Safari Pages

In lieu of sifting through tons of webpages on Safari — most of which you've likely already read or are already irrelevant by now — to individually close them down, you can initiate the ultimate cleanup process and just remove everything you've got open in Safari. Here's how:

• Launch the Safari app.
• On the bottom navigation bar, long-press on the Tabs switcher icon to pull up the menu.
• Select "Close All [X] Tabs."
• Finalize the action by hitting "Close All [X] Tabs" again on the confirmation box.

If you have any Safari tab groups set up on your iPhone, you can also opt to only close all the pages filed in it by following the same instructions. After you launch the Safari app, tap the Tabs icon, swipe left or right on the tab group name carousel at the bottom of the screen, and tap on the group you want to clear. Long-press on Done hit "Close All [X] Tabs," and confirm the action. Executing these steps will only get rid of the tabs that have been added to it, leaving the other pages still open.

To rescue a recently closed tab, tap the Tabs switcher icon, long-press on the "+" symbol at the bottom of the page, and select from the list the webpage you'd like to view again. Alternatively, you can also tap Bookmarks (book icon) on the bottom navigation bar, hit the clock icon to open your Safari history, and find the link you want to re-open.

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When sandalwood and ivory were banned by the Indian government, my father started dealing in wildlife literature and art. He worked with local artists to supply wildlife-themed paintings and often sent me to their homes to collect these paintings. There was a lot of waiting around, so I started emulating their work. I’d work on close-ups of the tiger’s eye, nose or paw and it turned into an addiction. After school, I started working on my own art and practiced until I got better at it. I’ve exhibited my artwork all over India and in European countries like Poland and Denmark.  

What makes Ranthambore stand out from other tiger parks in India? 

Ranthambore is a dry deciduous forest and that particular habitat makes it possible to get really good tiger sightings. It is different from other national parks because there’s a lot of diversity in the landscapes of each zone open to tourists. You have tropical jungles in Zones 1 and 2, lakes in Zone 3, grasslands, and open plateaus in Zones 6 and 10.  The other differentiating factor is that there’s a lot of heritage architecture here. Ranthambore Fort is a very majestic structure and is the only fort located in the middle of a national park. Some hotels offer tours with a historian or guide. 

What was your best sighting? 

Were you scared watching the fight?

Not at all, I was thoroughly enjoying myself, and it is one of my best memories. As long as one stays in the jeep, one does not need to be scared of tigers. 

What are some of the other treasures of the jungle?

People get obsessed with tigers but I think it’s important to appreciate the jungle experience and other wildlife. Besides tigers, there are many other cats in Ranthambore such as the extremely rare melanistic jungle cat, leopards, the desert cat, and caracals. There is wildlife beyond big cats like sloth bears and hyenas. The Chambal Crocodile Sanctuary is 40 kilometers from Ranthambore and you should stay an extra day and visit it. Government boats  take you into the Chambal River to spot the endangered gharial crocodiles and marsh crocodiles. The Khem Vilas Hotel also offers Chambal boat rides as a curated experience to their guests. 

Tell us a Ranthambore secret. 

There are some heritage gems that barely any people know about. At the back of Ranthambore Fort, there’s a gate called Satpol gate, which is an ancient marvel with beautiful design and stone carvings. There are also 1,000-year-old fresco paintings in good condition inside the fort in a temple called the Lot Ram Ji – Sita Ram Ji temple. It’s a bit out of the way so people don’t typically visit, but all four walls and the door are covered with frescos that still have the original pigments. The paintings depict village scenes such as people carrying water in terracotta pots from the river. There’s no light in the room so I use my mobile torch to view them and show them to guests and explain how people lived back then. Heritage like this must be shown to travelers and as an artist, I really appreciate it. 

