Customize the Safari front page on Mac

 In the article below, Tipsmake will guide you on how to customize the Safari front page more animated.

Safari can only be customized on Safari 14.0 if you're running the latest version of macOS Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur or higher.

How to customize Safari front page sections

The front page in Safari 14 is divided into several sections. A total of 6 sections on the page:

1. Favorites
2. Frequently Visited
3. Privacy Report
4. Siri Suggestions
5. Reading List
6. iCloud Tabs

The 'Favorites' section displays two rows of websites and folders in your Favorites bar. You can click the Show More button to expand this section. The Frequently Visited section shows a few frequently visited websites. To remove the website from this entry, right- click and select Delete .

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Privacy Report displays a series of websites you have visited in the last 7 days, notifying how many trackers have been blocked from visiting your website. You can click on the report to see more details.

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Siri Suggestion will display the links you received in the Messages app or in Mail. Reading List feature displays the most recent articles from your Reading List.

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Finally, the iCloud Tabs section shows tabs open from other Apple devices.

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You can enable or disable any sections you want, even turn them off and leave just a gray screen on the start page.

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Adjusting these items is quite simple. Open the Safari app or a new tab to see the start page. Here, click on the Menu button from the lower right corner of the screen.

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Next, check or uncheck each section that you want to show / delete on the start page.

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Alternatively, you can right-click anywhere on the start page to see which shortcuts show or hide individual sections.

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How to change the Safari start page background image

Once you've customized the display items, you can also change the background image beyond the start page.

The default gray background is too minimal, you can change it by getting richer images, choosing directly from your photo library, or using the collection that Apple provides.

Click the Menu button in the lower right corner of the Safari start page, select Background Image to enable this feature.

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Now, scroll down to see all the available wallpapers. Click on an image to turn it into your wallpaper.

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To select a photo in the phone gallery as your wallpaper, click the plus sign '+' .

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From the file selector window, go to where you store the image. First, Safari will open the desktop wallpaper folder, making it easy to use any of the built-in wallpapers as your start page background.

Once you find the photo you want to use, select it and click the Choose button .

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The start page background image is now updated.

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If you want to delete the current picture and use another picture, return to the adjustment menu and press the X next to the wallpaper.

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Kareem Winters

Update 01 December 2020