Safari’s Biggest Changes
Safari was probably the app that received the most changes with Big Sur. There’s a bunch of new features that we can’t cover in totality in this section.
Starting with security and privacy. Safari is now doing a better job safe from trackers around the web. Not only that but you can check in real-time if the website you’re on contains trackers that try to profile you. You do this by clicking the Privacy Report button next to the Address bar.
Safari also shows you a report of the last 30 days of your browsing history, the percentage of websites that contained trackers, and the trackers you avoided.
Safari also gets a boost in performance and power efficiency. Apple says that Safari will load frequently visited websites up to 50% faster than before. Plus, you can use your Mac longer than ever before. You can browse the web for up to one-hour more or stream video for one and a half hours longer than in other browsers like Firefox or Google Chrome.
Finally, the other big change is that you can customize your start page. You can see your favorite websites or your frequently used ones. If you want, you can also see your privacy report right when you start Safari.
You can also continue your readings from your iPad or iPhone if you were browsing using the Safari app. And the best part of all is that you can customize it by clicking the Settings button on the bottom right corner of the start page. You can choose what you want to see and choose your background image as well.