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Safari Action Menu In Launch Center Pro

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Last week, I was looking at the way I use Safari and save links to other apps and services, and I realized that I wanted a unified action menu to group some of my most used bookmarklets together. While this can be done by creating a bookmark folder in Safari, folders require too many taps on the iPhone and I’d like to have better visual differentiation between actions with unique icons for each one of them. That seemed like a good opportunity to test the capabilities of Launch Center Pro ( now on the iPad as well) when it comes to lists and JavaScript, so I got to work.

A fair warning : Though my solution works, the code isn’t pretty. Until Apple improves the way apps can share information with each other, we’re stuck with hacks like URL schemes, JavaScript, and manual encoding. If you want to customize what I came up with, you’ll have to manually edit URL schemes and test everything on your own. If you’re not concerned about a bookmarklet’s prettiness, go ahead – I’m fairly satisfied with the results.

The output is pictured above: everytime I want to share a link from Safari to another app, I tap a “Share” button in Safari and I’m presented with a list of actions from Launch Center Pro. The list conveniently comes up in the middle of the screen with large buttons I can tap to send a link off to Tweetbot, Fantastical, Drafts, and other apps. The action menu works on both the iPhone and iPad and, more importantly, it doesn’t require you to install any additional Launch Center Pro action because it’s a “headless” bookmarklet that isn’t actually based on any Launch Center Pro action .

The single-line code you can save as a bookmarklet in Safari is available on GitHub ; however, you’ll want to modify the bookmarklet for your needs, so here’s how it looked in Drafts when I was editing it:

A a multi-line code breakdown with comments is also available as a GitHub Gist to give you a better idea of what’s going on in the bookmarklet.

The solution that I employ to launch a list not based on an existing action is to “trick” Launch Center Pro into linking to itself. Using the launchpro://?url= URL scheme twice, you can tell Launch Center Pro to open a Launch Center Pro URL to display a list. I don’t know why I couldn’t simply launch the app and tell it to display a list without nesting two levels of URL schemes, but that’s how it is. You’re telling Launch Center Pro to open itself.

Actions are the core part of the bookmarklet, and they’re formatted according to Launch Center Pro’s list syntax . Each section is separated by a pipe (vertical bar) and URL schemes are used to send the URL you’re viewing in Safari to other apps. As you can see, there’s a lot of manual encoding due to the multiple levels of URL schemes the bookmarklet needs to use.

I made two simple tweaks to the standard list presentation that I’m quite fond of. First, the URL you’re sharing is displayed in the title of the list: it’s not a great solution because Launch Center Pro cuts off long URLs, but it’s better than nothing. Second, I made actions a little more visual by using emojis next to their names. Again, not perfect (it’d be great if Launch Center Pro could pull in small app icons for URL schemes in lists) but color helps.

I made a video that demonstrates how the action menu works.

There are several ways in which this action menu could be improved. Having to manually create and edit the bookmarklet isn’t a good user experience, and perhaps someone could come up with a better way to assemble the necessary URL schemes. I didn’t implement support for x-callback-url in my actions (you can see that I return to Safari manually) because that would have required additional levels of encoding, but I suppose it’s doable. I had to remove support for sharing webpage titles, because sending those to Launch Center Pro created the possibility that pages with a pipe in their title could mess with the lists’ syntax.

The bookmarklet works, and I’m using it a lot to quickly share URLs, but it can be break easily if you don’t pay attention when modifying it. Because it’s based on JavaScript, the same code can also be used to trigger the same menu from apps like Mr. Reader and Editorial.

If you have suggestions or other feedback, feel free to get in touch .

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How to use Quick Actions in Shortcuts for Mac

Creating Shortcuts

• Adding to Quick Actions
• Choose Quick Actions on Finder

One of the newest features to arrive on Mac with macOS Monterey is Shortcuts . First launched on iPhone and iPad a few years ago, Shortcuts makes it easier to customize and streamline our everyday workflows and get things done quicker and easier.

In macOS Monterey, you can add Shortcuts to Mac's built-in Quick Actions . In turn, you can then find your Shortcuts from Finder windows and the Services menu. Here's how to use Quick Actions in the Shortcuts app on Mac. It works on all the best Macs .

You can find Shortcuts in the Applications folder on your Mac. In the Shortcuts Gallery, you'll find a growing list of built-in shortcuts that you might find useful. You can also create Shortcuts .

Using Quick Actions with Shortcuts

Once you've created a Shortcut, you can include it in Quick Actions. To do so:

• Go into the Shortcuts app .
• Click All Shortcuts under My Shortcuts on the left-hand side of the app.
• Drag the Shortcut you wish to use into the Quick Actions folder.

That's it! The Shortcut is now useable with Quick Actions.

Choose which Quick Actions appear in the Finder

As we previously noted, Quick Actions appear in Finder windows by default. And yet, it's best to select which ones you want to see. Doing so removes some digital clutter that might pile up over time.