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Introduction Defined as a body mass index (BMI) of ≥30 kg/m 2 in adults by the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 2022, approximately 890 million adults live with obesity worldwide, with 1 in 8 people considered obese. 1 An additional 2.5 billion adults worldwide as of 2022 are considered overweight, which is defined as a BMI of ≥ 25 kg/m 2 . An increased BMI is considered a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, neurological conditions, chronic respiratory disorders, digestive disorders, and certain cancers. The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) currently recommend metabolic and bariatric surgery (BS) in adults with a BMI of ≥35 kg/m 2 in the presence or absence of comorbid conditions, and state that surgery can also be considered in adult patients with a BMI of 30 to 34.9 kg/m 2 and metabolic disease. 2 The guidelines additionally state that in Asian populations, surgical intervention should be offered at a lower BMI threshold of 27.5 kg/m 2 . Although surgical interventions are generally more effective than non-surgical interventions for weight loss, insufficient weight loss (IWL) or weight regain (WR) often develops post-procedure. 3,4 Insufficent weight loss is defined as an excess weight loss percentage of <50% within 18 months of surgery; however, a standardized definition of WR is not currently available in the literature. 3,5 The prevalence of IWL and WR varies depending on the prior type of surgery. After laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), IWL has been reported in 32 to 40% of patients and WR in 27.8% of patients during long-term follow-up. Therapeutic options to reverse WR can include revisional surgery, behavioral and lifestyle interventions, and pharmacotherapy. 4 Although revisional surgery has been the primary therapeutic option for patients with a poor response to BS, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists have become a promising option. 6 This FAQ aims to summarize the emerging evidence on GLP-1 receptor agonists in the setting of BS.

Literature Summary The available published literature on GLP-1 receptor agonist using in the setting of BS is primarily limited to small observational studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs), with the majority of evaluating liraglutide and semaglutide for the treatment of WR or IWL after bariatric procedures. 7-14 Recently, 2 meta-analyses have been published summarizing the results of these studies for WR or IWL after BS (see Table). 7,8 Another small retrospective study by Lautenbach et al that evaluated a lower dose of injectable semaglutide for WR and IWL post-BS, has also been published. 9 In the first MA of 8 studies that evaluated injectable semaglutide and liraglutide for WR or IWL post-BS, semaglutide 1 mg weekly was shown to result in a greater percent reduction in body weight when compared to liraglutide (doses of 1.8 to 3 mg daily) at 6 months and at 12 months. 7 In 1 study included in the MA, liraglutide use was associated with a significant decrease in fat mass (MD, -4.78 kg; 95% CI, -7.11 to -2.45; p<0.001), lean muscle mass (MD, -3.01 kg; 95% CI, -4.80 to -1.22; p=0.001), and whole-body bone mineral density (MD, -0.02 kg/m 2 ; 95% CI, -0.04 to -0.00; p=0.03). 7,10 In the second MA of 6 studies evaluating liraglutide post-BS, liraglutide was associated with a weight loss of 7.9 kg (95% CI, -10.4 to -5.4; p<0.0001) over a treatment period of least 6 months. 8 In the studies included in this MA, liraglutide was given at doses ranging from 2 to 3 mg SC daily and was initiated from 6 weeks to 1 year post-surgery. Larger studies (>100 patients) included in these MAs also demonstrated the degree of weight loss with liraglutide to be comparable regardless of the type of prior BS (e.g., adjustable gastric band, laparoscopic gastric banding, one-anastomosis gastric bypass, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, vertical banded gastroplasty), and whether the surgery was primary or revisional. 7,8, 10-14 In the study by Lautenbach et al, injectable semaglutide 0.5 mg weekly initiated for IWL or WR after sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass resulted in a >5% weight loss in 85% of patients, with no differences shown in weight loss based on the previous type of procedure. 9 As expected, gastrointestinal side effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation were the main adverse effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists across studies, although decreases in fat mass, muscle mass, and bone mineral density were also observed in 1 study. 7,9,10

