Learn how to change the default Safari homepage to automatically open your favorite website when you click the Home button or open a new browser window or tab.
Safari’s Favorites section holds websites you’ve favorited. Safari for Mac also opens the default homepage when you click the Home button. You can change it to any website you fancy, like a news site, a trusted weather service, or your favorite tech site like (shameless plug warning) iDownloadblog.com. Customizing Safari’s default homepage on your iPhone, iPad and Mac is easy, and we show you how.
Mac
Open Safari on your Mac and click the Safari > Settings menu. Be sure to select the General tab, then enter a website URL in the box next to Homepage. If you’re currently on said site, hit the Set Current Page button instead to fill it automatically.
Set Safari to open the default homepage for new windows and tabs
Whenever you click the Home button in Safari’s toolbar or choose the History > Home menu, you’ll land on that page. To also set the default homepage to load automatically upon opening a new Safari tab or window, click the menu next to New windows open with and New tabs open with and make your choice.
Consider setting an image as the default Safari homepage. Doing so can really liven up your web browsing on the Mac by showing your adorable pet, favorite vacation spot, or loving family whenever you open Safari.
iPhone and iPad
iOS Safari doesn’t have the default homepage, but you can use a workaround to make it always open to your favorite website. All you need to do is create a website shortcut on the Home Screen. To do this, visit a website in Safari and choose the share option from the menu, then select Add to Home Screen. Hit this Home Screen icon whenever you’d like to open Safari on said homepage.
To make the website open as a regular bookmark instead of a web app, be sure to turn off the switch Open as Web App when adding it to the Home Screen. Web apps run without browser chrome, support offline storage and integrate with system features such as the task switcher.
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