To adjust your Quick Actions:

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• Choose the Apple icon at the top left of the menu bar.
• Click System Preferences .
• Select Extensions .

• Next, choose Finder in the left column.
• Click on the checkbox next to each action you want to be available from the Finder.

You'll see the checked actions in on the Finder windows on your Mac.

Getting those Quick Actions

Quick Actions have long been a time-saving solution for adding automative tasks to Finder windows and the Services menu. The process has now been extended to the new Shortcuts app for Mac, making Quick Actions an even more useful tool. Better still, moving Shortcuts to Quick Actions takes just a few steps, so why not do it?

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A Beginner’s Guide to the macOS Menu Bar

If you're new to macOS, one of the first features you should learn about is the menu bar. Here's everything you need to know.

Unlike Windows and many Linux desktop environments, macOS doesn’t attach a menu to each application window. Instead, it features a single, global menu bar that switches context to the active application. The macOS menu bar is consistent and persistent—if you want it to be.

This menu bar features other elements such as a basic app launcher, status menus, and access to the Control Center and notifications. You can configure several aspects of the menu bar’s appearance and behavior, so here’s how to make the best use of it.

Introducing the Apple Menu

The Apple menu is a constant in the top left of your screen, sitting behind an icon that looks exactly like Apple’s logo.

The Apple menu has commands for common global tasks such as:

• About This Mac: Information about your computer’s hardware including monitors and disk usage.
• System Preferences: Customize Mac settings.
• App Store: Discover new software.
• Sleep: Instantly put your Mac into sleep mode.

The Recent Items menu shows both apps and documents that you’ve recently used. As a result, it can act as a basic app launcher.

The Application Menu

The Application menu lies to the right of the Apple Menu. It contains functions specific to the current app, whose name appears as the first menu heading. Other menu headings are specific to each app, but common ones include:

The commands in each menu vary. Some end in an ellipsis ( … ) indicating that they open up a dialog or other window rather than performing an action immediately. Some have an arrow ( > ) symbol at the end, meaning they open a sub-menu.

Many menu actions have a light grey keyboard shortcut alongside them. Press this key combination to activate that item without opening the menu.

Getting Help From the Menu Bar

The menu bar will always include a Help item at the end of the Application menu. It’s there whether you’re in Finder, Safari, or System Preferences. As well as giving access to documentation about the app, this menu includes a search box. The search box applies to help pages and, usefully, the menu items themselves.

If you need to find a menu item but aren’t quite sure which menu it belongs under, this can provide a fast way of locating it. The OS helpfully opens the relevant menu and even points an arrow at the menu item you’re looking for.

Status Menus

Status menus appear on the right-hand side of the menu bar. They are typically monochromatic icons that provide access to small utilities. Some programs you install will add an icon to this area, but macOS provides several default status menus, including:

• Keyboard Brightness
• Do Not Disturb
• Screen Mirroring

You can choose to show or hide most of these icons via the Dock & Menu Bar preferences. You can also reorder most of the status icons by holding down Cmd , then clicking and dragging them.

Most Status icons will open a menu when you click on them. These menus can be highly stylized and often act as the main interface for smaller utilities.

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Control Center and Notification Center

Big Sur introduced some big changes to macOS , including two icons on the far right of the menu bar: Control Center and Notification Center. These provide easy access to common preferences and all your notifications.

Using System Preferences, you have some control over what appears in Control Center, in the same way that you can hide individual status menus.

To access Notification Center, click on the clock in the top right of the menu bar.

Using a Keyboard Shortcut to Access the Menu Bar

You can access the menu bar at any time using a keyboard shortcut. Use Ctrl + F2 to focus on the menu bar. You may also need to hold the Function key if your Mac has one.

Once you’ve focussed on the menu bar, use the arrow keys and Space or Return to select an item from the Apple or App menu.

If you find yourself making use of the Help menu a lot, you can jump directly to the Help search box using the Cmd + ? (or Cmd + Shift + / ) shortcut. You can access any menu item from here by typing its name then selecting it.

How to Hide the Menu Bar

Viewing an application in full-screen mode will temporarily hide the menu bar. You can still access the menu bar in full-screen mode by pushing your cursor into the top of the screen.

If you want to permanently hide the menu bar, you can do so via the preferences:

• Open the System Preferences app—e.g. via the Apple menu.
• Click on the Dock & Menu Bar icon.
• In the main panel, scroll down to the Menu Bar section and use the Automatically hide and show the menu bar checkbox to toggle hiding on and off.

It will then appear and disappear automatically when you move the mouse pointer to the top of your screen. It will also appear if you focus it using the keyboard shortcut.

Theming the Menu Bar

Your Mac colors the menu bar according to the desktop wallpaper underneath it. This goes hand-in-hand with the OS’s use of transparency. The menu bar now takes on the appearance of a mainly solid color with subtle blending to reflect the colors behind it.

This does mean that you can hint at the color of the menu bar by picking a specific image for the wallpaper. You can even go a step further and manipulate the top 24 pixels of any desktop wallpaper image to directly influence the menu bar.

