Don’t lie: this is how Safari tabs are managed on Mac, iPhone and iPad

Ways to organize tabs in Safari

With version 15 of Safari, Apple has carried out a small revolution within the browser tabs adding functions that users of an iPhone, iPad, Mac or iPod Touch have the possibility to use and enjoy. Next we are going to talk about the different ways you can choose when working with different tabs within the Apple browser, Safari.

Work with lashes in a traditional way

The first way you have to work with tabs within Safari is in the traditional way, that is, as you have been doing so far. Whenever you open a new page, its corresponding tab will appear to be able to move between all the pages that you have opened or that you are going to open later. In addition, you can also do any of the following actions.

• Rearrange tabs. To do this you just have to drag a tab to a new location to drop it.
• Pin a website. To do this, drag the tab with the website you want to anchor to the left of the tab bar.
• Explore the tabs. In case there are more tabs than are shown in the tab bar, you can slide left or right along the tab bar to get to the tab you want to access. Additionally, you can also press Command + 1 to 9 to select one of the first nine tabs.
• Show the overview of tabs. If you want to see the thumbnails of all the tabs you have open, you just have to click on the “Show all tabs” button or, on the other hand, make the movement of bringing your fingers together on the trackpad.
• Convert all Safari windows to tabs included in a single window. To do this, select Window> Merge All Windows.

Use the tab groups

We now turn to talk about the great novelty that the Cupertino company has provided with the Safari version 15. It is about the possibility of create tab groups, something really useful but that until now the users of this browser did not have the possibility to use it. This will allow you to create groups based on the uses you make of these tabs.

But beware, that does not stop there, since by being able to create these groups you have the possibility that each time you enter that group of tabs, if you have not closed them, they open right at the page where you left it when you closed Safari. This is especially useful if you always open the same pages in your work or if, for example, in the morning you always consult the same information pages or newspapers. After all, it is a function that all users can take advantage of a lot.

So you can organize your tabs

Obviously, this new tab groups feature not only available for the Safari version on macOS, if not what is enabled also for the rest of Apple devices such as the iPhone, the iPad and the ipod touch, which are the products that have access to the browser. Next we will tell you how you can make use of the groups of tabs on these devices.

Do it on your Mac

Probably the main device where users use Safari in the field of productivity is the Mac, although more and more people use the iPad as a work device. However, first we will tell you how you can do it on the Mac and later we will go with both the iPad and the iPhone. As we said, for all users who use Safari in their workday, surely being able to establish groups of tabs will make each task a little easier to carry out.

To be able to make groups of tabs the reality is that you do not have to break your head, since Apple has made it really easy for all users. As you can see below, you will only have to carry out a few simple steps that will take you, in a few seconds, to be able to create as many groups of tabs as you want or need. Here are the steps you have to follow.

1. Open Safari.
2. At the top left of the screen, click the icon that shows the sidebar.
3. Click on the icon that appears at the top right in the sidebar to create a new group of tabs.
4. Select option to create an empty group of tabs, or a group of tabs with the ones you have open at the moment.
5. Write the name from the tab group.

With these simple steps you will have created your group of tabs within Safari and whenever you open the sidebar you will be able to access it. To be able to include tabs within each group, all you have to do is open pages within the group and, as long as you don’t close them, whenever you open the group of tabs, they will appear.

Work with different tabs on the iPhone and iPad

We have already told you how you can create groups of tabs in the version of Safari for Mac, now it is the turn of the iPad and the iPhone. First of all, you have to bear in mind that all the groups of tabs that you make on the devices in which you have your iCloud account synchronized, will be present on the rest of the devices, so if you create a group of tabs on the Mac, this will automatically appear on both the iPad and the iPhone.

The process that must be followed on both devices does not differ much from the one we have already told you that you have to carry out on the Mac. However, since every time, especially the iPad, it is a device more focused on productivity and the one that more and more users use to work, it is vital to know the exact steps to be able to get the most out of your version of Safari. The steps you have to follow to make groups of tabs on the iPad and iPhone are as follows.

1. Open Safari.
2. Depending on where you have the toolbar located, click the button on the right side Of the same.
3. If you have tabs open, press where indicates the number of tabs you have open. Otherwise, click on where it says «Homepage«.
4. Select option to create an empty group of tabs, or a group of tabs with the ones you have open at the moment.
5. Write the name from the tab group.

As with the version of Safari for Mac, to add more tabs to a group of tabs, all you have to do is enter it and open the web that you want to be present in the group, it will be present as long as it is not. remove the tab. In addition, whenever you open that group of tabs, they will all be as you left them the last time you were working with them.