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SAFARI

May 31, 2022

Safari Now Has One Billion Users, but Still Lags behind Google Chrome’s Popularity

Chandraveer Mathur

A recent report shows that a whopping one billion people access the internet using Safari. However, the Apple-developed browser’s popularity is no match for how popular Google Chrome is. According to a recent

SAFARI

May 3, 2022

Edge Dethrones Safari as World’s Second Most Popular Browser

Chandraveer Mathur

Google Chrome continues to top the charts as the world’s most popular web browser on desktop, but we saw it coming, and a recent analysis suggests Microsoft Edge has snatched second place on the

SAFARI

Mar 4, 2022

Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla Working Together to Improve Interoperatibility Across Web Browsers

Chandraveer Mathur

In what could be exciting news for web developers worldwide, several Big Tech companies, including Apple and Google, have joined forces to eventually help websites offer a seamless and consistent experience across different platforms. The

SAFARI

Mar 2, 2022

Web Developers Rally Against Apple’s Anti-Competitive Browser Engine Rules on iOS

Anu Joy

A group of web developers has banded together to launch an “Open Web Advocacy” (OWA) project that challenges Apple to permit other browser engines on iOS. As part of this project, the group demands that

SAFARI

Mar 1, 2022

Safari Could Get Website-Specific Dark Mode Toggle

Chandraveer Mathur

In February, open-source code on GitHub corroborated speculation that Apple was developing RealityOS or rOS for its rumored mixed reality headset. Now, another GitHub repository for WebKit code suggests Apple is developing a dark

SAFARI

Feb 22, 2022

Microsoft Edge Could Dethrone Safari as World’s Second Most Popular Browser on Desktop

Chandraveer Mathur

The latest data gathered by StatCounter shows that Microsoft Edge is at the cusp of dethroning Safari as the world’s second-most popular web browser on desktops. Google Chrome remains the most popular browser

SAFARI

Feb 9, 2022

Safari Team Solicits Feedback Amid Complaints Calling it ‘the New IE’

Anu Joy

Apple’s Safari and WebKit team took to Twitter to ask users for feedback, amid complaints regarding bugs and lack of support. Jen Simmons, developer advocate on the Web Developer Experience team for Safari and

SAFARI

Jan 17, 2022

Safari Bug in macOS and iOS 15 Could Leak Your Personal Data and Allow Websites to Track Your Browsing History

Anu Joy

A bug in Safari 15 could leave you vulnerable to malicious actors by revealing your identity and even allowing websites to track your browsing history. In a blog post, FingerprintJS disclosed that this bug originates

SAFARI

Jul 25, 2021

Safari vs Chrome: 5 Reasons to Use Safari on Your Mac

Keyede Erinfolami

For a browser that's not pre-installed on macOS, Google Chrome is pretty popular among Mac users, but it makes sense. Chrome was known in its early days for being energy-efficient, storage-friendly,

SAFARI

Feb 13, 2020

Apple Improves Quick Look Augmented Reality Feature on Safari by Adding Interactive Links

Mahit Huilgol

Shopping has changed a lot in the last decade or so. We take online shopping for granted and companies like Amazon make it happen. Apple's Augmented Reality Quick Look feature on Safari lets users

SAFARI

Nov 7, 2019

DuckDuckGo Privacy Essential Makes a Comeback in the Form of Safari Extension

Mahit Huilgol

DuckDuckGo is a privacy focussed browser that aims at offering a secure browsing experience for its users. Earlier, they used to offer Safari Extension as part of its Privacy Essentials suite, however, it was removed

SAFARI

Sep 18, 2019

iOS 13: All The New Features in Safari on iPhone

Khamosh Pathak

Safari update in iPadOS 13 is turning the iPad into a real computer. And most of those improvements make their way to the iPhone as well. You can now download files using Safari, and on

SAFARI

Aug 9, 2019

iOS 13: How to Take Full Page Screenshots of Websites in Safari on iPhone

Khamosh Pathak

Safari gets many new big features in iOS 13 and iPadOS 13. A new download manager, desktop-class browsing features for iPad and many more. But one thing that doesn't get talked about nearly

SECURITY

Oct 15, 2018

Apple is Ending Support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 in Safari by 2020

Evan Selleck

TLS stands for Transport Layer Security, and it has a variety of versions out there in the wild. But Apple is aiming to trim the fat, so to speak. Announced on Monday on its WebKit

