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I believe many inexperienced people are at a loss about which Safari settings to adjust for better browsing on Mac. Therefore, this article summarizes the causes and solutions of the problem. Through this article, I hope you can solve this problem.

Because of its low battery consumption, many Mac enthusiasts prefer to use Safari rather than Chrome. Today, Safari is better than ever, but like all browsers, it has some quirks that need to be fixed.

Fortunately, you can eliminate most of the rough edges of the browser by quickly accessing Safari's settings. Some require more work, but we will introduce them step by step.

Are you ready to upgrade the Safari browsing experience on Mac? Let's take a look!

1. Enable link preview in the status bar

When browsing on the Internet, you will encounter all kinds of hyperlinks. Some links take you to the exact location you want, while others redirect you to phishing sites that may steal your personal information. Therefore, it is best to preview the links before actually visiting the site behind them.

Safari does not display a link preview by default, but you can enable it with just a few clicks. Click View in the menu bar and select Show status bar.

When enabled, you should see a link preview at the bottom left of the window.

two。 Display the entire URL in the address bar

By default, Safari displays only the primary domain name in the address bar. While this makes Safari look more minimalist, it also hides useful information, including your exact location on the site.

To always display the full URL, open Safari > preferences, and then switch to the Advanced tab. Check here to display the full site address box. Now, the Safari should show the full URL, so there's no doubt about it.

3. Automatically use Reader View for all sites

Whenever you encounter a messy page in Safari, simply click the Reader view icon to organize the page and view it in an easy-to-read format. What if you spoil the simplicity of the reader view and want to use it automatically on all sites?

This can be achieved through the following steps:

Open Safari > preferences.

Switch to the site tab and select Reader from the left pane.

Configure the currently open site to use the reader to view automatically by clicking in the drop-down menu. To set this feature for all other sites, select Open from the drop-down menu at the bottom when visiting other sites.

When enabled, all supported Web sites are automatically loaded into the reader view.

4. Stop the plug-in to save power

Browser plug-ins such as Flash and Java are not common on the modern Internet. However, you may still encounter sites that use them for video, advertising or other content.

To avoid wasting the battery power and resources of these plug-ins, you can tell Safari to use plug-ins only when they are needed. To do this, open Safari > preferences, and then switch to the Advanced tab. Select the stop plug-in to save power check box, and your browser will automatically suspend unnecessary plug-ins.

5. Prevent automatic video playback

Do you hate it when you browse the website and the video starts to play automatically without your permission? It's painful to fumble for open tabs to find a problematic page and close it. You can mute the tab, but the video will continue to play, which is a waste of resources.

To resolve this issue, Safari allows you to block all automatically played videos. To do this, open Safari > preferences, and then go to the site tab. Here, select Auto play from the sidebar on the left.

On this page, you can configure the site to stop media with sound or never play videos automatically.

6. Disable site notifications

Sometimes, browser notifications can be useful. For example, when you open Gm AIl, the site can send you a push notification to remind you of new messages. But some pages abuse this feature to place ads or other unwanted content. If you are shocked by unnecessary notifications from your website, Safari provides an easy way to get rid of them.

Open Safari > preferences, switch to the site tab, and select notifications on the left. Here, you can check out all websites that require alerts to be displayed in the notification center.

You can choose to allow or deny permissions for these existing sites. If you want to prevent all sites from sending push notifications to you, uncheck the allow sites to request permission to send notifications box.

7. Enable video picture-in-picture

Did you know that Safari provides convenient picture-in-picture (PiP) functionality? In this way, you can pop up the video to a small window that can be moved to any other location while remaining on top of other windows.

To use PiP in Safari, start playing videos, such as videos on YouTube. Then click and hold the volume button in the Safari address bar and select enter Picture in Picture.

To exit this mode, click the exit button next to the pause / play button and the video will pop up back to Safari.

Although this feature works well, the only problem is that it does not apply to all online video services. For example, for programs in Amazon Prime Video, you need a little help.

PiPifier is a native extension of Safari that allows you to use PiP mode on almost all HTML5 videos. After downloading from App Store, open Safari > preferences > extension, and select the PiPifier button.

When enabled, you should see a flyout in the toolbar. When playing a HTML5 video, simply click this button to play in picture-in-picture mode. Be sure to play and pause the video once before clicking the button.

8. View favorites icon in the tab bar

You may agree that it is easier to identify tags by their icon icons rather than page titles. This is especially true when you open many tabs. In macOS Mojave, Apple finally brings the ability to display icons in tabs.

To enable them, open the Safari > preferences and select the label. Check the box in the label that displays the site icon.

9. Use Quick website search

Safari's address bar allows you to search many sites directly. For example, you can search for Wikipedia by typing "Wikipedia [query]" in the address bar. This can help you save some clicks and speed up browsing. Even better, it supports many websites.

To see a list of all supported sites, open Safari > preferences > search. Click manage Web site to view.

10. Set the default search engine

Not everyone is a fan of Google. Because you may use the search feature in Safari every day, setting the default search engine is another small change that can make a big difference.

You can choose the default settings from Google,Yahoo,Bing or DuckDuckGo. To make changes, open Safari > preferences and select the search tab. Next to the search engine, select an option from the drop-down menu.

From then on, when you enter a search term in the Safari address bar, your search results will be displayed in the search engine of your choice.

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