Safari is my preferred browser on macOS. However, from my experience, some of its default settings, despite being helpful, can slow down browsing, drain system resources, and even create security ...

If you use Safari on your Mac, iPhone, or iPad, you can enable settings to enhance your privacy while web browsing. You can easily disable cookies, change your search engine to DuckDuckGo, hide your ...

Every time I set up Safari, whether it's on a new Mac or after a clean install, I immediately adjust these six essential security settings. They're simple tweaks that dramatically improve your privacy ...

Safari is a perfectly good browser in its own right, but its default settings can understandably frustrate those switching over from Chrome and Firefox. Basic features—such as the showing expanded ...

Which browser is the best? This is a question that even can't philosophers answer, but you will find a fierce battle over it in comment sections across various fora. If you ask my opinion, you should ...

Privacy-conscious internet users might be doing whatever they can to reduce the amount of data tech companies collect about them. Complete user-tracking prevention is ...

Over the past few years, Safari has grown and improved considerably as a browser — to a point where it now competes with the likes of Chrome, Firefox, and Brave and offers some of the most widely used ...

Safari in iOS 11 introduces a new tracking prevention feature that's meant to protect your privacy and make it harder for companies to track your browsing habits across multiple websites. Disabling ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Apple’s built-in browser might be the most frequently used app on your Mac (yes, even more than the Finder, super Mac geeks). So Apple always adds helpful new features to Safari, its browser. In ...

Introduced for Private Browsing sessions in Safari 17.0, Advanced Fingerprinting Protection was also optionally available for regular non-private sessions. With iOS 26, it will be enabled by default.