Keep a Reading List in Safari on Mac
To quickly save webpages to read later, add them to your Reading List. To read webpages in your Reading List even when you’re not connected to the internet, you can save them offline.
Manage your Reading List
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Go to the Safari app
on your Mac. Open a webpage.
Do any of the following:
Add a webpage to your Reading List: Choose Bookmarks > Add to Reading List.
You can also Shift-click a link on a webpage to quickly add the linked webpage.
Show or hide your Reading List: Click
in the toolbar, then click Reading List. To hide the list, click again.Save a webpage in your Reading List to read when you’re not connected to the internet: Control-click the webpage summary in the sidebar, then choose Save Offline. You can also swipe left over the webpage summary, then click Save Offline.
To automatically save all webpages in your Reading List, choose Safari > Settings, click Advanced, then select “Save articles for offline reading automatically.”
Remove a webpage from your Reading List: Control-click the webpage summary in the sidebar, then choose Remove Item.
If you have a trackpad or mouse that supports gestures, you can also swipe left over the webpage summary, then click Remove. Or swipe all the way to the left until the webpage summary disappears.
Read from your Reading List
Go to the Safari app
on your Mac.Do any of the following:
Search your Reading List: Enter text in the search field above the list of webpage summaries. You may have to scroll to see the search field.
Read the next webpage in your list: Keep scrolling when you reach the end of a Reading List webpage—no need to click the next webpage summary in the sidebar.
Hide webpages you’ve read: Click the Unread button above the list of webpage summaries. Click the All button to show webpages you’ve read in your list. You may have to scroll to see the buttons.
Mark a webpage as read or unread: Control-click the webpage summary in the sidebar, then choose Mark as Read or Mark as Unread.
Note: Safari uses iCloud to keep your Reading List the same on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac computers that have iCloud set up for Safari.