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HOW TO DO ANYTHING ON YOUR MAC, iPHONE & iPAD
Surf safer
in Safari
Keep things private and secure in Safari on your Mac
REQUIRES
Safari, macOS 11.0
YOU WILL LEARN
How to take control of your data when you surf the web
IT WILL TAKE
10 minutes
GENIUS TIP
On a new tab, click the Options button in the bottom right, then tick Privacy Report. This puts a report on new tabs showing what has been blocked.
APPLE HAS LONG tried to take an active approach when it comes to privacy, but that has ramped up noticeably in the last few years. Safari is a notable example of this. In macOS Big Sur, Apple introduced several new settings in the web browser that give you much more control over how you can stop bad actors making off with your private data. For instance, each website now gets a Privacy Report that notes how many advertising trackers Safari has blocked. There is no need to turn it on — it all works behind the scenes to keep your data safe.