Daily we use some type of browser to access the websites that we use frequently either on a personal or professional level and it is a task that we can perform with some frequency downloading a website for later analysis or to preserve the content of this without having to search again in the browser.
When using Safari in macOS we will have the opportunity to download websites in a format called web file and in this way when any web page is saved as this type of file in macOS, all the text of the web page, the content of the article, the images, style sheets and other web content will be saved in that web file. That file can be opened locally on the Mac computer even if we are not online which allows its availability at all times.
1. How to download a website in Safari using macOS High Sierra
Step 1
First we will access Safari, we open the website we want to download and go to the "File" menu and there we select the "Save as" option:
Note: It is also possible to use the following key combination to activate this option.
⇧ + ⌘ + S
Step 2
The following window will be displayed where we will define the following values:
- Name of the website to export
- Add tags if we wish
- Define the location where the web file is to be saved
- In the Format field select the option Web file
Once these values are defined, click on the "Save" button and the website will be stored in that location.
This file will be saved with the .webarchive extension which will be automatically opened in Safari, and it is a self-contained file that includes as we have mentioned, the data of the web page, the text, the content, the images, the sheets of style and other components of the selected web page.
Step 3
At the time of opening the web file this will be its appearance. We can see that it retains all the elements of the website and in the address bar we find the path where said file is hosted.
2. How to save a website in PDF format in Safari Mac
PDF (Portable Document Format) formats are one of the most commonly used file types for their simplicity, compatibility and protection levels offered.
If we want to save a website in this PDF format, Safari offers us a simple method to carry out this task in a useful way.
Step 1
For this we go to the website we want to export and go to the "File" / "Export as PDF" menu:
Step 2
In the window that will be displayed we define the following points:
- Name of the website to export
- Tags to add to the PDF file
- Location where the PDF file will be stored
Step 3
Now we can see this site in PDF format:
As we can see it is simple to download and export websites as PDF using Safari in macOS High Sierra.
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