If you don’t like the transparency effect at all, you can turn it off in Accessibility preferences by enabling Display > Reduce transparency . This will render the menu bar with a light gray background and black text and icons.

Making Use of the Mac’s Magnificent Menu Bar

The macOS menu bar provides a system menu, a persistent app menu, and a set of status icons. Because it is ubiquitous and always in one place, it’s easy to familiarise yourself with it. You can tailor status menus and the behavior of notifications to your own needs. Control Center also gives you quick access to the most common settings.

Remember that other companies provide menu bar apps besides Apple. There’s a large body of small utilities that live in the menu bar, ready for use when you need them.

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How to use Quick Actions on a Mac

Is there a task on your Mac that you repeat often, maybe daily or even several times per day? You can set up a Quick Action to automate a task with the click of a button.

Create a Quick Action using Automator

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You can create Quick Actions for some of the most common tasks on your Mac. From scaling or resizing images to splitting or combining PDFs to renaming or moving files, there are many possibilities.

You have a few Quick Actions already available, and you’ll see these as well as any you create in the Finder window, Services menu, or Touch Bar if your Mac has one.

Let’s delve into how to use Quick Actions on a Mac.

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Automator app

If you’ve never used Automator on MacOS, it can feel a bit intimidating at first. But once you use it to create a Quick Action, you’ll see just how easy it is to use.

As an example, we’ll walk through creating a Quick Action to scale images. Since we regularly need to resize images to a specified width, this allows us to select the images, click the Quick Action, and automatically scale our images so that the width is 500 pixels.

Step 1: Open Automator from your Applications folder and click New Document .

Step 2: Select Quick Action for the document type and click Choose .

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Step 3: On the top left of the Automator window, confirm that Actions is selected. Then pick an item from the Library . For our example, we’ll select Photos.

Step 4: To the right, you’ll see the actions that are available per the Library item you pick. Here, we want Scale Images. So, we drag Scale Images from the list to the workflow area on the right side.

Depending on the action you select, you may be asked if you want to make copies of the items you’re editing so that the originals can remain intact. If so, you can automatically add the Copy action to the workflow. Pick Add or Don’t Add per your preference.

Step 5: Complete any details necessary for your action. For our example, we set the pixel size to 500.

Step 6: Before you save your Quick Action, review the information at the top of the workflow side of the window and make any adjustments needed.

This information includes what the workflow receives and from where, plus any input needed. These settings allow you to narrow down the options to perform the Quick Action such as file types or specific applications.

Additionally, you can choose the Quick Action’s Image and Color if you like.

Step 7: When you finish, go to File > Save in the menu bar. Give your Quick Action a meaningful name and click Save .

Now that you have your Quick Action created, it’s time to put it to work.

As mentioned, you can access Quick Actions in Finder, the Services menu, or if your Mac has one, the Touch Bar .

Start by selecting the item(s) you want to use for the Quick Action. Then, perform the action with one of the following:

• In the Finder window, select a Quick Action in the toolbar below the Preview on the right. You may need to click More to see all Quick Actions.
• In a Finder folder or on your desktop, right-click the item(s) and choose from either the Services or Quick Actions pop-out menu.
• Open the Services menu in the menu bar and select the Quick Action from the list. You can easily view the Services menu by selecting the app name in the menu bar. For instance, Finder > Services or Mail > Services .
• Click the Quick Actions button in the Touch Bar and choose the Quick Action.

You should then see the Quick Action take place.

You can decide which Quick Actions display in Finder and the Touch Bar.

Step 1: Open your System Preferences and select Extensions .

Step 2: On the left, choose Finder or Touch Bar .

Step 3: On the right, use the checkboxes to mark the Quick Actions you want to display in that location. You’ll notice a few built-in Quick Actions such as Rotate and Markup in addition to those you created.

You can then close your System Preferences.

While you cannot delete the Quick Actions built into MacOS, you can remove those you create yourself and no longer need. Because you can show or hide Quick Actions as described above, you might only delete one you know you will never use again, such as an experimental Quick Action you set up.

Step 1: Head back to System Preferences > Extensions .

Step 2: Select either Finder or Touch Bar on the left.

Step 3: Right-click the Quick Action on the right and pick Move to Trash .

You won’t be asked to confirm this move. But if you change your mind afterward, you can open your Trash folder and right-click the item to Put Back the deleted Quick Action.

Quick Actions on a Mac help you perform tedious or repetitive tasks faster and easier than manual work.

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Apple to unveil AI-enabled Safari browser alongside new operating systems

Safari getting new AI tools in iOS 18

The software — expected to debut as Safari 18 later in 2024 — is currently undergoing evaluation alongside internal builds of Apple's next-generation operating system updates, namely iOS 18 and macOS 15, according to people familiar with the matter. Should all of the new features make it to the release candidate stage, users will be treated to a new user interface (UI) for customizing popular page controls, a "Web eraser" feature, and AI-driven content summarization tools.

