Tabs enable you to open multiple Web sites within the same browser window and switch between them easily. This prevents you from having to open multiple windows to accommodate multiple Web sites.

Each tab, like each window in nontabbed browsers, displays the title of the Web page within it. A tab also lets you know when it has completed the download of the Web page associated with it. Then, when you are finished reading the Web page shown within a tab, you can close it by clicking the tab's Close icon.

ACTIVATE TABBED BROWSING.

  1. Click the Safari icon in the Dock.

  2. Press, (comma). The Safari Preferences window opens.

  3. Click Tabs to open its settings pane.

  4. Click Enable Tabbed Browsing.

  5. Click the Close button to close the Preferences window. Tabbed browsing is now enabled.

  6. Press T. A new tab appears in the Web browser.

  7. Type the URL of another Web site and press Return.

  8. Note: You can also click a bookmark in your Bookmark bar.

  9. The Web site loads in the new tab

  10. While pressing and holding ,(comma) click a Web page link.The Web site loads in a new tab, but remains in the background.

  11. Press W to close the current tab.The current tab closes, and the last tab you opened becomes the active tab.

  12. Click the Close icon on any tab to close it.