Safari Bookmarks vs Favorites: What’s The Difference

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The Basics of Bookmarks and Favorites

The bookmarks on Safari function like any other browser — you save links in it. For proper organization, you can create different folders under bookmarks to categorize your links. For instance, you can have your tech links in one folder, sports links in another, and so on.

Favorites is a pre-made category under bookmarks. You can call it a special type of bookmarks folder bestowed with certain privileges.

Where to Find Bookmarks and Favorites

Since Favorites is just one of the categories for bookmarks, you will find it directly underBookmarks. Tap on thebookmark iconto view the various folders includingFavorites.

Advantages and Limitations of Using Favorites

If you don’t like the name of the favorites folder for some reason, there is nothing you can do about it. That’s because the folder cannot be renamed.

Other than that, there is no major limitation of using favorites folder for it has all the features of bookmarks. However, there is a drawback anything you add in favorites will show up on the new tab screen, which is its advantage too.

When to Use Favorites and Bookmarks

Use favorites to save links that you access daily or regularly. For instance, if you are a regular reader of the Guiding Tech, you should add it in favorites. Similarly, if you check some news website daily, favorites would be a great place to add it too.

Don’t fill up favorites with links that you are going to use once in a while. For such links, use the normal bookmarks or create a separate folder under bookmarks.

Quick Tips for Managing Bookmarks in Safari

Here are some useful tips for using bookmarks in Safari.

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Last updated on 31 July, 2024

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