Intelligent Search - AI-enhanced browsing and text summarization

Engineers evaluating the latest builds of Safari 18 can find a toggle for the new page controls menu within the browser's address bar. The menu consolidates — and provides quick access to — old and new page control tools, among them being the browser's new "Intelligent Search" feature.

This feature is not automatically enabled in test builds of Safari 18 and instead requires manual activation from the page controls menu. Once enabled, it's believed the tool leverages Apple's on-device AI technology — specifically the Ajax language-learning model — to identify topics and key phrases within a webpage for which to base the summarization.

In selecting key phrases, Apple's LLM software identifies sentences that provide explanations or describe the structure of objects, depending on the text in question. Words repeated within a text and key sentences are recognized as text topics.

These early indications suggest Apple is striving to deliver text summarization alongside Safari 18 later this year, though the exact implementation of this feature remains fuzzy.

Apple's text summarization features could be a response to rival generative AI tools, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT. But Apple's on-device models and technologies like Private Relay could make the experience much more secure for users. Intelligent Search is also likely to be the same AI browser assistant that one X user hinted at a couple of weeks back.

Web Eraser for better content-blocking

Also accessible from the new page controls menu is a feature Apple is testing called "Web Eraser." As its name would imply, it's designed to allow users to remove, or erase, specific portions of web pages, according to people familiar with the feature.

The feature is expected to build upon existing privacy features within Safari and will allow users to erase unwanted content from any webpage of their choosing. Users will have the option to erase banner ads, images, text or even entire page sections, all with relative ease.

The erasure is said to be persistent, rather than limited to a browsing session. This means that Safari will remember the changes even after the original tab or window has been closed.

When visiting a web page with previously erased content, Safari will inform the user that the page has been modified to reflect their desired changes. The browser will also give the user the option to revert changes and restore the webpage to its initial, unaltered state.

As for where Apple got the inspiration for Web Eraser, the company could have Sherlocked the feature from the third-party app 1Blocker. The application features a similar way of erasing ads, where users would tap ads to make them disappear.

Updated UI will move key tools into one easy location

The new page controls menu referenced throughout this article will attempt to offer Safari 18 users quick and easy access to several options previously located across different menus and the Share Sheet. Running on pre-release versions of macOS 15, for instance, the menu also pulls in the "Aa" menu common on existing iPadOS versions of the browser. These include zoom options, webpage settings for privacy controls, content blocking options, extension shortcuts, and access to the new AI and erasure tools.

These various options existed previously on macOS, but were found by navigating through the Safari settings menu. Having all of these controls in one central location in the Address Bar will make these options more discoverable for end users. Other options like on-page text search and reader mode are also in this menu.

This all suggests Apple intends to unite the iPadOS and macOS Safari UI paradigms when it unveils its new OS releases during its Worldwide Developers Conference in June.

AI-enhanced Visual Lookup feature could be available in 2025

Simultaneously, Apple is also working on a much more powerful visual search feature scheduled for integration sometime in 2025 that will allow users to obtain information on consumer products when browsing through images. People familiar with the tool say it's similar to the Visual Lookup feature, through which Siri can identify plants, pets and landmarks from photos.

Visual Search could be implemented as a system-wide feature. So, instead of surfacing search results in the Photos app, the user may be able to use Visual Search directly in Safari by selecting an image.

Given development of this tool is in the earlier stages, it remains unclear how Apple will ultimately go about implementing it. It also remains to be seen whether or not the feature will make it through internal testing.

The iPhone maker has expressed significant interest in artificial intelligence and more recently published research related to on-device language learning models. This goes hand in hand with widespread rumors about several other AI-powered software features, many of which are expected to make their debut later this year with iOS 18.

Another big year for Safari

From its inception, Safari was always meant to rival existing web browsers.

Safari was originally added to macOS as a means of replacing Microsoft's Internet Explorer for Mac, which was the default browser. Over the years, the app made its way to the iPhone , and has since received various upgrades over the years.

More recent versions of Safari provide users with personalized web suggestions, and allow for greater privacy protection with features such as iCloud Private Relay.

This latest set of enhancements only serves to better position Safari against the competition, in an ever-increasing landscape of generative AI tools and third-party ad-blockers.

While Apple tests many such features during different development stages, it is important to remember that not all of them make it to release. Apple has been known to delay features or cancel them entirely, so there's always a chance we may not see these new Safari features after all.

Along with Safari 18 and its associated improvements, we should also see a revamped Calculator with Math Notes make its way to iPadOS 18. Freeform Scenes and Adaptive Voice Shortcuts are new OS features, which are also expected to debut later this year.

Apple is expected to introduce various AI-related enhancements as part of iOS 18 and macOS 15, both of which should be announced at the company's annual WWDC on June 10.

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"As for where Apple got the inspiration for Web Eraser, the company could have Sherlocked the feature from the third-party app 1Blocker. The application features a similar way of erasing ads, where users would tap ads to make them disappear." They may also have been inspired by Simplified Page....

