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I started using tab groups in Safari on Mac but now every time I click a link in another app it opens a completely new Safari window. Is it possible to get it to use the same window?

Edit: Just to clarify, if I click a link in some app it opens a new window with a single tab in it. If I click a new link it will open a tab in that window. What I want is the first link to open in any already open Safari windows.

fiskeben
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    My question exactly. This can result in a real mess (losing all of your previous "N Tabs" tabs) too. It works correctly on iOS, but for some reason (rushing out the M1 chips and leaving software in chaos, perhaps) it works differently (and clearly wrong) on macOS. – orome Nov 02 '21 at 15:01
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    A similar question [here](https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/25277/4395). – orome Nov 02 '21 at 15:03
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    This happens when a tab group is selected in the tab panel. When the first row (X Tabs) is selected, the external links are correctly opening in the same window. Clearly looks like a bug. – floch69 Nov 08 '21 at 16:34

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Workaround: drag the link from the external application onto the "new tab" (+ icon) at the top of the preferred Safari window. The link will open in a new tab in this (tab group or other) window.

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    This is a decent suggestion but if you're using Spaces this is hard to do without going mad. I just want to click the link. – fiskeben Jan 21 '22 at 08:43
  • Same to me. I'd like to have some sort of rules: if URL == "https://this.server.com/" than open only in tab group ... Dragging the links manually is absolutely not desirable. – Jan Jan 25 '22 at 10:35
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Safari > Preferences > Tabs

Open pages in tabs instead of windows: Always

Preference

I also searched for a long time how to solve the problem.

It works for me!

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I managed to improve the situation slightly by using Keyboard Maestro. I made a macro that move the newly opened window to my already opened tab group.

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