Safari's missing tab manager

Your Tabs' Best Friend.

TabControl saves your Safari sessions, suspends the clutter, and uses AI to keep everything organized.

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TabControl

Save and Restore Tabs

Suspend Tabs

Join 5,000+ Safari users who already tamed their tabs with TabControl.

Up and running in under a minute.

A few clicks. No account. No configuration.

01
Install and enable
Download TabControl from the Mac App Store, then flip the switch in Safari’s extension preferences. No account needed — takes about 30 seconds.
02
Manage your sessions
Press ⌘S to capture every open tab — AI names the session for you. Reopen it with one click, even after a crash or restart.
03
Suspend and resume tabs
Put idle tabs to sleep to reclaim up to 80% of Safari’s memory without closing anything. Wake everything back up instantly — tabs pick up exactly where they left off.

Five reasons to stop losing tabs.

Session management, memory optimization, and on-device AI — in one native Safari extension.

Session capture

One-Click Session Save

Capture every open tab and window instantly. AI gives the session a name, and you can rename it if you like.

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Memory reclaim

Smart Tab Suspension

Inactive tabs get suspended automatically. Reclaim up to 80% of Safari's memory without closing a single tab.

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Also included

AI-powered analysis
On-device intelligence categorizes sessions, generates names, and surfaces insights — nothing leaves your Mac.
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iCloud sync
Every saved session syncs across all your Macs via iCloud. End-to-end encrypted, opt-in.
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Crash recovery
Safari crashed? macOS restarted? Your sessions are safe — restore everything with one click.
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Migration · Day one

Migrating from another tab manager?

Import your tabs in seconds. Drop in an export file and TabControl rebuilds every session, group, and pinned tab — exactly the way you left them.

SafariChromeTabstractTab SpaceOneTabSession Buddy+ any JSON / HTML bookmarks

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Screen recording — importing sessions from another tab manager

Your data never leaves your Mac.

No cloud processing. No third-party data sharing. TabBuddy keeps your browsing data exactly where it belongs — on your device.

On-device intelligence
AI analysis runs locally through Apple Intelligence. Session names, categories, and insights are generated on your Mac — nothing is transmitted.
Local-first storage
Sessions are stored in a local database on your Mac. No automatic cloud uploads. iCloud sync is opt-in and encrypted end-to-end.
Your keys, your control
Want cloud AI? Bring your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key. Keys are stored in macOS Keychain — never in plaintext, never shared with us.

From the App Store

A few of our favorite reviews from Safari users on macOS.

Finally Safari has this
Been waiting years for something like this on Safari. Sessions actually restore properly, which wasn't true of the other extensions I tried.
Sarah C. Mar 12
Opens right back to where I left off
Crashed mid-project last week and didn't lose a tab. Worth it for the session recovery alone.
Marcus R. Feb 28
Simple without being dumbed down
Keyboard shortcuts work, sessions are organized, and there isn't a bunch of AI junk in the way. Exactly what I wanted.
Emily N. Mar 3
Memory usage dropped in half
Running 60+ tabs across three windows was killing my MacBook Air. Suspension brought memory back under control within a day.
James P. Mar 18
Good for research workflows
Using it for a literature review with ~80 open tabs. One star off only because there's no tag search yet — the session approach works fine for me though.
Priya S. Feb 14
Feels like a proper Mac app
No sign-up, no cloud account, doesn't beg for a review every time you open it. Rare these days.
Nicholas H. Mar 20
Replaced three other extensions
I had a session manager, a tab suspender, and a bookmark-to-tab thing running. Now it's one extension and Safari is faster.
Chris L. Feb 8
Does what it says
Saves tabs. Restores tabs. Keeps Safari fast. That's the whole pitch and it delivers.
Tom B. Mar 5
Whole research group switched
Got everyone in the lab on it after seeing how much faster my Safari was. Session export has been great for passing context between people.
Ana W. Feb 22
Two months in, still using it daily
Actually keeps me on Safari instead of going back to Chrome. Hard to overstate how much that matters for battery on long travel days.
Richard S. Mar 25
Session restore paid for itself
Hard reboot took out my whole morning's work. Hit restore and every tab was back in the right window. Sold.
Helena V. Mar 17
Kept it past the trial
Most Safari extensions I delete inside a week. This one stayed. Probably the highest praise I give.
Kai P. Feb 2

