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How to master Safari tabs in MacOS Monterey

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There are a lot of useful ways you can use and manage tabs in the Safari web browser on MacOS. With a few settings hidden in preference panes and right-click menus, you can make your web browser much more effective and efficient in day-to-day use.

Step 1: Change tab appearance

Step 2: create a new tab group, step 3: manage your tab groups.

  • Step 4: Get a bird’s eye view

Step 5: Move and reorder tabs

Step 6: reopen closed tabs and windows.

Things get interesting when you start using Safari’s Tab Groups , which were introduced with MacOS Monterey . These let you organize your tabs into related groups and then switch between them. For instance, you might have one group containing a few tabs for work, then a second group for news sites that you read during your lunch break. Switch from your news group to your work group, and all the news tabs are hidden. It’s like moving between two different Safari windows, but with less hassle. And even better, all your Tab Groups sync between your other Apple devices that are using the same Apple ID.

Of course, there is far more to Safari tabs than just Tab Groups and plenty more useful tips and tricks to learn along the way. We will cover these as well in this guide, helping you get much more from the humble web browser tab.

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By default, Safari keeps the URL bar above the row of tabs you have open. However, you can merge the two so that clicking the active tab lets you enter a new web address directly into the tab.

To do so, click Safari > Preferences in your Mac menu bar. In the Preferences pane, click Tabs , then click Compact next to Tab Layout .

Don’t forget to check the other settings while you’re there. You can change how tabs behave, including whether new pages open in tabs or windows and whether the focus switches to a new tab as soon as you open it.

In most browsers, all your tabs are grouped together into one long stream. In situations like that, it can be easy to lose track of the different things you were working on in different tabs. Safari does things a little differently with its Tab Groups feature, which lets you create named groups of tabs and switch between them with ease.

To create a Tab Group, click the sidebar button in the top-left corner, then click the New Tab G roup button on the right of the sidebar. Next, choose whether you want the Tab Group to comprise your currently open tabs or to create a new, blank group. Give it a name, and you’re done.

Alternatively, you can create a Tab Group by right-clicking on any tab and clicking Move to Tab Group > New Tab Group . Or open the sidebar, right-click the X Tabs button (where X is the number of tabs you have open), then click New Tab Group with X Tabs .

When you switch between Tab Groups, the tabs in your previous group will be replaced by those in the new group. Don’t worry, they still exist, they’re just hidden. To move between Tab Groups, click the downward arrow next to the name of the group in the top-left corner, then click the name of a different Tab Group. Or simply click a different Tab Group in the sidebar.

You can add a tab to an existing Tab Group at any time by right-clicking it and clicking Move to Tab Group , then clicking the name of the destination group. Alternatively, open the sidebar, then drag and drop a tab from the main window into your desired Tab Group.

To remove a tab from a Tab Group (but still keep it open), right-click it and click Move to Tab Group > X Tabs , where X is the number of tabs this group contains. This will put the tab in an unnamed group of tabs located at the top of the sidebar.

You can rename a Tab Group by double-clicking its name in the sidebar or by right-clicking it and selecting Rename . Note that this only works with groups you have created, not the X Tabs Group at the top of the sidebar. To remove a group entirely, right-click it and click Delete . This will close all tabs contained in the group.

Step 4: Get a bird’s eye view

If you use a lot of tabs at once, it can be hard to find the one you want because tabs shrink in size the more you have open. However, there’s a quick way to get a bird’s eye view of your tabs. Just press Shift + Command , click View > Show Tab Overview  or click the Tab Overview button in the top-right corner of the Safari window (it looks like four squares arranged into a larger square). This will show all your tabs as large tiles. Just click one to make it the active tab.

Additionally, you can add a new tab to a Tab Group using the overview feature. Open the overview, then click the large Plus tile, and a new tab will open. And if you need to find a specific tab, open the overview and start typing. You will notice the cursor is active in a Search Tabs box in the top-right, and results will appear as you type.

Reordering your tabs is as easy as clicking and dragging one to a new place in the tab bar. There is another, more ordered way to do it, though. Right-click any tab, then click Arrange Tabs By and choose either Title or Website . This will arrange the tabs alphabetically either by tab name (the website title that’s shown in the tab) or by the website address.

Accidentally closed a tab? Not to worry — you can instantly reopen it by pressing Command + Z . Keep pressing it to keep reopening other tabs.

If there’s a specific tab you want to reopen, click History in the menu bar to see recently visited websites. Or click History > Recently Closed for a long list of recently closed tabs. You can even reopen tabs from days prior by clicking History , then choosing a date from the bottom of the menu and picking a tab.

To reopen a closed window, just press Shift + Command + T , or click History > Reopen Last Closed Window .

Want a quick way to switch between tabs? Just press Command + Shift + Right Arrow or Command + Shift + Left Arrow to move along the row of tabs. Alternatively, use Command + 1 to Command + 9 to switch to the tab that corresponds to each number. Both are great  Mac keyboard shortcuts that will save you time.

And if you have several Tab Groups open when you close Safari, the likelihood is you will want them open again when you next launch your web browser. To ensure they load when Safari opens, click Safari > Preferences in the menu bar, then click the General tab. Under Safari Opens With , click All Windows From Last Session .

