Safari for Mac: Search preferences in Safari

Search preferences in Safari

Change how Safari searches the web and presents search results to you. To set these options, open Safari, choose Safari > Preferences, then click Search.

Search engine

Click the pop-up menu, then choose the search engine you want Safari to use for web searches.

Include search engine suggestions

Lets Safari ask your search engine for search suggestions based on search terms you enter. Your search engine may record your search terms.

Include Safari Suggestions

Lets Safari provide you with Safari Suggestions as you type in the Smart Search field. Get suggestions for news, Wikipedia articles, iTunes music, weather forecasts, professional sports team and player info, stock prices, help from Apple, and more.

Enable Quick Website Search

Lets Safari record information about your searches within a website to expedite later searches on that site. You can then search within that website by entering the name of the site, followed by your search term, in the Smart Search field.

Click Manage Websites to see or remove websites for which Safari recorded Quick Website Search information.

Preload Top Hit in the background

Lets Safari start to load a webpage as soon as it determines a top search hit based on your bookmarks and browsing history.

Show Favorites

Lets Safari show your favorite websites below the Smart Search field when you click the field while viewing a webpage.

Last Modified: Sep 22, 2016
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