Safari’s Compact Tab Bar Returns in macOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4

Posted on by Tim Hannon in Macintosh
scene for a safari near sunset. across the bottom are tabs with animals in them. lion, wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, elephant, and landscape.

Safari’s compact tab bar option, which saves vertical space by placing the address bar in the current tab, went missing in the initial releases of macOS 26 Tahoe and iPadOS 26. Only Apple knows why this helpful option disappeared (Liquid Glass?), but as of macOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, it’s back! On the Mac, select it in Safari > Settings > Tabs; on the iPad, look in Settings > Apps > Safari.

(Featured image based on an original by iStock.com/czekma13)

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