By Rachel Needell
Taking screenshots is such a convenient way to capture what’s on your computer screen. However, it can get tricky when what you want to capture doesn’t quite fit on your screen. While you can always zoom out, what’s the point if you can’t read it because it’s so small? We’ve compiled a list of the four best ways to screenshot a whole page without losing readability, plus they’re completely free!
By Leanne Hays
So, what is a cookie anyway? A cookie is a small file of data about your interactions with a website. This packet of data is saved on your computer so that when you re-visit a website, it remembers your preferred settings, login information, and the pages you visited. Cookies can help to create a more convenient browsing experience. The downside? Cookies can also track your interests to show you targeted ads. Let's cover how to enable and clear cookies on your Mac.
When you search the web in Safari on your iPhone or iPad, the default search engine determines what search engine is used to look for results. In addition to Google and Bing, iOS also gives you the option to use DuckDuckGo for Safari, which doesn't track your search history. Changing the default browser on an iPhone or iPad is easy; let's learn how.
By Paula Bostrom
Sometimes I’ll find an article I want to read, but I just don’t have time at the moment. With the Apple Reading List, you can save any article from the web and go back and read it at any time. Here’s how to save articles to read later.
By Sarah Kingsbury
If you have a favorite website you use daily, consider adding the website to your Home Screen on iPhone or iPad. This is perfect for quickly accessing a website without needing to enter the URL in Safari each time. You can bookmark the website to a Home Screen icon that looks just like an app and opens just as easily. Here's how to add a website to your Home Screen.
By Rachel Needell
We've all made the mistake of sending an email too quickly and forgetting the attachment, or leaving in embarrassing typos. Luckily, if you use Gmail, you have the ability to unsend an email for up to thirty seconds after you sent it! We'll walk through how to unsend emails in Gmail, whether you're using the app or the web version.
With iOS 15 Safari, the app has a whole new layout which brings many updates to the way you browse in the app. In Safari, the address bar is now located at the bottom of your iPhone screen, and in landscape orientation tabs will now appear in a list across the top. If you find these updates inconvenient and want to revert to the previous iOS 14 Safari layout, we'll show you how!
By Hallei Halter
Got 500 open tabs and not a minute to lose? Let's talk about how to rearrange Safari tabs on an iPhone so you can reduce the amount of swiping between open tabs. We'll cover how to organize tabs in Safari for open tabs and Safari tab groups.
By Leanne Hays
Your Safari Reading List contains web articles you've saved to read at a later time. In this article, we'll cover how to find the Reading List on iPhone in Safari, how to search for a saved article, and how to save articles for offline reading. Let's get started!
By Conner Carey
Here's how to download GIFs from internet browsers, Facebook, WhatsApp, GIPHY, Messages, and other common apps. You can easily share your favorite GIFs with others once they're saved to your Photos app. Let's learn how to save GIFs; it's easy!
By Kenya Smith
By Erin MacPherson
For those like me who don't like Safari Reader view, there’s a way to disable Reader mode for all webpages instead of turning it off one website at a time. I’ll show you how to turn this setting off, and how to turn it back on again if you change your mind or want to re-enable Reader View temporarily.
By Hannah Nichols
On Apple devices, Safari is the default browser. However, many people prefer to use other browsers instead of Safari. It's frustrating to have to constantly manually switch browsers when opening links on your iPhone, but you can change the default web browser on your iPhone to your preferred one. This article will show you how to set your default browser so that your preferred browser opens when you tap on a link. This is especially helpful if you use a different browser on your MacBook than you do on your iPhone, or if you just find a different browser easier to use.
It can be alarming when you're browsing a website and a pop-up appears warning you of an iPhone virus. Fake Apple virus warnings, messages, and Apple security alerts are scams designed to get you to call or tap on a link. Fake Apple virus warnings are dangerous, so follow the steps below on how to safely stop these scams by turning on pop-up blocker settings.
By Sarah Kingsbury
If you share an iPhone or iPad with others, you may wish to keep parts of your Safari web browsing history private. You can clear your entire Safari browsing history, or you can clear your browsing history on iPhone selectively. Here's how to do both on your iPhone or iPad.
By Hallei Halter
If you want to quickly revisit pages in Safari, you can save them as bookmarks. But did you know you can save Safari bookmarks in bookmark folders? Instead of scrolling through all the bookmarks you've saved, you can categorize them into folders, making your bookmarks organized and easy to browse. Below, I'll show you how to create Safari bookmark folders.
When you delete cookies from Safari on your iPhone or iPad, you free up storage space and improve your device's performance speeds. Clearing the cache and deleting cookies can also help safeguard your online privacy! We'll show you how to clear your cache and cookies, plus how to disable cookies for future browsing if you choose to do so.
By Leanne Hays
Did you know you can take full-page screenshots on your iPhone in Safari? This means that rather than capturing only the section of the web page that's visible on your iPhone display, you'll be able to screenshot the entire page. We'll walk you through how to take full-page screenshots on iPhone.
By Kenya Smith
Privacy is important when using your iPhone and iPad, and if you’re using Chrome, your browsing activities and search history can be tracked. In addition, loved ones can easily pick up your iPhone and gain access to information that you don’t want them to see. Thankfully, there’s Incognito mode. Here’s how to apply Chrome’s private browsing mode on an iPhone or iPad.
Few people know that the passwords you’ve saved in Safari are available to view on your iPhone. Don’t worry about security, your fingerprint (Touch ID) or Face ID is needed to access the passwords. But if you’ve forgotten your login name or password, this tip makes it easy to find and view them. Here’s how to view your Safari login names and passwords.