As long as I can turn it off/hide it they can knock themselves out. 

Will the web eraser feature remove pop up videos, such as the ones that appear on this site?

I use the 'Reader' function in Safari quite a bit, but sometimes it doesn't work very well. Seems like something that AI could help make better. 

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See the screenshots. The action icon is right in the middle of the screen at the bottom.

Swipe to get to the Add to Home Screen option and tap on it. You will be able to name the shortcut and it will appear on your home screen so that when you tap on it, it will launch Safari directly to that particular website.

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Feb 14, 2018 1:13 PM in response to cabbott322744

Feb 14, 2018 12:46 PM in response to cabbott322744

What do you mean by "Action Menu"? In what application? If you're trying to go to a website, you generally do that through a browser such as Safari. If the site requires Flash or Java, it's not going to work on your iPhone. Check to see if the site offers an app.

Feb 14, 2018 12:56 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

To play poker games on your iPhone you need to add an icon onto the homescrean. Go to Action Menu and clic on the “Add to Home Screen” menu.

You must then re-launch from the homescreen.

(This is the directive Above but I’m not sure how to do it on my iPhone 5)

Feb 14, 2018 12:48 PM in response to cabbott322744

what product is asking you to find the ActionMenu?

are you asking about the control center?

Use and customize Control Center on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Feb 14, 2018 1:04 PM in response to cabbott322744

The Action Menu is the icon at the bottom of the screen that looks like a square with an arrow pointing out of it.

Mar 26, 2018 10:20 AM in response to Demo

FYI. This can only be found in Safari. I couldn't find this in Mercury browser.

Mar 26, 2018 11:05 AM in response to dpmmusic

dpmmusic wrote: FYI. This can only be found in Safari. I couldn't find this in Mercury browser.

The Action Menu can be in different places in different apps.

How-To Geek

How to automatically hide or show the menu bar on a mac.

Don't like seeing the menu bar on your Mac? Reclaim some space by hiding it!

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Key Takeaways

• Automatically hide the menu bar by going to System Preferences > Control Center, and choosing "Always" next to the "Automatically Hide and Show the Menu Bar."
• To re-enable the menu bar, go back to System Preferences >Control Center and select "Never" or "In Full Screen Only" instead.

The Mac menu bar is constant. It's always available at the top of the screen, with menus, Control Center, and utilities. But it doesn't have to be. Here's how to automatically hide or show the menu bar on Mac.

The easiest way to reclaim some screen space on your Mac screen (other than hiding the Dock) is to hide the menu bar itself. Once it's hidden, you can still access it by moving your cursor to the top of the screen.

To enable the automatic menu bar-hiding feature, click the Apple icon, and then choose the "System Settings" option.

Scroll down in the left pane and select "Control Center."

Click on the right-hand pane, then scroll down until you see "Automatically Hide and Show the Menu Bar." Click the current setting (probably "In Full Screen Only") and select "Always" instead.

Now, the menu bar will disappear from your screen.

You can move your cursor to the top of the screen, or you can use the Fn+Control+F2 keyboard shortcut to temporarily show the menu bar. However, if you want to permanently show the menu bar, go back to the System Settings and change the setting back to "In Full Screen Only" or "Never" again.

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Safari to get an AI boost in iOS 18, macOS 15 with smarter search, web page ‘eraser’

Much of the noise being made about Apple’s efforts into AI has been focused on general improvements to iOS 18 and Siri as well as the upcoming M4 chip for the Mac. However, as we get closer to WWDC, more reports about the AI software that Apple will create are coming out, with the most recent one covering Apple’s efforts to enhance the next major version of Safari.

AppleInsider reports that the company is working on a new “Intelligent Search” feature that uses on-device AI to summarize a web page. The language learning model that Apple has developed can identify key phrases and topics that give an idea of what a web page’s content is about and create a summary for the user.

Other features that Apple is working on include:

• A Web Eraser that gives users the option to remove parts of a web page. This includes ads, text, and images. Safari will remember the parts that have been removed when the page is closed, and if the page is revisited, Safari alerts the user that the page has been modified.
• A new page controls menu that appears in the address bar. This menu essentially collects user controls that are spread throughout Safari (text size, zoom, Reader mode, Privacy Report, and more).
• An AI enhancement to Visual Lookup that gives users product information. This feature could also be implemented system-wide, not just in Safari.

Apple plans to implement the new Safari 18 features in both iOS 18 and macOS 15, which will be announced at WWDC24 on June 10. The report claims some features, such as the AI Visual Lookup, may not be available until 2025. That tracks with previous rumors that have suggested AI features will be rolled out in waves. AppleInsider also reported recently on Apple’s plans to update the Notes and Calculator apps.

For the latest news and rumors, check out our iOS 18 and macOS 15 superguides. And learn more about WWDC24 in June.

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New AI Features Reportedly Coming to Safari in iOS 18

Safari will gain a series of AI-powered features and UI enhancements in iOS 18 , AppleInsider reports .