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Several small additional studies have evaluated GLP-1 receptor agonists in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who are awaiting BS, in patients undergoing swallow balloon therapy, and as an adjunct to BS for weight loss. 15-20 Only exenatide has been evaluated in patients awaiting BS, and has demonstrated positive effects on weight loss in 2 observational studies. 15,16 In 1 study conducted in 56 patients, exenatide extended-release (ER) plus dapagliflozin in patients with T2DM was shown to reduce the proportion of patients meeting surgical criteria after 24 weeks versus placebo, and in another study, exenatide 10 mg 2 times daily for 6 months was associated with significant effects on weight loss, hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c), triglyceride levels, blood pressure, and waist circumference. In patients undergoing swallow balloon treatment, the addition of oral semaglutide versus control was shown to increase the percentage weight loss in patients through 1 to 4 months post-balloon placement, with no unexpected safety issues detected. 17 Several small randomized studies have also shown liraglutide to be effective for enhancing weight loss with BS when initiated after surgery. 18-20 In these studies, liraglutide, initiated at doses of 1.8 to 3 mg SC 6 weeks after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, laparoscopic gastric banding, and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy was shown to augment weight loss when continued for 6 months.

Conclusion Few high-quality studies have been published on the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists in the setting of BS, with the available literature limited to small RCTs (<100 patients) and observational studies primarily in patients who have experienced WR or IWL post-BS. Data in this population are encouraging, although decreased bone health and muscle mass warrant further investigation of this effect in future studies. To date, of the available GLP-1 receptor agonists, only injectable liraglutide and semaglutide have been studied in patients experiencing WR or IWL post-BS, exenatide in patients with T2DM awaiting BS, liraglutide as an adjunct to BS, and oral semaglutide as an adjunct to swallow balloon treatment.

• World Health Organization. Obesity and overweight. Updated March 1 2024. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight . Accessed April 25, 2024.
• Eisenberg D, Shikora SA, Aarts E, et al. 2022 American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Obes Surg . 2023;33(1):3-14. doi:10.1007/s11695-022-06332-1.
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Prepared by: Christie Denton, PharmD, BCPS Clinical Assistant Professor, Drug Information Specialist University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy

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Google chrome under attack—do this one thing now.

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This has been a nightmare week for Google and the billions of users around the world relying on the tech giant’s Chrome browser. With multiple attacks confirmed, here’s what you need to do now.

Multiple "update now" warnings issued for billions of Chrome users

What a week this has been for Google Chrome. If you're one of the billions defaulting to Chrome as your desktop browser, then the optics of three actively exploited vulnerabilities being confirmed inside six days will be a major concern. And rightly so—Chrome is clearly under attack.

The US government has just added one of the three to its catalog of vulnerabilities known to be behind active, current attacks. Federal agencies have until June 6 to update all their Chrome instances.

It’s not enough to let your browser update automatically—you need to actively ensure the update has been installed with one simple action, as explained below.

Chrome’s first “update now” warning came on May 9 , with Google warning it was “aware that an exploit for CVE-2024-4671 exists in the wild.” The vulnerability was a “use after free” issue, where pointers to vacated memory are not deleted and so can be abused.

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But before most users were even aware of the issue, along came attack number two. On May 13 , it was CVE-2024-4761 that promoted Google to warn an exploit had been found in the wild. This time it was an “out of bounds” memory vulnerability affecting Chrome’s V8 Javascript engine. This type of issue enables an attacker to target Chrome with maliciously crafted HTML pages.

This is the one that CISA, the US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, has now added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities ( KEV ) catalog, warning “this vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.” This catalog lists “vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild... Organizations should use the KEV catalog as an input to their vulnerability management prioritization framework.”

And then just 48-hours later, on May 15 , Google also warned that “an exploit for CVE-2024-4947 exists in the wild.” This was another memory issue, a “type confusion” vulnerability, which again exposes users to a crafted HTML page attack.

All of these vulnerabilities can destabilize the browser or device, which is worrying in itself, but can also be used to enable other exploits to run once the system is destabilized.

Most users will have Chrome set to update automatically, which it should always do for security updates of this kind anyway. But that’s not enough in itself. You should always fully close and relaunch Chrome to ensure the update has fully installed.