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How to Use Safari Tabs on Mac

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In this article, I will talk about how Safari tabs work and how to optimize your settings so that you can maximize your browsing experience. As most people know, Safari tabs allow you to have multiple web pages at the same time in the same Safari window, this way, your desktop will not be cluttered with multiple Safari windows. Tabs also makes it very easy to switch between websites and you can open as many tabs as you like. Here are a few of the settings you can adjust to your liking:

  • You can duplicate or pin a tab.
  • You can open a recently closed tab.
  • You can open links in new tabs instead of windows.
  • You can open a link into an active tab; A tab will not open in the background, but instead it will open in front of your current tab. In other words, when you open a link, its tab will be the one you are viewing.

How to make clicked links open in a new tab

I prefer to do this when I want to open a link. I don’t like it when a new window opens when I click a link. If you are like me, then this setting is for you too.

These settings will be used to decide whether links from web pages, and other applications such as Mail or Messages, open in new tabs.

  • With Safari open, click Safari from the top menu bar and select Preferences.

Safari Preferences

  • Click on Tabs.

Safari Tabs

  • Find the “Open pages in tabs instead of windows” menu and select one of the options: Never, Automatically, or Always.

Tabs Settings

  • Find the Navigation option. If you select the first box saying “⌘-click opens a link in a new tab,” all clicked links will open in new tabs.

Safari Navigation

You can use these shortcuts when opening links:

  • Command (or Cmd) ⌘ – Click : Use this shortcut to open a link in a new tab.
  • Command (or Cmd) ⌘ – Shift – Click : This also opens a link in a new tab, but it makes that tab the active one. As I explained above, this link will open in front of the one you currently have open.
  • Command (or Cmd) ⌘ – Option – Click : Use this shortcut when you want to open a link in a new window.

Duplicate a tab

You may want to duplicate an open tab. This is one of my favorite functions that I use often. There are a few ways to do this:

  • You can use this shortcut: First press Command ⌘ – L to highlight the URL in the search field at the top of Safari (or you can go to search field and highlight it), then press Command ⌘ – Return to duplicate your current tab. The duplicated tab will open next to your current one.
  • Alternatively, you can Control – Click (or right-click using a mouse or trackpad) a tab and select Duplicate Tab from the menu.
  • You can also go to the top menu bar and select Window > Duplicate Tab.

Duplicate Tab

Bring back a closed tab

You may want to bring back a tab that you have closed accidentally. There are a couple of ways to do this:

  • You can use this shortcut: Command (or Cmd) ⌘ – Shift – T or Command (or Cmd) ⌘ – Z .
  • Alternatively, you can go to the top menu bar and select Edit > Undo Closed Tab.

Undo closed tab

You can pin tabs to access them easily later. You may want to pin your favorite websites, or pin websites that you visit frequently. There are a few ways to do this:

  • Drag the tab you want to pin to the leftmost side of the tab bar and hover it there until it becomes small.
  • You can also do this by going to the top menu bar and selecting Window > Pin Tab.
  • You can Control – Click on a tab, and choose Pin Tab. Note, you can unpin by following the same steps and selecting Unpin Tab.

Pin Tab

Manage tabs

Here are a few tips on how you can manage your tabs:

Switch between tabs

This enables you to quickly move between open tabs:

  • Shift – Command ⌘ and press the right or left arrow key to move through the tabs.
  • You can also use Control – Tab or Control – Shift – Tab to move right or left, respectively.
  • You can also use Command ⌘ – 1 through Command ⌘ – 9 to select one of your first nine tabs. But first, ensure that the “Use ⌘-1 through ⌘-9 to switch tabs” option is selected in Preferences (Safari > Preferences > Tabs).

Change the order of tabs

You can rearrange your open tabs:

  • Click to select the tab you want to move, and drag it to a new position.

Move a tab to a new window

You can turn a tab into a new Safari window

  • Go to Window > Move Tab to New Window.
  • Or Control – Click a tab and select “Move Tab to New Window.”

Move tab to New Window

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macOS: How to Manage Multiple Open Safari Tabs

Browser tabs in Safari are a great way to visit multiple webpages in the same browsing session without having to close any of them, which makes them particularly useful for cross-referencing and researching things online.

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1. Bookmark All Open Tabs

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If the browser tabs you have open are related and you plan to regularly revisit them, it's worth bookmarking them together in their own bookmark folder. To do so, simply select Bookmarks -> Add Bookmarks for These X Tabs... (X being the number of open tabs).

You'll then be invited to create a name for the bookmark folder and select where you want it to be kept amongst your other bookmarks, which you can access at any time by selecting Bookmarks -> Show Bookmarks in the menu bar.

Note that you can perform a similar action to add all open tabs to your Reading List for later perusal, even when you're offline. ( Bookmarks -> Add These X Tabs to Reading List .)

2. Use Tab Groups

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In macOS Monterey, Tab Groups are a neat way to save and manage related tabs without having to have those tabs active and taking up space. If you're planning a trip, for example, you can save all of your tabs into a "Vacation" group, accessing them when needed and leaving your device free for other content when you're not doing active planning.

To create a new Tab Group, click the Show Sidebar icon next to the traffic lights, then select New Tab Group . Alternately, click the down arrow next to the Show Sidebar icon and select either New Empty Tab Group or New Tab Group With X Tabs , "X" being the number of tabs currently open.

Any Tab Groups you create are listed in the sidebar for easy switching. You can also select groups by clicking the down arrow next to the Show Sidebar icon. Any tabs that are opened when a Tab Group is selected will automatically be included in that group. For more tips on working with Tab Groups, check out our dedicated how-to .

