We built Safari to be the best browser for your Mac, iPhone and iPad. Built-in privacy features keep your browsing your business. You can stream and search smarter with handy tools that help you save, find and share your favourite sites. Apple Pay in Safari lets you shop safely and simply. Safari for Mac is faster and more energy-efficient than other browsers. And thanks to iCloud, Safari works seamlessly with all your devices.
Privacy and security aren’t just something you should hope for — they’re something you should expect. That’s why features to help protect your privacy and keep your Mac secure are built into Safari.
Remember when you looked at that green mountain bike online? And then saw annoying green mountain bike ads everywhere you browsed? Safari uses machine learning to identify advertisers and others who track your online behaviour, and removes the cross‑site tracking data they leave behind. So your browsing stays your business. And Safari keeps embedded content such as Like buttons, Share buttons and comment widgets from tracking you without your permission. We know you’ll like that.
Sandboxing provides a safeguard against malicious code and malware by restricting what websites can do. And because Safari runs web pages in separate processes, any harmful code you come across in one page is confined to a single browser tab, so it can’t crash the whole browser or access your data.
When you browse the web, the characteristics of your device can be used by advertisers to create a ‘fingerprint’ to follow you online. Safari thwarts this by only sharing a simplified system profile, making it more difficult for data companies to identify and track you.
Safari helps protect you against fraudulent websites and those that harbour malware — before you visit them. If a website looks suspicious, Safari prevents it from loading and warns you.
When you use Private Browsing, Safari doesn’t remember the pages you visit, your search history or your AutoFill information. You can also use DuckDuckGo, a built-in search engine that doesn’t track you, to make your web searches private too.
Safari works hard to make sure your passwords are robust and unique by automatically creating and storing strong passwords for you. Once stored, your passwords will autofill in websites across all your Apple devices and in apps on iOS and iPadOS devices. In Safari preferences, passwords that have been used more than once are flagged so you can easily update them. And one-time security codes sent over SMS are autofilled into the password field as soon as they appear in Messages. Security has never been so user-friendly.
Not only does Safari come on every Mac, it comes on all your iOS and iPadOS devices. And thanks to iCloud, your passwords, bookmarks, history, tabs and Reading List are always up to date, no matter which device you’re using.
With a blazing-fast JavaScript engine, Safari is the world’s fastest desktop browser, outperforming both Mac and PC browsers in benchmark after benchmark on the same Mac.1
Safari is optimised specifically for Mac, so it’s more efficient than other browsers on macOS. And Safari plays HTML5 video — the format used by your favourite streaming services — whenever it’s available. So you can explore the web for up to three hours longer and stream video for up to four hours longer than on any other browser.2
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Features in Safari help you surf smarter and easily manage and share what you find.
Pay easily and securely with Apple Pay. Apple Pay is the easiest and most secure way to pay when shopping in Safari. Look for Apple Pay on participating shopping sites, then complete your purchase with Face ID or Touch ID on your iPhone or iPad. You can also use Touch ID on your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air, or double-click the side button on your Apple Watch. Your card details are never shared when you use Apple Pay, and your transactions are protected with industry-leading security.
Learn more about Apple PayUpdated start page. Easily and quickly access your favourites and frequently visited sites. And Siri suggestions surface bookmarks, links from your reading list, iCloud Tabs, links you receive in Messages and more.
Desktop-class browsing on iPad. Safari now shows you a website’s desktop version that’s scaled for the large iPad display and automatically optimised for touch input. Faster and more fluid scrolling makes browsing feel better than ever. And a new download manager means you can easily download and share files right there in Safari.
Stop autoplay videos. Safari prevents unexpected and unwanted videos with audio from automatically playing while you browse. Just click the play button if you want to view them. Have a favourite site where you always want videos to play? Use per‑site settings in Safari to enable media auto-play.
Deep WebKit integration between Mac hardware and macOS allows Safari to deliver the fastest performance and the longest battery life of any browser on the platform, while supporting modern web standards for rich experiences in the browser. WebKit in macOS Catalina includes optimisations and support for additional web standards that enable even richer browsing experiences.
Safari Extensions are a great way to customise your browsing experience on macOS. Find and add your favourite extensions from the Mac App Store.