If you start your day the same way you end it in Safari, then you can make your mornings much simpler. Maybe you begin with the same web-based application, internal intranet, or internet email client that you close Safari with each evening.
You can certainly bookmark those sites or pin them, but there’s another way. Here’s how to have Safari on Mac open with all the windows from your last session.
Set Safari to open windows from the last session
- Open Safari, and from the menu bar, click Safari > Settings or Preferences.
- Make sure you’re in the General section.
- Click the drop-down box next to Safari opens with and pick All windows from last session.
The right way to quit Safari for this to work
If you’re used to closing Safari with the red X on the top left corner of the window, then opening windows from your last session automatically will not work. You must quit Safari instead of closing it.
- With Safari open, click Safari from the menu bar.
- Select Quit Safari.
OR
If Safari is open in your Dock, you can quit the application from there.
- Hold the Control key and click on Safari or right-click on Safari with your mouse.
- Select Quit from the context menu.
Troubleshooting
If you do not see Safari open with the option shown above, you likely have the Close windows when quitting an app setting disabled. Here’s how to fix it:
- On macOS Ventura and later: Apple icon  > System Settings > Desktop & Dock > enable Close windows when quitting an app.
- On macOS Monterey and earlier: Apple icon  > System Preferences > General > check the box next to Close windows when quitting an app.
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