3. Change Safari's Tab Layout

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Safari offers two tab layouts: Compact and Separate. Compact is a more unified Safari design that does away with the dedicated URL and search interface and makes any individual tab able to be used for navigation input.

The problem with the Compact layout is that it severely limits space for multiple open tabs. In this regard, the Separate layout is more preferable, as it positions the URL/search bar at the top of the Safari window, with your tabs arranged below it.

If you're not already using the Separate tab layout, you can switch to it easily enough by selecting Safari -> Preferences... in the menu bar. Click the Tabs menu in the preference pane and select Tab Layout: Separate to remove the compact tab bar that merges everything together.

4. Rearrange Open Tabs

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Sometimes you may have several open tabs from a handful of websites that you tend to visit but which are mixed up with other tabs from different places across the web.

In such cases, it can be useful to rearrange your tabs so that tabs from the same website are lined up next to each other, allowing you to easily review what you've read and dispense with any redundant tabs that were hiding between them.

To sort your tabs according to website, or title if you prefer, simply right-click any tab and select Arrange Tabs By -> Website or Title from the dropdown menu.

5. Pin Tabs

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Safari's pinned tabs feature lets you better organize your tabs, especially if find you have too many open at the same time. It's particularly useful if you have certain websites that you tend to visit frequently throughout the day.

The neat thing about pinned tabs is that they stay in place, even when you open a new Safari window or quit and reopen Safari. And when you click a link to another website from a pinned tab, the other website opens in a new tab, ensuring your pinned tab always shows the website you pinned.

To pin a tab, drag the tab to the leftmost side of the tab bar, and when the tab shrinks to show just the website's favicon, simply drop it in place. You can also select Window -> Pin Tab from the menu bar, or right-click (Ctrl-click) a tab, then choose Pin Tab from the contextual menu.

If you have multiple pinned tabs, you can rearrange them in the Tabs bar by dragging them with your cursor. To unpin a website tab, just drag the pinned tab to the right side of the tab bar and it will expand to become a normal tab again.

6. Kill Them All

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If you're done with all your other open tabs because you've found what you were looking for, then you can close all open tabs except the currently active one. Alternately, you can opt to close all open tabs to the right of the one you're currently viewing. Simply right-click the currently active tab and select Close Other Tabs or Close Tabs to the Right .

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Using the New Safari Tabs Features On Your Mac

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As usual, this is an excellent video... I suppose these new features will take a bit getting used to. But, my initial disappointment is that the infamous 'This page is consuming a large amount of memory' (or some such, causing me to bolt back to Chrome which I don't want.) And, Safari seems VERY slow to load pages. I am hoping these issues will be 'tuned' shortly.

Thanks, it looks like the new tab fxns will actually be helpful for teaching students to research (by saving and organizing resources for further study) instead of “bookmark and forget.” I joined your Patreon group today, your videos are a treasure

Am on an iPad Pro. When I open the new safari app there are a lot of little windows at the bottom of the display. Most say “start page” but some have old tabs from previous (IpadOS 14) pages. The labels underneath those windows have names but other are start page. There is bar at the top of those small windows and if I pull down all the little windows disappear and will come back if reopen safari. How do I get rid of (delete) some 8 or more empty start pages.

Pete: That's the tab bar. It shows your tabs like on a computer, but at the bottom so you can easily tap them with your finger while holding your iPhone with one hand. Tap the tab overview (bottom right, looks like two squares) and you can close tabs like before.

Thank you Gary. The iphone only shows a tab title and a long press brings up options, including delete. iPad Pro safari is unresponsive to long press. A bug perhaps.

Ignoring that the new design is counter-intuitive (I guess I can learn it), at least running on 11.6/MBP 2016 the new Safari is constantly glitching and crashing, and the "history" functions don't work. As always, maybe just my computer, but this is the first time Safari has been anything other than reliable. Weird.

Hmmm, I'm using Safari 15 (I checked) on Catalina on an iMac, but my tab options and look haven't changed and it doesn't look anything like what you're describing. I suspect that's because I can't upgrade to Big Sur, no less Monterey, because my perfectly functioning iMac is from 2013. Oh well. Probably not worth buying a new iMac just for those features.

Larry: You need to be using Big Sur to see the new tabs.

I'm using private windows and I can't see the ability to create Tab groups. Why ? Is there a workaround ? Thank you

Paulhac: Private windows are supposed to be temporary and data isn't saved for them. That's one of their main features. So no Tab groups as that would be keeping them around as you switched groups.

Hi Gary, wonderful as always thank you for all you do. Is there a way to reorder the tab groups once they are created? Thanks

Kathy: Yes. Just drag them up and down in the sidebar.

Hi Gary, I’ve been trying to do that but when I select the tab group it just highlights the name as though I’m trying to rename the group. Not sure what I’m doing or not doing…although I can reorder them on iOS…thanks in advance.

Kathy: Sounds like you are clicking on it (press down and lift up). You need to drag it (press down, move, then lift up).

Hi Again, strange since I'm able to reorder things in sidebar in many other apps like in mail but it doesn't work in Safari in this case for me. I restarted and still no luck. Strange gremlin I guess.

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Tips and tricks for using Private Browsing on Mac

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Private Browsing is a useful mode on Mac with Safari. It means websites you visit aren’t saved in your history, with iCloud, Smart Search, and more. Follow along for a look at how to use Private Browsing, the keyboard shortcut to quickly open a new private Safari window, setting it as your launch default, and more.

