Change Advanced preferences in Safari on Mac

Show full website address

Have the Smart Search field show the full address of the website you’re viewing instead of just the domain name. For example, www.apple.com/uk/safari/ instead of apple.com.

Never use font sizes smaller than

Set a minimum font size for text in web pages (doesn’t affect text in images).

If you’re unsure what to choose, try 12 or 14. This option may change the appearance of some web pages.

Press Tab to highlight each item on a web page

Move around a web page to highlight links and buttons without using the mouse.

Show colour in compact tab bar

Use the background colour from the active webpage as the background colour of the tab bar. See Change Tabs preferences in Safari.

Use advanced tracking and fingerprinting protection

Use advanced privacy tracking for Private Browsing or all browsing.

Allow websites to check for Apple Pay and Apple Card

When you visit a website that uses Apple Pay, the website can check if you have Apple Pay enabled on that device. If you’re using a Mac to which a card cannot be added, the website can check if you have Apple Pay set up on an iPhone or Apple Watch. Apple websites and apps can also check to see if you have Apple Card. You can stop websites you visit from checking if Apple Pay is enabled or Apple websites from checking if you have Apple Card on your Mac at any time by going to Safari > Preferences > Advanced and deselecting “Allow websites to check for Apple Pay and Apple Card”.

This option appears if you have either a:

• Mac with Touch ID.

• iPhone 6 or later (including iPhone SE) with iOS 10 or later, or Apple Watch with watchOS 3 or later. You must be signed in using the same Apple ID on your device and your Mac (and your Mac must support Handoff).

If you allow websites to check if Apple Pay is set up, one of two things can happen:

• If you have a card set up in Apple Pay: Websites might default your shopping cart to Apple Pay and you might see the Apple Pay button on product detail web pages (it’s up to the website).

• If you don’t have a card set up in Apple Pay: Websites probably won’t default your shopping cart to Apple Pay and you probably won’t see the Apple Pay button on product detail web pages (because the website can see that you haven’t set up a card).

Allow privacy-preserving measurement of ad effectiveness

Let advertisers measure how they’re doing without associating ad activity with you.

Block all cookies

Prevent any websites, third parties or advertisers from storing cookies and other data on your Mac. This may prevent some websites from working properly.

If you want to view or delete the cookies and other information currently stored on your Mac, see Manage cookies and website data in Safari.

Save articles for offline reading automatically

Keep the web pages in your Reading List available for times when you’re not connected to the Internet.

Style sheet

Use your own CSS instead of web page style sheets. Click the pop-up menu, then choose Other.

Default encoding

Use an encoding appropriate for the language of the web pages you view most often. This option is useful if web pages appear garbled.

To change the encoding for a specific web page, view the page in Safari, then choose View > Text Encoding.

Proxies

Adjust settings related to accessing the Internet through a firewall.

Show features for web developers

Access tools for developing websites with Safari. Show the Develop menu in the menu bar and show Developer and Feature Flags settings in Safari Preferences.