How to move multiple Safari tabs at once in macOS
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When tabbed browsers first appeared, I was dubious. I liked my various windows that I could arrange! Over time, browers improved tab management and tools, and I adapted. I often have multiple windows open, each with a particular task or project, with many tabs in each.
But what do you do when you have a bunch of tabs in one window and want to move them to another window? Safari lets you drag tabs one at a time: hold down on the tab and drag and a tiny window appears that you drag into another open window (either onto a tab or into the tab bar). Or you can release it and it becomes a freestanding window of its own.
IDGYou can add all the tabs in a window to a bookmarks folder.
If you want to move multiple tabs, you’re stuck. Chrome offers this feature–hold down the Shift key and select tabs–but Safari does not. There’s a workaround that involves bookmarks and a little fuss, but if you’re moving more than three or four tabs, it’s worth the effort.
- Bring the window in Safari to the front that contains tabs you want to move.
- Select Bookmarks > Add Tabs for These X Bookmarks.
- In the dialog that appears, name the folder that will contain these bookmarks and click Add.
- Open a new window by selecting File > New Window.
- Choose Bookmarks > Show Bookmarks.
- Right-click on the bookmarks folder and select Open in New Tabs.
- After the window fills with tabs, click the x close box on the tabs you don’t want in that window. Return to the window you started with and the do the same for ones you just moved.
This seems like a kludge, and it is. But clicking the close box a number of times is substantially faster than what feels like using a tweezer to pick up tabs and move them individually.
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