In Safari on iPhone, it's not unusual for the number of tabs you have open to quickly get out of hand. Here's how to temporarily clean things up without losing your tabs. If you have no use for all your open tabs, you can simply select one, then press and hold on the tabs button in the bottom-right corner of the screen. This will bring up an option to "Close All [x] Tabs," X being the number open. Using the close all tabs option is one solution for restoring order to your browser session, but that's no good if you're not finished looking at the open tabs, especially if you're busy researching a project or a vacation, let's say. You…

Apple in iOS 18.4 has introduced a potentially privacy-compromising change to Safari that puts your search history on full display when opening new tabs. Previously in iOS, opening a new tab and tapping the search field brought up the keyboard while continuing to display the personalized Safari home page. However, Apple's latest iOS 18.4 software update modifies how Safari handles new tabs by automatically showing your recent search history whenever someone taps into the search field. Privacy-conscious users are likely to raise eyebrows at the change, as it could expose previous searches in situations where users hand their devices to friends, family members, or colleagues – or just search for something when someone else is looking at their screen. A…

These Safari tips will help you browse the web faster, clean up your experience and restore tabs you accidentally close. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

LayerX Labs, a security firm, has uncovered an advanced phishing campaign that has shifted its focus to Mac users following the implementation of enhanced browser protections that diminished the success of its Windows-based attacks. Initially, the attackers employed fake Microsoft security alerts to target Windows users, but they have since modified their approach due to new anti-scareware measures introduced in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox browsers earlier this year. Tim Hardwick for MacRumors: ‎ According to LayerX, the original campaign relied on compromised websites that would display fake security warnings claiming the user’s computer had been “compromised” and “locked.” The malicious code would then freeze the webpage, creating the illusion that the computer was locked and prompting victims to enter their…

iOS 18.4 includes a new Safari feature that puts your searches front and center, showing your recent search history whenever you open up a new Safari tab and tap into the search field. When the feature first came out in the iOS 18.4 beta, there was no option to disable it, but Apple rectified that with the fourth beta update. In the Safari section of the Settings app, there is now a "Show Recent Searches" option that can be toggled off. Disabling Show Recent Searches returns the Safari search interface to its iOS 18.3.2 behavior, where recent searches are not shown when tapping into the search window of a new tab. Apple appears to have added the option to toggle…

With iOS 18.4, Apple made a small tweak to Safari that could be polarizing because it puts your search history front and center. When you open up a new Safari tab and then tap into the search field, Safari shows your recent search history. In iOS 18.3.1, opening up a new tab and then tapping into search does not show your history, and the view remains on the personalized Safari home page. iOS 18.3.1 has no clear view of prior searches at all, except that a recent search will show up in your suggested results if you search for the same thing again. As noted by 9to5Mac, having Safari search so visible may not always be desirable if you're ever…