Safari
Apple's Safari browser features, reading tools and privacy settings.
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Review Safari settings
Inspect website permissions, extensions, bookmarks and synchronisation for your needs.
Check first: Private mode does not make activity invisible to websites or the network.
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Prepare a research profile with its limits in mind
- Research profile
- Separate history and website sessions.
- Common data
- Identify what remains shared.
- Check whether your Safari version supports profiles.
- Distinguish separate data from shared passwords.
- Check the displayed profile before continuing your research.
Fictional example: Ana starts documentary research in a new profile. A website asks her to sign in again, but her passwords remain available. She describes these behaviours separately instead of calling the profile an entirely independent space.
Your useful record: Chosen profile and the data whose separation matters.
Apple’s article covers profiles on Mac, available from Safari 17.
Editorial method informed by Apple — Safari profiles on Mac. Documentation consulted on . Examples are fictional exercises, not results from a live service test.
Choose help for the relevant device
Safari is Apple’s browser. Instructions depend on device and system: a Mac procedure need not describe iPhone menus. Record device and version before changing settings and review available privacy and sync options.
- Device
- Mac, iPhone or iPad and system version.
- Setting
- Read its scope before enabling it.
- Separate Safari data
- History, cookies and website data are separate between profiles.
Source: Apple — Safari profiles on Mac · consulted on - Shared Safari data
- Passwords, AutoFill information and some settings remain shared.
Source: Apple — Safari profiles on Mac · consulted on
Does a missing menu mean a fault?
Check that the guide targets your device and system version.
Initial profile documentation
Initial profile documentation consulted on . Added details carry their own source and consultation date above.
Practical methods for this resource
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