Can't get in to web page in safari in sequoia

By Studio Jay, 5 June, 2025

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macOS and Mac Apps

Dear Friends,
I just did a clean install of Sequoia on my mac.
When I open safari, it comes up in a tool bar, when I press tab, I go to things like tab overview, then items like the search bar, then some collections like favourites etc. However, I can't seem to navigate into the main body of the web page. If I do a search by pressing command plus l, I can then tab into the web page, but this strange behavior seems to happen when I launch safari. In older os versions, you would be in the main body of the web page when safari launches. I want to bring back this behavior.

Also, can someone please tell me how to delete favourites in safari?
Thanks in advance for any help.

Kind regards,

Jay

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By Tyler on Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 23:45

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

By default, when launching Safari, the start page opens, showing favorites, website suggestions, and recent privacy events. To configure Safari to open a homepage of your choosing instead:

  1. Choose Safari > Settings (or press Command-Comma) and click the General button in the toolbar.
  2. Choose "Homepage" from the “New windows open with" popup menu. You can also choose this option from the "New tabs open with" popup menu if you'd like the behavior to be the same for both new windows, which is what Safari opens with by default when launching, and new tabs you create when browsing.
  3. Type the web address you want as your homepage in the "Homepage" field. That website should then open automatically whenever you launch Safari in the future.

To delete favorites, from the Start page, focus on the one you want to delete in the collection and choose "Delete" from the context menu (accessed by pressing VO-Shift-M). Alternatively, you can delete favorites and other bookmarks by choosing Bookmarks > Edit bookmarks (or pressing Command-Option-B), selecting the bookmarks you want to delete in the table, and pressing the Delete key.

By Studio Jay on Friday, June 6, 2025 - 00:45

Hi Tyler,
Thank you so much.
Really appreciate it.
Jay