The Bookmarks Bar is for commonly used links that you want quick access to:

• News – MSNBC, CNN, NYT, etc,.
• Social Media Sites – Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, etc,.
• Financial Sites – Bank account, stock prices, currency exchange, etc,.
• Hobby Pages – Technology, Crafts, Fashion,  etc,.
• Online To Do List – Toodle Do, Remember The Milk, etc,.
• Navigation Sites – Google Maps, Mapquest, etc,.

In Safari, it’s the thin strip under the white Address and Search field.

If it doesn’t show in Safari:

• Go to the View Menu.
• Choose Show Bookmarks Bar.

The Bookmarks Bar should now be visible.

Adding Bookmarks To The Toolbar

As the Bookmarks Bar is relatively small, it can only show a limited number of bookmarks.

Choose Carefully – Only use the Bookmarks Bar for websites you visit often. All other bookmarks should be put in in the standard Bookmarks Menu. We’ll cover this in a later post.

Shorten Site Names – On the Bookmarks Bar, room is at a premium. Shorten the names of links wherever possible.

To Add A Bookmark

• Open Safari.
• Find a page you would like to add to the Bookmarks Mar.
• In the Bookmarks menu choose Add Bookmark… or press Command D.
• From the drop-down menu Add this Page To, scroll to select Bookmarks Bar.
• Overwrite the page name with a shorter title, e.g; if the page is named Times Skimmer by The New York Times, abbreviate it to NYT.
• Click Add.

The bookmark is added to the front of the Bookmarks Bar.

If you’d like to change it’s position, click and drag the link to a different place on the Bookmarks Bar.

Adding Folders To The Toolbar

You can place several links inside a folder on the Bookmarks Bar,

When you click on that folder it will show a drop-down menu of these links and you can choose the link you want.

• Open Safari.
• Go to Bookmarks in the Menu Bar. Choose Add Bookmarks Folder.

• Safari instantly changes to the Bookmarks page.
• On the left-hand side, under Bookmarks, is a new Untitled Folder.

• Type in a name for the folder.

• Under Collections, click Bookmarks Bar. The Bookmarks Bar library opens in a window on the right.

• Now click and drag your folder into Bookmarks Bar library.

• If you make a mistake, don’t panic. Press Command Z to undo the last command.
• You can now place existing bookmarks in this folder. Click and drag the bookmarks over the folder until it darkens and then drop them in.

To add a new bookmark to this folder, follow the instructions in To Add A Bookmark above.

With links in a folder on the Bookmarks Bar, you can open these links individually or choose the last option in the drop-down menu and open all links simultaneously in separate tabs.

All browsers have a Bookmarks Bar. Although, they may work differently the same organizational principles apply.

Have an excellent week.

If you’d like to learn more about Safari check out:

Setting Your Home Page on Safari, Firefox Or Chrome

How To Take An Image From The Web

How To Alphabetize Bookmarks In Safari

Surf in Secret – Private Browsing in Safari

 If you have questions, please use the Comments section below.