• An "Intelligent Search" browser assistant tool that leverages Apple's on-device AI technology to identify key topics and phrases on webpages for summarization purposes.
• A "Web Eraser" tool that allows users to remove unwanted portions of webpages easily. Erasure is persistent, remaining even when revisiting a site unless changes are reverted.
• A new, quick-access menu emerging from the address bar that consolidates page tools, bringing over some functions that currently sit in the Share Sheet and placing them alongside the new tools.

The iPadOS and macOS versions of Safari are also expected to align further. These new features are purportedly undergoing evaluation alongside internal builds of ‌iOS 18‌ and macOS 15 ahead of their unveiling at Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) in June. Earlier this month, backend code on Apple's servers suggested that a new Safari browsing assistant is in the works, corroborating this report.

Farther in the future, Apple is said to be working on a more powerful version of Visual Look Up that allows users to obtain information on products when browsing through images. The feature is expected to be released sometime in 2025.

Last week, Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman said that ‌iOS 18‌ will "overhaul" many of Apple's built-in apps , including Notes, Mail, Photos , and Fitness. Apple's next-generation operating systems are almost certain to be previewed during Apple's WWDC keynote on June 10, and the updates should be widely released in the fall.

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Court documents reveal Google's payments to Apple increased to an eye-watering $20 billion

• Google paid Apple $20 billion in 2022 to be Safari's default search engine, per court documents.
• That's a $2 billion increase compared to the reported amount Google paid Apple in 2021.
• The deal is key evidence in a US antitrust lawsuit that says Google has an illegal search monopoly.

The price to be the default search engine on iPhones, iPads, and Macs has apparently gone up.

Newly disclosed court documents from the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Google said the tech giant paid over $20 billion in 2022 to secure itself as the default search engine on Apple's Safari browser.

That's at least $2 billion more than the reported price it paid Apple in 2021. According to the court documents, Google paid Apple around $18 billion that year, surpassing $1 billion every month.

Public disclosure of the documents is a big deal because both parties have kept quiet about the exact dollar amount of the arrangement and the numbers have also been excluded from SEC filings.

At the trial last fall, Apple execs were cryptic about the payment and said Google spent "billions" on a deal with Apple. A witness later accidentally said Google paid 36% of the revenue it earned from search ads through Safari.

The $20 billion deal with Apple is a key piece of evidence in the DOJ's landmark antitrust lawsuit against Google. Since 2005, the agreement has required Apple to set Google as Safari's sole default search engine on its devices, according to the court documents.

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The court documents say that in search, Google and Apple seek to "work as if [they] are one company."

An email from Don Harrison, Google's president of global partnerships and corporate development, said in 2018 that Tim Cook's "overall message to Google was 'I imagine us as being able to be deep deep partners,'" and "deeply connected" at the point where Apple's services end and Google's begin, according to the court documents.

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Representatives for Google and Apple didn't immediately respond to Business Insider's requests for comment ahead of publication.

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Apple is also fighting its own antitrust lawsuit that accuses the iPhone maker of illegally maintaining a smartphone monopoly by making its competitors' offerings worse, allegations that Apple has denied.

On February 28, Axel Springer, Business Insider's parent company, joined 31 other media groups and filed a $2.3 billion suit against Google in Dutch court, alleging losses suffered due to the company's advertising practices.

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TOP-11 Moscow Parks to Visit

I have chosen the best 11 Moscow parks to visit and spend a beautiful time for you. Do not miss and choose one that you like the most – cycling, festivals, flowers, panoramic views and many other things are waiting for you!

Gorky Park (The Central Park of Culture and Leisure) – The main one of the Moscow Parks

In my opinion this park could be called the main park of the city. Why? Because of its huge territory, the central location and the amount of people visiting the park daily.  It was founded in 1928 and in 2011 it was totally reconstructed. Now it pleases visitors with modern objects and soft green lawns.

• Oktybrskaya or Park Kultuty metro station, Krimsky Val, 9

The Gorky park is a the right choice for everyone! The youth will like a free WiFi, bicycles, skateboards and other rentals; the couples will enjoy spending time near the river, watching a sunset; parents will appreciate colorful playgrounds and a room for mother and child. Everyone can find something for themselves: from yoga classes  to watching movies in a cozy summer cinema, from dance classes to volleyball playground. Gorky Park is also the venue for all kinds of exhibitions, festivals, events for children and adults. During the winter there is one of the biggest skating rinks in the park.

Museon Art Park – A Second Gorky they say

“Museon” is located on the opposite side of Krimsky Val street. And right now some people believe that Gorky and Museon together is a one space sharing the same beauty.

