macOS Sierra: The Missing Manual

The Unified Address/Search Bar

There are all kinds of ways to begin your web surfing session. Perform a search. Click a bookmark. On the following pages: a rundown of these starting points.

Often, of course, you’ll want to type in a web address; that’s the purpose of the address/search bar identified in Figure 19-1. In macOS, a single, unified box serves as both the address bar and the search bar.

If you type a web address there, like amazon.com, then pressing Return takes you to that website; if you type anything else, like cashmere sweaters or just amazon, then pressing Return gives you the Google search results for that phrase, as described next.

Note to laptop luggers: Safari’s mass of window-top strips and bars are condensed, leaving more vertical screen space for your actual web-viewing pleasure.

Figure 19-1. The Safari window offers tools and features that let you navigate the web almost effortlessly. These toolbars and buttons are described in this chapter.

A few important buttons come installed on the toolbar:

• Back, Forward. Click the Back button (〈) to revisit the page you were just on. Keyboard shortcut: Delete, or -, or -[, or a two-finger swipe left on the trackpad. (On an Apple ...