SAFARI

Nov 21, 2017

How to Stop Autoplay Videos in Safari 11 on macOS High Sierra

Khamosh Pathak

Autoplay videos are everywhere on the internet. It can either be a video on the top of the news article you’re trying to read or it can be an advertiser that’s decided to

SAFARI

Nov 18, 2017

How to Get New Safari 11 Features without Upgrading to macOS High Sierra

Khamosh Pathak

macOS High Sierra is an incremental upgrade, at best. The climb from Sierra to High Sierra is a scenic one but it brings but a handful of little features to this update. High Sierra is

SAFARI

Oct 7, 2017

How to Create a PDF from Web Page on iPhone and iPad in iOS 11

Khamosh Pathak

Safari’s update for iOS 11 is filled with technology updates that mostly work behind the scenes. The Cross Site Tracking prevention feature, for example, will automatically block trackers for you. But there are some

SAFARI

Sep 2, 2017

How to Use The New iOS 11 Safari Features on iPhone and iPad

Khamosh Pathak

Safari gets quite an upgrade in iOS 11. There are visual changes, new useful features for reading articles and underlying technology changes. Here’s how you can use all the new features in Safari in

SAFARI

Sep 2, 2017

How to Use Safari’s Auto Reader View Feature in iOS 11

Khamosh Pathak

Safari’s built-in Reader View is one of the best ways to read on the web. Just like Pocket, it does a really good job of stripping a website of all the formatting and

SAFARI

May 18, 2017

How to Post Photos on Instagram from Your Mac

Khamosh Pathak

Instagram is insanely popular, but it’s never really had a non-smartphone app. There’s no official iPad app. And we didn’t even have a functioning website until recently. If you wanted to

SAFARI

Feb 22, 2017

15 Essential Safari Tips & Tricks for iPhone in GIFs

George Tinari

It’s incredible how much Safari has evolved since the inception of iOS, known back then as iPhone OS. We’re 10 major releases in and what was once a basic mobile browser is complete

SAFARI

Nov 12, 2016

2 Ways to Quickly Open a New Tab in Safari on iPhone

Khamosh Pathak

I don’t know about you, but I find myself opening a new tab in Safari at least a dozen times a day. Instead of going through Spotlight search, I directly jump to Safari when

SAFARI

Nov 9, 2016

How to Disable Annoying Push Notification Popups for Websites in Safari and Chrome

Khamosh Pathak

Both Safari and Chrome have this feature where if you go to a relatively popular news site like New York Times, you’ll get a popup asking if you want to enable push notifications for

SAFARI

Oct 7, 2016

Apple Being Sued in France by Nexendi Over ‘Incomplete HTML5 Support’ in Safari

Evan Selleck

Apple made it a mandate that browsers available in the iOS App Store must utilize the company's open source WebKit, which has ruffled development company Nexendi's feathers. The company, which is a developer

SAFARI

Aug 30, 2016

How To Use Picture in Picture Mode in macOS Sierra

Khamosh Pathak

The newly (re)christened macOS Sierra, gained a cool new feature from iOS 9 - Picture in Picture mode. Yes, it's exactly the same thing you went head over heels for in your new flat

SAFARI

Aug 12, 2016

How To Close All Open Tabs In Safari With One Tap in iOS 10

Khamosh Pathak

iOS 10 finally removed the limit on how many tabs you can have open in Safari. Now you can open unlimited tabs. But with unlimited tabs comes unlimited clutter. And if you're like me,

SAFARI

Mar 1, 2016

How to block Political content in Safari on your iPhone and iPad

Osas Obaizamomwan

If you are not tired of the constant political coverage of this year's presidential nominees, I can make a pretty confident bet that you will be. Whether you are rooting for Bernie Sanders, Hillary

SAFARI

Jan 27, 2016

Safari crashing on iPhone, iPad or Mac? Here’s how to fix it

Killian Bell

The Safari Suggestions feature baked into Apple's own web browser for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac is causing widespread crashes for users around the globe this morning. Simply tapping the address bar is

SAFARI

Dec 1, 2015

The 30 Best Safari Tips for your iPhone and iPad

Osas Obaizamomwan

I can barely remember a time where the answer to any question wasn't available from the palm of my hand. With our iPhones and iPads the frustration in not knowing the answer to a

SAFARI

Oct 21, 2015

Apple begins blocking unsafe Adobe Flash plugins in Safari

Killian Bell

Apple has begun blocking old and unsafe Flash plugins in Safari for Mac OS X. The move comes after yet another critical vulnerability was discovered in Adobe's platform last week. Adobe has already rolled