How to Customize Your Safari Homepage on a Mac

Are you looking for ways to customize Safari Homepage on a Mac? through this article you will learn How to Customize Your Safari Homepage on a Mac. It might be worth modifying the Safari homepage defaults if you're new to the Mac or haven't previously done so. The process takes only a few seconds.

As soon as you open your browser, your browser loads up the homepage. The Favorites window opens in Safari instead of opening a webpage in some other browsers. A lot of users prefer to set their default homepage to a favorite website (such as uttertechnology.com). Open Google Chrome, for example, and Google searches are loaded. Alternatively, Bing appears when you launch Microsoft Edge.

Since Apple does not have its own search engine, Safari displays Apple's homepage as the default. As a result, Safari is prevented from opening the Favorites window when the browser launches when any web page is set as your homepage. Changing your Mac's default Customize Your Safari Homepage is as simple as reading along and following the instructions.

How to Customize Your Safari Homepage on a Mac

Mac users can easily change their default homepage in Safari. The Favorites window can also be prevented from opening in Safari. You can get started by following these steps.

• Click "Safari" in the Dock to open the application.
• From the menu bar, select "Safari" and then "Preferences." to access Safari's settings.
• A new window will open up on your screen. You will find the "General" tab there.
• You'll need to prevent Safari from opening the "Favorites" window before you can change your homepage. Set "New window opens with" to "Homepage" in order to accomplish this.
• You will then need to specify the website URL for your homepage. If the URL is too long, you can go to a specific webpage in Safari and choose "Set to Current Page". When you're finished, hit "Return.".
• Your changes will be confirmed. The new setting will be saved when you click "Change Homepage".

You're done. Safari on your Mac is now set to display your preferred homepage. It's not that hard, is it?

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How to Customize Your Safari Homepage on a iPhone or iPad

On iOS devices such as the iPad and iPhone, Safari loads with a favorites page by default. Google can't be set as your home page, but it can be set as your default search engine.

After that, whenever you launch Safari you'll find the Google results in the address bar at the top of the screen. Change your default search engine by going to Safari > Settings > Search Engine, and choosing Google.

Now swipe up or click on the home button twice, and when the smaller versions of the open apps appears, swipe up on Safari so that iOS closes the app.

Launch it again and Google is now your default.

Final Thoughts

You will no longer have to worry about Safari opening its Favorites window every single time. The default page could be uttertechnology.com, Google, Bing, Yahoo, or something else you prefer.

The Safari Favorites window actually makes it pretty easy to launch a website with just one click. The Favorites tab can be populated with as many websites as you want. Favorites can also be added from your iPhone and iPad, and changes will be synced across all your devices.

Please be aware that Google already is Safari's default search engine if you made these changes just to access Google quickly. It is not necessary to set Google as your homepage in order to search on the web using the address bar. The same can be said for Safari's default search engine. You'll find the option to change Safari's default search engine if you use DuckDuckGo, Bing, or Yahoo.

Also, you can change the default browser on the Mac as well, so if you want Safari or whatever else to be the default, that can easily be changed.

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