Apple continues to refine Safari tabs on iPad and Mac, with the latest iPadOS and macOS betas reverting to the old design with proper styling, spacers between tabs and no color matching.
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Apple puts Safari’s favorites section right back above the tab area, where it belongs
Apple has relocated Safari's favorites section in the latest betas of iPadOS and macOS, putting it back right above the tab bar where it used to be before the controversial redesign.
This extension makes it easier to spot the active Safari tab on Mac
Safari 15 for Mac ships with controversial changes that include a counterintuitive design for the active tab which makes distinguishing between it and any inactive tabs a lot harder than it ever should be. It's so broken that someone felt compelled enough to write a Safari extension that updates tab appearance to help people actually tell which tab is active.
Your synced Safari bookmarks are now end-to-end encrypted [update: removed]
Apple has boosted the security and privacy of iCloud services further by switching end-to-end encryption for Safari bookmarks, preventing anyone but you from accessing them.
DockSearch incorporates a convenient web search tool into any jailbroken iPhone’s Dock
Anyone that searches the web all the time will find value in something that can make that job easier, and that’s just one reason why a newly released jailbreak tweak called DockSearch by iOS developer ginsudev could be of interest; especially if this unique categorization applies to you.
How to switch between the new and old Safari design on iPhone and iPad
In this guide, we'll show you which settings to tweak so the Safari browser on your iPhone or iPad reverts to its old design, i.e., the look it had a few years back!
Apple releases Safari 15 for macOS Big Sur and Catalina with Tab Groups, new design, and more
Earlier today, Apple released iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, and tvOS 15 to the public. We're still waiting for the other big update, though. macOS 12 Monterey is still waiting in the wings, which will bring with it plenty of new features to the desktop OS. But today, Apple's dangling a carrot for all of us waiting for that new software.
How to stop Safari from changing the top screen color
Learn how to turn off the Safari website tinting feature on iPhone, iPad, and Mac to prevent the top of the browser from matching the website’s header color.
Apple continues to tweak the mobile Safari experience, adds a toggle for a top address bar
With the grand unveiling of the newest version of Safari for iOS and iPadOS, Apple welcomed a few big changes to the experience. The biggest, along with tab groups in general, is that the address bar has been moved to the bottom of the iPhone. However, Apple has been listening to the masses --especially those who have been adamant that the upcoming changes aren't great-- and keeps tweaking that experience ahead of the public launch later this year. And today is no different.
Some of the best jailbreak tweaks for web browsing on iOS 14
Jailbreaking is a large part of what we do here at iDownloadBlog, and that’s one of the reasons why we so vehemently carry out our mission of helping our readers with jailbreak tweak discovery. This is especially critical given the vast number of decent jailbreak tweaks that jailbreakers often forget about as newer releases come to fruition.
We’ve already curated hand-picked lists of some of the best jailbreak tweaks for iOS 14’s Control Center, Home Screen, Keyboard, Lock Screen, Messages app, Now Playing interface, notification system, Status Bar, and widget system, but we won’t stop there because there are still several another facets of Apple’s mobile operating system that can be augmented with third party add-ons.
Developer brings Snow Leopard’s Safari back from the dead, and it works on macOS Monterey
Apple's response to the Safari compact tabs controversy involves decoupling the tab bar from the URL bar. But one developer took the matter into his own hands, making Safari 5 from OS X Snow Leopard available to use on any macOS version—including the macOS Monterey beta.
Apple revives dedicated tab bar in Safari on iPad, with compact tabs now entirely optional
Safari's compact tabs on iPad are now entirely optional, and that's awesome news—the latest iPadOS beta now defaults to showing a separate row of tabs, just like Safari on your Mac.