Finally Safari has this
Been waiting years for something like this on Safari. Sessions actually restore properly, which wasn't true of the other extensions I tried.
Sarah C. Mar 12
Simple without being dumbed down
Keyboard shortcuts work, sessions are organized, and there isn't a bunch of AI junk in the way. Exactly what I wanted.
Emily N. Mar 3
Good for research workflows
Using it for a literature review with ~80 open tabs. One star off only because there's no tag search yet — the session approach works fine for me though.
Priya S. Feb 14
Replaced three other extensions
I had a session manager, a tab suspender, and a bookmark-to-tab thing running. Now it's one extension and Safari is faster.
Chris L. Feb 8
Whole research group switched
Got everyone in the lab on it after seeing how much faster my Safari was. Session export has been great for passing context between people.
Ana W. Feb 22
Session restore paid for itself
Hard reboot took out my whole morning's work. Hit restore and every tab was back in the right window. Sold.
Helena V. Mar 17

Opens right back to where I left off
Crashed mid-project last week and didn't lose a tab. Worth it for the session recovery alone.
Marcus R. Feb 28
Memory usage dropped in half
Running 60+ tabs across three windows was killing my MacBook Air. Suspension brought memory back under control within a day.
James P. Mar 18
Feels like a proper Mac app
No sign-up, no cloud account, doesn't beg for a review every time you open it. Rare these days.
Nicholas H. Mar 20
Does what it says
Saves tabs. Restores tabs. Keeps Safari fast. That's the whole pitch and it delivers.
Tom B. Mar 5
Two months in, still using it daily
Actually keeps me on Safari instead of going back to Chrome. Hard to overstate how much that matters for battery on long travel days.
Richard S. Mar 25
Kept it past the trial
Most Safari extensions I delete inside a week. This one stayed. Probably the highest praise I give.
Kai P. Feb 2

Finally Safari has this
Been waiting years for something like this on Safari. Sessions actually restore properly, which wasn't true of the other extensions I tried.
Sarah C. Mar 12
Memory usage dropped in half
Running 60+ tabs across three windows was killing my MacBook Air. Suspension brought memory back under control within a day.
James P. Mar 18
Replaced three other extensions
I had a session manager, a tab suspender, and a bookmark-to-tab thing running. Now it's one extension and Safari is faster.
Chris L. Feb 8
Two months in, still using it daily
Actually keeps me on Safari instead of going back to Chrome. Hard to overstate how much that matters for battery on long travel days.
Richard S. Mar 25

Opens right back to where I left off
Crashed mid-project last week and didn't lose a tab. Worth it for the session recovery alone.
Marcus R. Feb 28
Good for research workflows
Using it for a literature review with ~80 open tabs. One star off only because there's no tag search yet — the session approach works fine for me though.
Priya S. Feb 14
Does what it says
Saves tabs. Restores tabs. Keeps Safari fast. That's the whole pitch and it delivers.
Tom B. Mar 5
Session restore paid for itself
Hard reboot took out my whole morning's work. Hit restore and every tab was back in the right window. Sold.
Helena V. Mar 17

Simple without being dumbed down
Keyboard shortcuts work, sessions are organized, and there isn't a bunch of AI junk in the way. Exactly what I wanted.
Emily N. Mar 3
Feels like a proper Mac app
No sign-up, no cloud account, doesn't beg for a review every time you open it. Rare these days.
Nicholas H. Mar 20
Whole research group switched
Got everyone in the lab on it after seeing how much faster my Safari was. Session export has been great for passing context between people.
Ana W. Feb 22
Kept it past the trial
Most Safari extensions I delete inside a week. This one stayed. Probably the highest praise I give.
Kai P. Feb 2

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Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about TabControl

Your tabs deserve better
than a bookmark folder.

Save sessions. Suspend the clutter. Let AI handle the organizing.
Available now on the Mac App Store.

Get TabControl for Safari

4.9 on the App Store

Your Tabs' Best Friend.

Save and Restore Tabs

Suspend Tabs

Install and enable

Manage your sessions

Suspend and resume tabs

One-Click Session Save

Smart Tab Suspension

Also included

AI-powered analysis

iCloud sync

Crash recovery

Migrating from another tab manager?

On-device intelligence

Local-first storage

Your keys, your control

From the App Store

Help us collect more.

Frequently asked questions

Does TabControl work with other browsers?

Where is my data stored?

What macOS version do I need?

Can I sync sessions across my Macs?

How does the AI analysis work?

Your tabs deserve betterthan a bookmark folder.

Your tabs deserve better
than a bookmark folder.