Given the worrying optics of three zero-days in six days, and the logistics of deploying multiple software releases to so many systems in such a short period of time, you should manually close and relaunch Chrome today, with the browser’s nightmare week hopefully now at an end.

Even if you think the updates have already installed, it’s a good fail safe.

I would actually go further this week, and also suggest a device reboot—if that doesn't cause too many ancillary issues with other software you have running.

As regards Chrome, this shouldn’t cause too many problems. As Google explains , Chrome “saves your opened tabs and windows and reopens them automatically when it restarts.” But this doesn’t include Google’s quasi private browsing mode. “Your incognito windows won't reopen when Chrome restarts.”

So, what to make of this nightmare week for Google and its vast numbers of Chrome users. It’s no surprise that Google is hit so many times, it’s a complex platform and it’s a honeypot for attacks given the ubiquity of its desktop install base.

Exploits against any software that an attacker can assume will be on a target device are highly prized. All of which means significant good guy and bad guy efforts to find any vulnerabilities. And so here we are.

The good news is that Google’s emergency updates were very timely—now you just need to do your bit.

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Use Safari extensions on your Mac

Safari extensions enhance and customize the browsing experience on your Mac. Here's how to install them, uninstall them, or share them across devices.

Safari extensions add functionality to Safari, so you can explore the web the way you want. Extensions can show helpful information about a webpage, display news headlines, help you use your favorite services, change the appearance of webpages, and much more. Extensions are a great way to personalize your browsing experience.

Install extensions

Turn on extensions, turn off extensions, uninstall extensions, share extensions across devices.

Use the App Store to conveniently download and install Safari extensions. All extensions in the App Store are reviewed, signed, and hosted by Apple for your security, and they're automatically kept up to date.

Start by installing the latest macOS updates to make sure that Safari is up to date. You need Safari 12 or later to get Safari extensions from the App Store.

Open Safari and choose Safari > Safari Extensions from the menu bar.

The App Store opens to the Safari Extensions page. To download and install an extension, click Get or click the price. You might be asked to sign in with your Apple ID.

Click Install.

After the extension is installed, click Open and follow the onscreen instructions provided by the extension.

After installing an extension, follow these steps to turn it on.

Choose Safari > Settings (or Preferences).

Click Extensions.

Select the checkbox next to the extension's name. Learn what to do if you can't turn on extensions .

If you're browsing privately, or using a profile or web app

When browsing in a private window in macOS Sonoma or later, all extensions that require website access are turned off by default. To use an extension when browsing privately:

Choose Safari > Settings.

Select the extension in the sidebar, then select “Allow in Private Browsing” on the right.

Whether or not you're browsing privately, you can also restrict the extension's access to certain websites. Click the Edit Websites button to view the extension in Websites settings. From there you can allow access, deny access, or require that websites ask you for access.

When using Safari profiles , extensions for the default profile are managed in the main Extensions tab of Safari settings. Extensions for other profiles are managed in the Profiles tab, which has its own Extensions tab for each profile. By default, extensions are turned off for each new profile.

Choose Safari > Settings (or Preferences), then click Extensions.

To turn off an extension, deselect its checkbox.

If you can't determine what an extension does, or you don't expect to use it again, you should uninstall it.

To uninstall an extension, select the extension and click the Uninstall button.

Starting with macOS Ventura, iOS 16, and iPadOS 16, you can share extensions across your Mac, iPhone, and iPad:

On your Mac, open Safari and choose Safari > Settings, then click Extensions. Select “Share across devices” at the bottom of the window.

On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Safari > Extensions, then turn on Share Across Devices.

To uninstall an extension from all devices, you must uninstall it on each device.

Safari no longer supports most web plug-ins. To load webpages more quickly, save energy, and strengthen security, Safari is optimized for content that uses the HTML5 web standard, which doesn't require a plug-in. To enhance and customize your browsing experience, use Safari extensions instead of web plug-ins.

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