• Oktybrskaya or Park Kultuty metro station, Krimsky Val, 2

The Park of Arts was named this way because there is the largest composition of open-air sculptures in Russia. In its territory there are already more than 1000 unique exhibits: from monuments of the socialist realism era to various kinds of contemporary art. But this is not all the attractions of the park. In recent years, “Museon” has become an important cultural site of the city. The park regularly hold many different concerts, festivals, educational projects in the field of art and design. There is a Central House of the Artist, a comfortable summer cinema and other attractions on territory. Be sure to stroll pedestrian Crimean embankment, which looks like a modern park.

Neskuchny Garden – True Russian Nature is Here

Neskuchny garden is located on the right bank of the Moscow River. Today it is also seen as a part of the Gorky Park. This landscape park is one of the oldest in the city and is protected by the state. Its name was received from the Neskuchnoye Estate of  Prince Trubetskoi which is still located in the park.

• Leninsky Prospekt metro station, Leninsky Prospect, 30

This park is famous mostly for its location close to the Gorky park. It is a quite place with true nature, lots of trees and squirrels and also ancient architecture. As in every park, there are sports and playgrounds, cafes and even a football field.

Zaryadye Park – 5 Steps Away From The Red Square

The area of this brand new park was opened only in September 2017 and located in the very heart of Moscow – right near the Red Square.

• Open from 10AM to 10PM
• Teatralnaya, Okhotnyi ryad, Ploschad Revolutsii

The park has 4 zones, each of them represent different parts of Russian landscapes. Above the river there is a floating bridge from where you get to see one of the best panoramic views on Moscow. Other attractions of the park are 5D cinema where you can take a flight above Moscow, few cafes and restaurants, pretty lakes with fishes and old preserved churches. In addition there is still being built a  philharmonic hall, covered with a huge dome and an Ice cage where the temperature will always stay below zero degrees.

When you are on the Red Square do not miss it!

All-Russia Exhibition Center (VDNKh) – The Soviet Style Moscow Park

Park VDNKh – one of the most famous parks in Moscow. This park is one of the sights of the city as it hasn’t changed much since the Soviet era.

• VDNKh metro station, Prospect Mira, 119

The symbol of VDNKh is a fountain with 16 women symbolizing the friendship of the nations of the USSR. Around this fountain there are all the pavilions representing 16 republics. Now inside the pavilions you find various shops, cafes and exhibitions. If you go deep inside the park you will find a rocket Vostok and and an aircraft. What is funny the inside of the aircraft there is actually a photo exhibition. Near the northern entrance you there is a famous sculpture “Worker and Kolkhoz Woman”. It is extremely famous among Russians as all the movies by Mosfilm corporation used to start with the picture of this statue. But if you go further inside the park you will reach a very calm area. A lake is there, forest and birds singing. Since the park occupies a large area I suggest you to rent a bicycle.

Sokolniki Park – A Place For A Hunt Or For Leisure?

The park got its name because of the royal falconry, which took place there in the past when there was a dense forest. (Sokol means a falcon.) In 2011 it was significantly transformed: updated lawns, landscaped ponds and picnic areas, restored summer cinema and theater, a large rose garden, sports grounds, bicycle paths and other things.

• Sokolniki metro station, Sokolnichesky Val, 1, p. 1

From the main entrance along the alley you can walk to the Sokolniki circle, where 8 alleys form 9 sectors, in each of them you will find trees of the same breed.  The park is famous for its rosary, as well as flower decoration. On the territory of the park there are concert halls, a library, amusement zone, dances zone and many many other attractions. In winter the park has a skating rink (a free of charge one) and ski runs. During the warm season you can rent a bicycle.

Tsaritsino Park – A Different World Inside Moscow

Here you can walk for hours, admiring the most beautiful nature and magnificent architecture.

• Open from 6AM to 12AM
• Tsaritsyno metro station, Dolsky, 1

The most amazing part of the park is the lake with a light and musical fountain. Every evening the fountain starts the show. Lights and music combined make you feel like you are not in Moscow but in a fairy tale. The park is also well equipped for sports lovers and healthy lifestyle. There are volleyball and basketball courts, a tennis court, sports facilities for acrobatics, bodybuilding equipment.

What I personally like about this park is the atmosphere. This place is actually far from the city center but I love going there anyway. Whenever I go there I feel like I left Moscow with all its hectic lifestyle. It is the place where I relax, enjoy myself or a company of my friends and feel kind of different. By the way totally suggested for a date!

Kolomenskoye Park – Combination Of Reserve and Architecture

The Kolomenskoye park is actually a Museum-Reserve. It is a former residence of Russian tsars and one of the most scenic places in Moscow.

• May to September – open from 8AM to 12AM, October to April – from 8AM to 9PM
• Kolomenskoye metro station, Andropov Ave, 39

 Alike with Tsaritsino park Kolomenskoye park has its own special atmosphere with all the architecture, trees, ponds and even a river bank. The park regularly hosts various folk festivals and different fairs. In summer time you can play with kites or rent a bicycle and ride around the huge area of the park.

I love the view that you get on the city from one of the hills near the river. I love the apple trees alleys and the beautiful churches. It is also a bit far from the city center but yet worth going there. One of my best friends even celebrated her wedding there.