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Using a Private Browsing window includes a number of privacy features. In a support document , Apple details how a Private Browsing window works as of macOS Big Sur and Safari 14.

  • Browsing initiated in one tab is isolated from browsing initiated in another tab, so websites you visit can’t track your browsing across multiple sessions.
  • Webpages you visit and your AutoFill information aren’t saved.
  • Your open webpages aren’t stored in iCloud, so they aren’t shown when you view all your open tabs from other devices.
  • Your recent searches aren’t included in the results list when you use the Smart Search field.
  • Items you download aren’t included in the downloads list. (The items do remain on your computer.)
  • If you  use Handoff , Private Browsing windows are not passed to your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or other Mac computers.
  • Changes to your  cookies and website data  aren’t saved.

Below we’ll look at how to use Private Browsing on Mac but also a few extra tips and tricks to make it faster and easier to use.

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How to use Private Browsing on Mac

  • To open a new Private window, click Safari in the menu bar > New Private Window
  • There’s also an alert near the top that you’ve enabled Private Browsing (disappears when you start browsing)

Here’s how it looks:

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  • You’re probably used to the command + N shortcut for a new Safari window
  • Just add shift to that to get a new Private window – command + shift + N
  • If you like to use Private Browsing regularly, you can make it your default when Safari launches
  • Click Safari > Preferences in the menu bar
  • Select the General tab at the top
  • Next to Safari open with click the dropdown and choose A new private window

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  • If you want to tweak the default settings for normal Safari windows, check out the options at the bottom of the Safari > Preferences > General
  • At the bottom of the window, you can adjust the settings for when history and downloads are removed and more
  • Also, head to Safari > Preferences > Security or Privacy to tweak your fraudulent website warnings, and settings for cookies, website data, and more.
  • To clear your Mac’s cache, history, and cookies head to Safari > Clear History (read more in our full guide on that here )

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Safari: How to move window or tab from one Profile to another Profile

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I've been playing around with profiles on the newly updated Safari. How do you move a window or tab from one Profile to another Profile? Sometimes when I click on links in email, it opens up in the wrong Profile (e.g., Personal) when I really want it to open in my Work Profile. However, I can't find a way to move a window that is in Personal Profile over to Work Profile. Yes, I can manually copy and paste but that defeats the idea of something more seamless or semi-automated.  

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I suspect you cannot move a page in that way. The cookies of different profiles are separate. If you move the page, the associated state wouldn't be able to go with it unless Apple did a lot of complex thinking to make that happen.  

svenmany said: I suspect you cannot move a page in that way. The cookies of different profiles are separate. If you move the page, the associated state wouldn't be able to go with it unless Apple did a lot of complex thinking to make that happen. Click to expand...

macdoktor

macrumors newbie

  • Oct 2, 2023

I'm just now playing with the new Profiles feature, and have the same question. Prior to setting up a couple new profiles, I had probably 30-40 tabs open in my 'personal' profile. How am I supposed to sort those tabs into the new profiles? Is copy/paste the only option? That does seem odd...  

  • Oct 3, 2023

A page is more than just the URL that you typed into the address bar. A page usually has a full-blown application running inside it with application state such as login information and many, many other things. That state would have to be moved along with the page, since Safari keeps that data completely separate for each profile. On the surface it seems like Apple could have just reviewed the contents of Settings/Privacy/Manage Website Data and moved the entries along with the page being moved to the new profile. But that's a hard problem and is likely impossible to achieve. To do it, one thing they'd have to consider is that some of the entries in that data could be associated with more than one tab and you might only be moving one of them; so sometimes they'd move the entries and other times they would have to copy them. A likely insurmountable problem is that there could be conflicts when moving a tab to a another profile - the named domain could already exist in the target profile's data and there would be no way to merge the entries from the source and target profile. Only the webpage developers would know if that is possible. A simple example is if two different profiles have the same website open but logged in as different users. The application I'm currently working on could support that, but many websites couldn't - they might share login information between all open tabs (within a profile). Maybe Apple could provide a simple way to just open the URL's from a collection of tabs in a new profile. But, many of those tabs would not be in the state they were in before; sometimes they'd be in completely unusable states. Users would complain and consider it to be an Apple bug. I don't see what Apple can do about this. It's even hard for them to explain why they didn't try to do it. It could be that Apple's profiles are an example of "no good deed goes unpunished". They're going to take a lot of heat as users try to deal with hundreds of legacy tabs that they want to organize into profiles.  

  • Oct 21, 2023
msackey said: I've been playing around with profiles on the newly updated Safari. How do you move a window or tab from one Profile to another Profile? Sometimes when I click on links in email, it opens up in the wrong Profile (e.g., Personal) when I really want it to open in my Work Profile. However, I can't find a way to move a window that is in Personal Profile over to Work Profile. Yes, I can manually copy and paste but that defeats the idea of something more seamless or semi-automated. Click to expand...
Miramba said: I have found only one way and only on MacOS moving a single open tab to another profile: open one safari window with one profile, a second window with the other profile and drag and drop the tab from one window to the other. I haven‘t found a way to do that in iOS, however, you can move entire tab groups from one profile to another on iOS and MacOS. So you could create a tab group from the tab you’d like to move and move that tabgroup to the other profile, then sort the tab to wherever you’d like it to be. A bit tedious, but at least there is a way. Click to expand...
  • Nov 30, 2023

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  • Dec 1, 2023
archonium said: In the side bar, hover over a Tab Group, you will see will see 2 icons (3 dots & >). Click on the 3 dots and you will see an option 'Move to Profile' View attachment 2319471 Click to expand...

