Safari 9 (El Capitan): General pane of Safari preferences
Specify the page that appears when you open a new window or tab, how Safari should handle downloads, and more. To set these options, open Safari, choose Safari > Preferences, then click General.
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Safari opens with |
Choose how each Safari session starts: with a new window, a new private window, or all the windows from your last session. This option isn’t shown if “Close windows when quitting an application” is turned off in the General pane of System Preferences. |
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New windows open with |
Choose what a new Safari window contains.
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New tabs open with |
Choose what a new tab contains.
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Homepage |
Enter the URL of the webpage you want to use as your homepage, or click Set to Current Page to use the current active page. |
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Remove history items |
Choose when to remove items from the history. |
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Favorites shows |
Choose the bookmarks folder whose bookmarks you want shown on the Favorites page and in the Favorites view that appears below the Smart Search field. |
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Top Sites shows |
Choose how many websites Top Sites shows. |
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File download location |
Choose where to save items you download from the Internet, or have Safari always ask where you want to save downloads. |
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Remove download list items |
Choose when to remove items from the list. |
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Open “safe” files after downloading |
Have Safari automatically open the listed types of files, but not software. |