Editing Safari (web browser) (section)

=== Safari 6 ===
[[File:Select your web browser(s).jpg|left|thumb|Safari 6 ceased support for Windows users, and it was subsequently removed from Microsoft's browser-choice menu ''(pictured).''|alt=Microsoft's browser-choice menu]]
Safari 6.0 was previously referred to as Safari 5.2 until Apple changed the version number at [[WWDC 2012]]. The stable release of Safari 6 coincided with the release of [[OS X Mountain Lion]] on July 25, 2012, and was integrated within OS.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/16/apple-adds-icloud-safari-tab-syncing-to-os-x-mountain-lion-preview-2/ |title=Apple Adds iCloud Tab Syncing to Safari 5.2 developer preview |date=March 16, 2012 |access-date=March 18, 2012|website=[[MacRumors]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309025714/https://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/16/apple-adds-icloud-safari-tab-syncing-to-os-x-mountain-lion-preview-2/|archive-date=March 9, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result, it was no longer available for download from Apple's website or any other sources. Apple released Safari 6 via [[Software Update]] for users of OS X Lion. It was not released for OS X versions before Lion or for Windows.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.macworld.com/article/1167904/safari_6_available_for_mountain_lion_and_lion_but_not_windows.html|title=Safari 6 available for Mountain Lion and Lion, but not Windows|first=Lex|last=Friedman|website=[[Macworld]]|date=July 26, 2012|access-date=October 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521024545/https://www.macworld.com/article/218624/safari-6-available-for-mountain-lion-and-lion-but-not-windows.html|archive-date=May 21, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The company later quietly removed references and links for the Windows version of Safari 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/25/3186086/safari-for-windows-references-removed|title=Apple removes Safari for Windows references and download links following version 6 release|first=Tom|last=Warren|date=July 25, 2012|website=[[The Verge]]|archivedate=November 11, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111221152/http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/25/3186086/safari-for-windows-references-removed|url-status=live}}</ref> Microsoft had also removed Safari from its browser-choice page.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 19, 2021|url=http://www.browserchoice.eu/BrowserChoice/browserchoice_en.htm|website=[[Microsoft]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919182030/http://www.browserchoice.eu/BrowserChoice/browserchoice_en.htm|title=Select your web browser(s)|archivedate=September 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On June 11, 2012, Apple released a developer preview of Safari 6.0 with a feature called iCloud Tabs, which syncs with open tabs on any iOS or other OS X device that ran the latest software. It updated new privacy features, including an "Ask websites not to track me" preference and the ability for websites to send OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion users notifications, though it removed RSS support.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2012/07/25/apple-releases-safari-6-update-for-os-x-lion/|title=Apple Releases Safari 6 Update for OS X Lion|first=Arnold|last=Kim|website=[[MacRumors]] |date=July 25, 2012|access-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308151105/https://www.macrumors.com/2012/07/25/apple-releases-safari-6-update-for-os-x-lion/|archive-date=March 8, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Safari 6 had the Share Sheets capability in OS X Mountain Lion. The Share Sheet options were: Add to Reading List, Add Bookmark, Email this Page, Message, Twitter, and Facebook. Tabs with full-page previews were added, too.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/07/26/tnw-review-safari-6-0-is-the-best-version-of-apples-browser-yet/ | title=Safari 6.0 is the best version of Apple's browser yet | website=[[TNW (website)|The Next Web]] | date=July 26, 2012 | access-date=July 26, 2012 | last=Panzarino |first=Matthew |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710160518/https://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/07/26/tnw-review-safari-6-0-is-the-best-version-of-apples-browser-yet/ |archive-date=July 10, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> The sixth major version of Safari, it added options to allow pages to be shared with other users via email, [[Messages (Apple)|Messages]], Twitter, and Facebook, as well as making some minor performance improvements.<ref name="Alderman-2012" /> It added supports for {{mono|-webkit-calc()}} in CSS. Additionally, various features were removed including Activity Window, a separate Download Window, direct support for RSS feeds in the URL field, and bookmarks. The separate search field and the address bar were also no longer available as a toolbar configuration option. Instead, it was replaced by the smart search field, a combination of the address bar and the search field.<ref name="Alderman-2012">{{cite web|date=August 8, 2012|first=Nathan|last=Alderman|url=https://www.macworld.com/article/218744/safari_6_a_slight_but_sleek_upgrade_for_apple_s_browser.html|title=Safari 6 a slight but sleek upgrade for Apple's browser|website=[[Macworld]]|access-date=May 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518005022/https://www.macworld.com/article/218744/safari_6_a_slight_but_sleek_upgrade_for_apple_s_browser.html|archive-date=May 18, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>