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The Top Sites feature in Safari displays thumbnail images of the web sites you visit most often. Rather than type in a URL, or select a bookmark from the Bookmarks menu or the Bookmarks bar, you can just click on one of the thumbnails to quickly visit a web site.
The Top Sites feature automatically keeps track of how often you visit web sites, and displays the ones you visit most, but you're not stuck with the results.
It's easy to add, delete, and manage your Top Sites.
Access and Edit Top Sites
To access Top Sites, click the grid icon near the left side of the Bookmarks bar, or click the History menu and select Show Top Sites. If a site has updated the contents of the page since the last time you visited it, you'll see a star icon in the top right corner of the site's thumbnail.
To edit your Top Sites, click the Edit button at the bottom left corner of the Top Sites page. You can now add or delete a page, rearrange the pages, or pin a page, so that another page can't replace it.
When you're finished making changes to Top Sites, click the Done button in the lower left corner of the Top Sites page.
Change the Thumbnail Size
There are three options for the size of the thumbnails in Top Sites (small, medium, large); the default size is medium. The size of the thumbnails determines how many sites will fit on a page (6, 12, or 24). To change the size of the thumbnails, click the Small, Medium, or Large button in the lower right corner of the Top Sites page.
Control Text Size in Safari
Add a Page to Top Sites
To add a page to Top Sites, open a new browser window (click the File menu and select New Window). When the target site loads, click and drag its favicon (the small icon to the left of the URL in the Address bar) to the Top Sites page.
You can also add a page to Top Sites by dragging a link from a web page, an email message, or other document to the Top Sites page. (Note: You must be in Edit mode in Top Sites to add a page.)
Delete a Page From Top Sites
To permanently delete a page from Top Sites, click the close icon (the little "x") in the top left corner of the page's thumbnail.
Pin a Page in Top Sites
To pin a page in Top Sites, so that it can't be replaced by another page, click the pushpin icon in the top left corner of the page's thumbnail. The icon will change from black-and-white to blue-and white. To unpin a page, click the pushpin icon; the icon will change from blue-and-white back to black-and-white.
Rearrange Pages in Top Sites
To rearrange the order of the pages in Top Sites, click the thumbnail for a page and drag it to its target location.
Reload Your Top Sites
Losing your Internet connection, even for a short period of time, can cause a minor glitch in the Top Sites feature, but it's easy to fix by simply reloading Top Sites. Find out how in our tip:
Reload Safari Top Sites
Top Sites and the Bookmarks Bar
The Top Sites icon isn't a permanent resident of the Bookmarks bar. If you want to add the Top Sites icon to, or delete it from, the Bookmarks bar, click the Safari menu and select Preferences. In the Safari Preferences window, click the Bookmarks icon, and then check or uncheck "Include Top Sites." You'll still be able to access your Top Sites via the History menu.
Other Top Sites Options
If you want to open all new Safari windows in Top Sites, click the Safari menu and select Preferences. In the Safari Preferences window, click the General icon. From the "New windows open with" drop-down menu, select Top Sites.
If you want new tabs to open in Top Sites, from the "New tabs open with" drop-down menu, select Top Sites.
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