I did a quick test of that approach and it does seem to retain the logged-in state of the pages. I have to do some more testing to figure out the implications of that. There's always something to learn when you're surprised.  

How-To Geek

How to "alt+tab" to switch windows on a mac.

If you're a Mac user familiar with Windows' Alt+Tab task switching shortcut, you'll feel right at home with macOS's built-in equivalent. Here's how to use it.

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Switching open apps with ease, exposing open window thumbnails with command+tab, quitting and hiding apps with command+tab, quickly switching between open app windows.

If you're a Mac user familiar with quickly switching between apps on Windows using Alt+Tab, you might be delighted to learn that there is a built-in way to do something very similar on a Mac. Here's how.

In the world of Windows, many users are familiar with a feature often called "Task Switcher" that allows you to quickly switch between open applications by pressing Alt+Tab . This feature has been in Windows since Windows 2.0 in 1987, and macOS has a similar shortcut.

If you'd like to quickly switch between open apps on a Mac, press Command+Tab. A row of app icons will appear in the center of your screen. If you hold the Cmd key down while tapping the Tab key, the cursor will move between the icons from left to right.

You can also hold down Command+Shift and tap "Tab" to move the selection cursor in the opposite direction---from right to left. Or you can press Command+Tab and use the left- and right-arrow keys to select an app.

Once you've highlighted the app you want to switch to, release Command+Tab and the app will be brought into the foreground.

There are other things you can do with the Command+Tab switcher. If you press Command+Tab, highlight an app's icon, then push the up or down arrow, you will launch a mode that shows thumbnails of all that app's open windows on the screen. This is similar to a long-time macOS feature called Exposé or Mission Control .

From there, you can select any window you'd like by clicking on it with your mouse pointer or by highlighting the window with the left- and right-arrow keys and pressing Return.

You can also manage open applications with the Command+Tab shortcut. With the Command+Tab app list open, highlight an app and press the "Q" key to quit the application. Or you can press the "H" key to hide or unhide the application.

Here's a related window management tip that doesn't involve Command+Tab. If you have two or more windows from the same app open and would like to cycle through them with a keyboard shortcut, press Command+` (that's Command and the backtick /tilde key).

You can also press Command+Shift+` to cycle through them in the opposite direction. When you find the window you'd like in the foreground, just release the keys. Happy app switching!

How to merge separate Safari windows into one on Mac

When you’re using Safari , there might be times when you have separate windows open. Maybe you have one window open for work and another for personal browsing. Or, maybe you’re researching one topic in one window and a different one in another window.

Whatever the case may be, there might come a time when you want to merge all of those windows and just use various tabs for your browsing. Here’s how to merge separate Safari windows into one.

Safari Window on MacBook - Merge Windows Safari

Merge the windows

While using Safari, just follow these two simple steps to combine windows:

  • Click Window from the menu bar.
  • Select Merge All Windows .

Safari Merge All Windows

Once you do this, the tabs from your other open window(s) will pop into the right side of the window you’re currently using. Now, you can see everything you need to see in one spot just by moving through the tabs.

Safari is a terrific browser, and there are always little tips and tricks that you can use to make it even better. Do you have any that you would like to share with our readers? If so, feel free to leave a comment below!

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How to Group Tabs in Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox

Don't waste any more of your precious time—get those browser tabs organized!

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How to group tabs in google chrome, how to group tabs in edge, how to group tabs in firefox, how to group tabs in safari, key takeaways.

  • Group tabs in Chrome by right-clicking any tab, selecting Add tab to new group , and naming/color-coding it for easy management.
  • Edge allows tab grouping by right-clicking a tab or using the Tab actions menu for suggested groups.
  • Firefox lacks built-in tab grouping, but the Simple Tab Groups add-on helps create, hide, and manage tab groups efficiently.
  • Safari keeps it simple with a dropdown menu, followed by creating a new group.

If you're a tab hoarder, tab groups are the best way to organize your browsing experience, so it's time to learn how to group tabs in the most popular browsers: Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox.

Grouping tabs in Google Chrome is quite easy. To do so, right-click on any tab you want to add to a tab group. Select Add tab to new group and then name and color code your tab group. This helps you manage tab groups when you have multiple groups open.

To add more tabs to an existing group, drag and drop them near the tab group. Alternatively, right-click the tab you want to add to the group, click on Add tab to group , hover your mouse over it, and select the tab group where you want to add it.

If you use the same set of tabs frequently (perhaps for work), you can save the tab group in Chrome by right-clicking the tab group name in the tab bar and turning Save group on. Essentially, it is a bookmark of different tabs that you can access with a single click, and the saved tab group appears on your bookmark bar.

Like Chrome, Edge also lets you group tabs by right-clicking any tab and selecting Add tab to new group . In the same way, you can drag and drop tabs (once you've created a group) to add or remove them from the group.

However, Edge also offers another simpler way to group tabs. Click on the Tab actions menu icon (in the top-left corner) and select Organize Tabs . Edge then shows suggested tab groups, giving each of them a suitable name. If you need to change the tab groups, you can drag them into/out of the group. Then, click Group tabs , and voilà, your tabs are organized.

If you can't see the Tab actions menu, go to edge://settings/appearance, scroll down to Customize Toolbar, and turn on the Show tab actions menu .

