View Favorites and Top Sites

View the Favorites page: Choose Bookmarks > Show Favorites. If you don’t see Show Favorites, choose Show Top Sites (the menu item changes based on which view was opened last), then click the Favorites button in the top-right corner.

You can also see the Favorites or Top Sites page when you open new tabs or windows. New tabs or windows open to whichever page was opened last. If you don’t see either page in new tabs or windows, change settings in the General pane of Safari preferences.

View your Favorites from the Smart Search field: Click in the Smart Search field to see your favorite websites, then click the icon of the website you want to visit. The Favorites view goes away if you start typing, and it doesn’t appear if you click the field while you’re viewing the Favorites or Top Sites page.

Show the Favorites bar: Choose View > Show Favorites Bar. A bar with your favorite websites appears below the toolbar.

Open a favorite website: Click the website from the Favorites page, from the Favorites view that appears when you click in the Smart Search field, or from the Favorites bar.

Add a website to your Favorites: Move the pointer over the Smart Search field, press and hold the One-Step Add button that appears at the left end of the field, then choose Favorites from the menu.

You can also click in the Smart Search field, then drag the URL of the webpage you’re viewing to the Favorites view, or drag a URL or bookmark to the Favorites page, Favorites bar, or Favorites folder in the sidebar.

Rearrange your Favorites: Drag them to different locations.

Edit a favorite website or folder name: Control-click it in the Favorites page or Favorites bar, then choose Rename from the shortcut menu. You can also force click the name, or click and hold the name until it’s highlighted, then enter a new one.

Remove a favorite website: Drag the favorite website away from the Favorites page or Favorites bar, then let it go when you see the Remove icon . You can also Control-click the Favorite, then choose Delete from the shortcut menu.

Show a different bookmarks folder in Favorites: Choose Safari > Preferences, click General, then use the “Favorites shows” pop-up menu.

Show or hide frequently visited sites in Favorites: Choose Bookmarks > Show Frequently Visited in Favorites.

Frequently visited sites are listed below your Favorites on the Favorites page.

View the Top Sites page: Choose Bookmarks > Show Top Sites. If you don’t see Show Top Sites, choose Show Favorites (the menu item changes based on which view was opened last), then click the Top Sites button in the top-right corner.

You can also see the Top Sites or Favorites page when you open new tabs or windows. New tabs or windows open to whichever page was opened last. If you don’t see either page in new tabs or windows, change settings in the General pane of Safari preferences.

Open a website from Top Sites: Click the website from the Top Sites page.

Add a website to your Top Sites: Move the pointer over the Smart Search field, click and hold the One-Step Add button that appears at the left end of the field, then choose Top Sites from the menu.

You can also drag a URL or bookmark to the Top Sites page.

Keep a website in Top Sites: Hold your pointer over the website’s thumbnail, then click the pin icon  that appears. To unpin the website so other websites can replace it, click the pin icon again.

Rearrange your Top Sites: Drag them to different locations.

Remove a Top Site: Hold your pointer over the Top Site, then click the Remove icon  that appears.

You can also drag the Top Site away from the window, then let it go when you see the Remove icon , or Control-click the Top Site, then choose Delete from the shortcut menu.

Change the number of websites in Top Sites: Choose Safari > Preferences, click General, then use the “Top Sites shows” pop-up menu.