Aptekarsky Garden or Botanical garden of the Moscow State University – The Best Botanical Garden in The World

Aptekar in Russian language means a pharmacist so basically it is a pharmacist’s garden. It was founded in 1706 by Peter The Great for growing medicinal plants for the royal family. But later they moved it from under the walls of the Kremlin to the current location.

• Open from 10AM to 8PM
• Prospect Mira metro station, Prospekt Mira, 26

In the botanical garden there are no attractions and noisy crowds of tourists. The area of the garden is not as big as any other park in Moscow. And the entrance is not free. But this exactly what makes this park one of the most comfortable in the city. In the Aptekarsky garden they grow thousands of different plants, flowers and trees. Some of the trees are more than 300 years old. They held different festivals there: flowers festivals, sand and ice sculptures expositions.

For me it is one of the most beautiful parks not only in Moscow but in the world. I have never seen so many different flowers and plants anywhere else. And trust me I am a real park lover. And what is more the staff really takes care about every single tree or plant there, some of the trees have names and stories. I love it there and I think the price is really worth what you get.

Victory Park – A Park That Makes Us Remember The War

The park is located on the Poklonnaya Hill and it has one of the world’s largest memorial complexes dedicated to the World War II. The park was opened for the 50th anniversary of the Victory on May 9, 1995. It is also one of the main venues in the city for holding a variety of mass events.

• Park Pobedy metro station, Brothers Fonchenko, 7

On the main avenue of the park there are with 1418 fountains – exactly as long as the war lasted. Fountains make five water terraces, symbolizing five years of military operations. And in the center of the park there is the Museum of the Great Patriotic War. If you are interested in the history of the war do not miss it. The Poklonnaya Hill is a part of the park and from the hill you get one of the best views on the city of Moscow. And I could say this is the best place for watching the fireworks during the mass celebrations. But be aware it gets too crowded then. As in most of the other big parks you can rent a bicycle or rollers there.

Izmailovsky Park – A Mix of a Big Forest and Attractions

Izmaylovsky Park occupies a huge green territory, making up a large part of the Izmailovo district. The park consists of two parts: Izmaylovsky Park of Culture and Rest and the forest park of Izmailovo. First part is full of attractions and restaurants while the second one is like a real forest with pine trees, birch groves, beautiful clearings and ponds.

• Izmaylovskaya, Shosse Entuziastov or Partizanskaya metro stations, Izmaylovsky Park

It is easy to spend there a whole day. A large landscaped area and a lot of various entertainments for children and adults will help you not to get bored. An observation wheel, a boat station, children’s playgrounds, a dance floor, sports grounds, a skate park – all this is only a small part of the possible leisure activities. In the park there are bike paths and a rental services.

I don’t go there often to be honest. But the park is very very close whenever to a souvenir market on Partizanskaya metro station. And whenever the weather is nice and I have enough of free time I stroll through the alleys of the park and enjoy the nature. So if you are going to the souvenir market too and you have enough free time then do go to the park too.

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Arc Search brings new widgets, Action button-capable voice search, and more tab controls

Today, Arc Search , the iOS app from the Browser Company that debuted earlier this year , has been updated with three key feature improvements: widgets for your Home screen, Voice Search that can be triggered from an iPhone’s Action button, and handy new tab controls for controlling page zoom and requesting a desktop site.

All of these added conveniences aim to take the AI-focused search and web browsing tool to a new place of frequent engagement for users.

Quick-launching widgets, Voice Search, and tab toggles

Arc Search now offers small and medium-sized widgets to add to your Home screen. Each widget provides the same basic functionality: quick launching into a new Arc search field to start browsing, reopening your existing spaces, or initiating a Voice Search.

Voice Search is an entirely new Arc feature, and can be enabled quickly and conveniently not only from the widget, but also with a tap-and-hold of the plus button at the bottom of the app. Even better though for iPhone 15 Pro owners, Voice Search has been added as a new action to the Shortcuts app, meaning you can configure your iPhone’s Action button to kick off a quick voice search. This method offers just as much convenience as a press-and-hold of the Side button to ask Siri.

The final noteworthy addition to Arc Search is two convenient new tab controls. Accessed by hitting the upward-facing arrow in the bottom-right corner, you’ll now see toggles for Page Zoom and Request Desktop Site. I’m someone who often employs different settings across different sites, and I imagine I’m not alone in that, so being able to quickly tweak a site’s settings from the tab panel will be a nice change moving forward.

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Arc Search aims to represent a new method of web browsing that’s powered by AI, and these updates come on the heels of a likely AI story during the May 7 Apple event, not to mention a definite AI-heavy WWDC next month. So it’s no surprise Arc’s team is working hard to make the app more convenient for users in an effort to ingrain habitual use.

It won’t be long before we see what AI enhancements Apple has in store for Siri, Safari, and related core software, but whether the company offers features that directly compete with Arc Search or not, it sure is fun to witness a new era of app innovation and experimentation fueled by AI.

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