Unfortunately, Firefox does not have a built-in feature for grouping tabs, so you'll have to resort to add-ons to manage multiple tabs in Firefox . Though there are several add-ons you can try, Simple Tab Groups is quite a popular and handy one.

Download: Simple Tab Groups for Firefox (Free)

Once you've downloaded the add-on, right-click any tab, select Move tab to the group , and then Create new group . Name the tab group and move all related tabs to the group.

Simple Tab Groups hides the grouped tabs from your window to declutter the screen. To access tab groups, click the extension icon and select Simple Tab Groups . From here, you can create new tab groups or click any existing tab group to open it. Right-clicking the group name shows more options, like discarding, exporting, or opening tabs in a new window.

You can also create a new group by clicking the extension icon , selecting Simple Tab Groups , and choosing Create new group .

Pin the extension to the toolbar to open tab groups quickly.

To create a tab group in Safari , follow these steps.

  • Click the down icon (next to the sidebar icon) and select New Empty Tab Group if you don't want to add any tab to the group for now.
  • If you already have tabs open, you can select New Tab Group with X Tabs to add all the open tabs to the newly-created group.
  • Once you've created a tab group, Safari lets you rename it to your liking.
  • You can also access the option to create a tab group by clicking on File .

Once you've organized all the tabs into groups, click the down arrow (beside the sidebar icon) to see all the different tab groups and select the one you want to open.

iOS 17.4.1 Safari no longer offering “open in [App]” option on link pop-up menu

Last night, I upgraded to iOS 17.4.1 on my iPad. Previously, when I used Safari and held my finger over a link to activate the pop-up menu with various options (e.g. “open link in new tab”), one of those options was to open that link in an app I had installed. For example. If the link was to an Instagram page, I would get an option to “Open link in Instagram” or Reddit or whichever app. That option has now disappeared. It still exists on my iPhone which is operating on iOS 17.3.1, so I’m quite certain it is related to the iOS update. I can’t find any setting toggle to restore this functionality in any settings. Any help or advice would be appreciated.

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About iPadOS 17 Updates

iPadOS 17 brings a redesigned Lock Screen with new ways to customize, showcase your photos, and add widgets for information at a glance. Messages includes a new Stickers experience which brings all of your stickers together. The Health app comes to iPad designed for the larger display. Productivity improvements make it easier to work with full-width PDFs and document scans in Notes and Stage Manager adds more flexibility to the positioning of windows and adds external display camera support. iPadOS 17 also includes updates to Safari, Keyboard, Music, AirPlay, and more.

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

iPadOS 17.0.1

Ipados 17.0.2, ipados 17.0.3, ipados 17.1, ipados 17.1.1, ipados 17.1.2, ipados 17.2, ipados 17.3, ipados 17.3.1.

iPadOS 17.4

iPadOS 17.4.1

iPadOS 17.4.1

This update provides important bug fixes and security updates and is recommended for all users.

iPadOS 17.4

This update introduces new emoji, transcripts in Apple Podcasts and includes other features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPad.

New mushroom, phoenix, lime, broken chain, and shaking heads emoji are available in the emoji keyboard

18 people and body emoji add the option to face them in either direction

Apple Podcasts

Transcripts let you follow an episode with text that highlights in sync with the audio in English, Spanish, French and German

Episode text can be read in full, searched for a word or phrase, tapped to play from a specific point and used with accessibility features such as Text Size, Increase Contrast, and VoiceOver

This update also includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:

Music recognition lets you add songs you have identified to your Apple Music Playlists and Library

Business updates you opt into keep you informed of order status, flight notifications, fraud alerts or other transactions from trusted businesses in Messages for Business

Apple Cash virtual card numbers enable you to pay with Apple Cash at merchants that don’t yet accept Apple Pay by typing in your number from Wallet or using Safari AutoFill

Fixes an issue where contact pictures are blank in Find My

Safari Favorites Bar adds an option to show only icons for websites

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

This update provides bug fixes for your iPad including:

Text may unexpectedly duplicate or overlap while typing

This update introduces a new Unity wallpaper to honor Black history and culture in celebration of Black History Month. This release also includes enhancements to Apple Music, as well as other features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPad.

Lock Screen

New Unity wallpaper honors Black history and culture in celebration of Black History Month

Collaborate on playlists allows you to invite friends to join your playlist and add, reorder, and remove songs

Emoji reactions can be added to any track in a collaborative playlist

This update also includes the following improvements:

AirPlay hotel support lets you stream content directly to the TV in your room in select hotels

AppleCare & Warranty in Settings shows your coverage for all devices signed in with your Apple ID

Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website:

This update introduces enhanced Autofill for PDFs and enhancements to Messages and Weather. This release also includes other features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPad.

