How to quickly open a Safari webpage in another browser on Mac

Have you ever needed to switch a website open in Safari on your Mac to another browser like Chrome, Edge, or Firefox? Learn how to effortlessly do this in just a few clicks with this tutorial, eliminating the hassle of copying the URL, manually opening a new browser, and pasting the link.

Image illustration showing a move from Safari to Chrome, Firefox, and Brave browsers

I use one of my Twitter accounts in Safari, but this browser often struggles to play videos. And when I have to watch a long video, I prefer opening it in Firefox as its built-in Picture in Picture feature is the best in business. So, I often find myself opening certain video tweets from Safari straight into Firefox.

On that same note, maybe you’re testing the appearance or function of your own website in different browsers. Or perhaps you’re having trouble with a webpage and want to see if the problem is with Safari.

So, instead of doing things manually, there is a simpler way to open the webpage you’re currently visiting in Safari in another browser.

Open a Safari page in another browser

1) Open Safari on your Mac and click Safari > Settings or Preferences from the top menu bar.

2) Go to the Advanced section and check the box for “Show features for web developers.” You have to do this only once to show the Develop option in Safari’s menu bar.

Enable 'Show features for web developers' in Safari Advanced settings

3) Open a website or go to the already open Safari tab that you want to view in another browser.

4) From the top menu bar, click Develop > Open Page With and select one of your installed browsers like Brave, Google Chrome, Firefox, etc. You should see all browsers installed on your Mac as options here.

Safari Develop Open Page With

All in all, this lets you open that page in any or even all of those browsers with only two clicks. This is a huge improvement over the copy-and-paste method.

Sometimes, saving just a few minutes when performing tasks on your Mac is helpful. Hopefully, this tip for opening Safari pages in other browsers is something you’ll remember and use to save yourself some time.

Do you have any time-saving tips for using Safari on Mac that you’d like to share?

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