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![A Safari window showing the Era Ceramics website.](https://help.apple.com/assets/674E29452A605B20AB0728F7/674E294742A318B69C0EE97F/en_AU/c512274251fb12e9775c83eb357dd2e7.png)
Get started with Safari on Mac
Learn the basics to quickly get up to speed. Search the web, go to a website, set your homepage and bookmark websites you want to revisit.
![The Safari app showing Highlights for a hotel destination in Palm Springs, including a map, buttons to call the hotel and get directions, and a link to book a reservation.](https://help.apple.com/assets/674E29452A605B20AB0728F7/674E294742A318B69C0EE97F/en_AU/fa07e1925945cce75174b9a274e1335d.png)
Discover a web page’s highlights
Get directions, summaries and links to additional details about people, music, movies and TV shows.
![A Reader window showing the beginning of an article, a table of contents and a summary of the article.](https://help.apple.com/assets/674E29452A605B20AB0728F7/674E294742A318B69C0EE97F/en_AU/fc4fe431758432967367ecfabfdd2a1c.png)
Read articles without visual distractions
Get rid of menus and other diversions. See a table of contents and summary for longer articles.
![Overlapping windows.](https://help.apple.com/assets/674E29452A605B20AB0728F7/674E294742A318B69C0EE97F/en_AU/de6e6c2533765dd2d60c5ddc8c327cb4.png)
![The Bin icon.](https://help.apple.com/assets/674E29452A605B20AB0728F7/674E294742A318B69C0EE97F/en_AU/e8699f26354d920b1431edadef6748b3.png)
Got cookies?
Delete the cookies that websites store on your Mac — or allow them.
![The Smart Search field for a Private Browsing window and for a normal window.](https://help.apple.com/assets/674E29452A605B20AB0728F7/674E294742A318B69C0EE97F/en_AU/37f14193bb0457cfe9ba3f4a62bb5307.png)
To explore the Safari User Guide click Table of Contents at the top of the page or enter a word or phrase in the search field.
If you need more help, visit the Safari Support website.