Enhanced AutoFill identifies fields in PDFs and other forms enabling you to populate them with information such as names and addresses from your contacts

Catch-up arrow lets you easily jump to your first unread message in a conversation by tapping the arrow visible in the top-right corner

Add sticker option in the context menu lets you add a sticker directly to a bubble

Memoji updates include the ability to adjust the body shape of any Memoji

Contact Key Verification provides automatic alerts and Contact Verification Codes to help verify people facing extraordinary digital threats are messaging only with the people they intend

Precipitation amounts help you stay on top of rain and snow conditions for a given day over the next 10 days

New widgets let you choose from next-hour precipitation, daily forecast, sunrise and sunset times, and current conditions such as Air Quality, Feels Like, and wind speed

Wind map snapshot helps you quickly assess wind patterns and access the animated wind map overlay to prepare for forecasted wind conditions for the next 24 hours

Interactive moon calendar lets you easily visualize the phase of the moon on any day for the next month

Siri support for privately accessing and logging Health app data using your voice (iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later), iPad Air (3rd generation and later), iPad mini (5th generation and later), and iPad (8th generation and later))

Favorite Songs Playlist in Apple Music lets you quickly get back to the songs you mark as favorites

Use Listening History in Apple Music can be disabled in a Focus so music you listen to does not appear in Recently Played or influence your recommendations

A new Digital Clock Widget lets you quickly catch a glimpse of the time on your Home Screen or Lock Screen

New keyboard layouts provide support for 8 Sámi languages

Sensitive Content Warning for stickers in Messages prevents you from being unexpectedly shown a sticker containing nudity

This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.

Weather Lock Screen widget may not correctly display snow

This update introduces the ability for AirDrop transfers to continue over the internet when you step out of AirDrop range. This release also includes enhancements to Apple Music, adds support for Apple Pencil (USB-C), as well as other features, bug fixes, and security updates for your iPad.

Content continues to transfer over the internet when you step out of AirDrop range

Favorites expanded to include songs, albums, and playlists, and you can filter to display your favorites in the library

New cover art collection offers designs that change colors to reflect the music in your playlist

Song suggestions appear at the bottom of every playlist, making it easy to add music that matches the vibe of your playlist

Apple Pencil

Support for Apple Pencil (USB-C)

This update also includes the following improvements and bug fixes:

Option to choose a specific album to use with Photo Shuffle on the Lock Screen

Home key support for Matter locks

Improved reliability of Screen Time settings syncing across devices

Fixes an issue that may cause the keyboard to be less responsive

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

This update fixes an issue that may prevent transferring data directly from another iPad during setup.

https://support.apple.com/HT201222

Redesigned Lock Screen gives you all new ways to personalize your Lock Screen by showcasing favorite photos, customizing font styles, displaying widgets, and more

A multilayered depth effect places the subject of the photo in front of the time

Multiple Lock Screens can be created and you can easily switch between them

Lock Screen gallery offers personalized suggestions as well as Apple curated collections, with new wallpapers like Kaleidoscope, Hello, and Lake

Motion effect for Live Photo wallpaper makes your Lock Screen feel more dynamic with Live Photos which settle into your Home Screen when unlocked

Live Activities make it easier to stay on top of things that are happening in real time, right from the Lock Screen

Notifications appear at the bottom of your Lock Screen and can be displayed in an expanded list view, stacked view, or count view

Widgets on the Lock Screen let you glance at information like the weather, time, battery levels, calendar events, alarms and third party widgets

Interactive widgets let you take actions, like mark a reminder as complete, directly from the widget by tapping it on the Home Screen or Lock Screen

Undo on Home Screen lets you undo where you placed a widget by shaking iPad or using a three-finger tap

Stickers iMessage app brings all your stickers into one place including Live Stickers, Memoji, Animoji, emoji stickers, and your third party sticker packs

Live Stickers can be created by lifting the subject from photos or videos and stylizing them with effects like Shiny, Puffy, Comic, and Outline

Audio message transcription is available for audio messages you receive so you can read them in the moment and listen later

Search improvements help you find messages faster by allowing you to combine search filters such as people, keywords, and content types like photos or links to find exactly what you are looking for

Swipe to reply to a message inline by swiping to the right on any bubble

One-time verification code cleanup automatically deletes verification codes from the Messages app after using them with AutoFill in other apps

Leave a video or audio message to capture exactly what you want to say when someone does not pick up your FaceTime call

Enjoy FaceTime calls on Apple TV by using your iPad as a camera (Apple TV 4K 2nd generation and later)

Reactions layer 3D effects like hearts, balloons, confetti, and more around you in video calls and can be triggered with gestures

Video effects allow you to adjust the intensity of Studio Lighting and Portrait mode

Health app on iPad is designed for the larger display, including the sidebar for quick navigation, rich details in Favorites, and interactive charts

Health and fitness data seamlessly syncs across your devices from your iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch, as well as compatible third-party apps and devices

Health Sharing lets you choose health data to share with those closest to you and receive important notifications about your loved ones’ health and view things like their activity, mobility data, heart rate data, and trends

State of Mind reflection allows you to log your momentary emotion and daily mood, choose what factors are having the biggest impact on you, and describe your feelings

Interactive charts give you insights into your state of mind, how it has changed over time, and what factors may have influence such as exercise, sleep, and mindful minutes

Mental health assessments help you understand your current risk for depression and anxiety and if you might benefit from getting support

Screen Distance leverages the TrueDepth camera that powers Face ID to encourage you to increase the distance you view your device to reduce digital eye strain and can help reduce the risk of myopia in children

Inline PDFs and document scans are presented full-width in your note, making it easy to view and mark-up a document you’re reviewing

Linked notes allow you to create hyperlinks to other notes to connect ideas, content, or any information

Block quote formatting makes it easy to visually offset a section of writing with a quote bar

Monostyled text formatting features monospace text inset with a distinct background

Open in Pages lets you create a Pages document from your note from the share menu

Safari and Passwords

Profiles keep your browsing separate for topics like work and personal, separating your history, cookies, extensions, Tab Groups, and favorites

