{"id":92298,"date":"2020-10-08T00:20:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T07:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=92298"},"modified":"2020-10-08T02:26:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T09:26:18","slug":"how-to-set-up-a-custom-start-page-in-safari-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/how-to-set-up-a-custom-start-page-in-safari-14\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up a Custom Start Page in Safari 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s useful to have quick access to the websites you visit often, and in Safari 14, you can create a custom Start Page with your favorites, sites you visit often, and much more. Not only can you configure this on your Mac, but your favorites sync via iCloud to your other devices, so you can access the same sites easily on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. <\/p>\n

Here’s how you can make your start page really useful in Safari 14.<\/p>\n

Adding Favorites<\/h3>\n

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The new Safari Start Page on Mac has several sections, but the most important one is your Favorites, the websites you visit often and want to access quickly. <\/p>\n

To add a website to your Favorites, click and hold the + button at the left of the Safari address bar, then choose Favorites. When you do that, the site gets added to the Favorites list; you’ll notice that individual Favorites don’t display in this dialog, only folders. You can add a favorite to a folder by clicking that folder. (If you want to create folders, go to Bookmarks > Edit Bookmarks where you can organize your bookmarks and put them into folders to make them easier to manage.)<\/p>\n

If you want to add favorites on iOS, tap the share button at the bottom of the Safari window, then tap Add to Favorites. <\/p>\n

As you can see to the left, I’ve got a number of folders in my favorites; they allow me to organize the websites I visit often, and to access them from the new Start Page. It displays individual websites, then a Bookmarks folder; when I click that folder, it displays all its sub-folders. This is what my Start Page looks like:<\/p>\n

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If I click the Bookmarks folder on the Start Page, it gives me quick access to the other folders you can see in the screenshot just above. <\/p>\n

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You can edit your favorites by choosing Bookmarks > Edit Bookmarks. On iOS, tap the Bookmarks icon at the bottom of the Safari window, then tap Edit. If you see your Reading List or History, tap the Bookmarks tab, which is the one at the left. <\/p>\n

In both cases, you’ll see a list of bookmarks, and you’ll be able to edit their order by dragging them around (on iOS, you have to first tap Edit at the bottom of the screen), and you can delete them as well. On Mac, right-click a bookmark, then choose Delete; on iOS, when you’re in Edit mode, you’ll see little red symbols that you can tap to delete bookmarks.<\/p>\n

You can also edit your bookmarks. You may want to change the name that displays; some websites display long names. Or you may want to edit the URL, such as if you’ve saved a URL to a page on a website, but you want to change the bookmark to the top level of that site. To do this, on Mac, right-click and choose Rename or Edit Address; on iOS, tap a bookmark when in Edit mode to make changes. <\/p>\n

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Customizing the Start Page<\/h3>\n

Now that you’ve got favorites set up, it’s time to customize the start page. Choose Bookmarks > Show Start Page. You should see all your favorites, as well as a section showing frequently visited websites. At the bottom right of the Start Page is a small settings icon; click this. <\/p>\n

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You have seven options:<\/p>\n