Private Browsing enhancements include locking your private browsing windows when you’re not using them, blocking known trackers from loading, and removing identifying tracking from URLs

Password and passkey sharing lets you create a group of passwords to share with trusted contacts that stays up to date as members of the group make changes

One-time verification code AutoFill from Mail autofill in Safari so you can log in without leaving the browser

Improved autocorrect accuracy makes typing even easier by leveraging a powerful transformer-based language model (iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad (10th generation), iPad Air (4th generation and later), and iPad mini (6th generation))

Easier autocorrect editing temporarily underlines corrected words and lets you revert back to what you originally typed with just a tap

Enhanced sentence corrections can correct more types of grammatical mistakes when you finish sentences (iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad (10th generation), iPad Air (4th generation and later), and iPad mini (6th generation))

Inline predictive text shows single and multi-word predictions as you type that can be added by tapping space bar (iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad (10th generation), iPad Air (4th generation and later), and iPad mini (6th generation))

Improved drawing with new tools, like fountain pen, ruler and watercolor as well as shape recognition

Follow Along allows you to guide collaborators around your board so that they can see what you see as you move around the canvas

Better diagraming helps you quickly build diagrams and flowcharts by dragging connector handles to connect objects

Share to Freeform lets you add content from other apps to your Freeform boards using the share sheet

PDF markup allows you to annotate directly on PDFs in your board

3D interaction lets you preview 3D objects on your canvas with Quick Look

Stage Manager

More flexible window positioning lets you create your ideal window layout with larger draggable areas for precise selection and positioning of apps

External display cameras can be used for FaceTime and video calls

Visual Look Up

Expanded domains in Visual Look Up help you discover similar recipes from photos of food, Maps information from photos of storefronts, and the meaning of signs and symbols on things like laundry tags

Multiple or single subjects can be lifted from the background of photos and videos and placed into apps like Messages

Visual Look Up in Video helps you learn about objects that appear in paused video frames

Visual Look Up for subjects in photos enables you to look up information about objects you lift from photos directly from the callout bar

Option to say “Siri” in addition to “Hey Siri” for an even more natural way to make requests

Back-to-back requests can be issued without needing to reactivate Siri in between commands (iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and later), iPad Air (3rd generation and later), iPad mini (5th generation and later), and iPad (8th generation and later))

Intelligent AirPlay device list makes finding the right AirPlay-compatible TV or speaker even easier by showing your devices in order of relevance, based on your preferences

Suggested AirPlay device connections are proactively shown to you as a notification to make it even more seamless to connect to your preferred AirPlay devices

Automatic AirPlay device connections are made between your iPad and the most relevant AirPlay-compatible device so all you have to do is tap “Play” to begin enjoying your content

Adaptive Audio delivers a new listening mode that dynamically blends Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency to tailor the noise control experience based on the conditions of your environment (AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with firmware version 6A300 or later)

Personalized Volume adjusts the volume of your media in response to your environment and listening preferences over time (AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with firmware version 6A300 or later)

Conversation Awareness lowers your media volume and enhances the voices of the people in front of the user, all while reducing background noise (AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with firmware version 6A300 or later)

Press to mute and unmute your microphone by pressing the AirPods stem or the Digital Crown on AirPods Max when on a call (AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro (1st and 2nd generation), or AirPods Max with firmware version 6A300 or later)

Sensitive Content Warnings can be enabled to prevent users from unexpectedly being shown images containing nudity in Messages, AirDrop, Contact Posters in the Phone app, and FaceTime messages

Expanded Communication Safety protections for children now detect videos containing nudity in addition to photos that children may receive or attempt to send in Messages, AirDrop, Contact Posters in the Phone app, FaceTime messages, and the system Photo picker

Improved sharing permissions give you even more control over what you share with apps, with an embedded photo picker and an add-only Calendar permission

Link tracking protection removes extra information from links shared in Messages, Mail, and Safari Private Browsing that some websites use in their URLs to track you across other websites, and links still work as expected

Accessibility

Assistive Access distills apps and experiences to their essential features in Phone and FaceTime, Messages, Camera, Photos, and Music, including large text, visual alternatives, and focused choices for users with cognitive disabilities

Live Speech lets you type what you want to say and have it be spoken out loud in phone calls, FaceTime calls, or for in-person conversations

Personal Voice enables users who are at risk of losing their speech function to privately and securely create a voice that sounds like them on iPad, and use it with Live Speech in phone and FaceTime calls

Point and Speak in Magnifier Detection Mode uses iPad to read text out loud on physical objects with small text labels, such as keypads on doors and buttons on appliances

This release also includes other features and improvements:

Pets in the People album in Photos surfaces individual pets in the album just like friends or family members

Photos Album widget lets you select a specific album from the Photos app to appear in the widget

Item sharing in Find My allows you to share an AirTag or Find My network accessory with up to five other people

Activity History in Home displays a recent history of events for door locks, garage doors, security systems, and contact sensors

Grid Forecast in Home shows when your electrical grid has cleaner energy sources available (Contiguous US only)

Grocery Lists in Reminders automatically group related items into sections as you add them

New Memoji stickers in Keyboard include Halo, Smirk, and Peekaboo

App Shortcuts in Spotlight Top Hit offer you app shortcuts to your next action when you search for an app

Email or phone number sign-in lets you sign into your iPad with any email address or phone number listed in your Apple ID account

This release includes even more features and improvements. For more information, please visit this website: https://www.apple.com/ipados/ipados-17

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