
However, with a single exception, those utilities are now old and their future uncertain. This is an opaque file format that assembles the entire content of the page, including embedded images and other content, but not linked downloadable files, in a single incomprehensible text file.Īlthough this format is peculiar to Safari, it has limited support by some other browsers, which can read it, and a few utilities which can, for instance, convert a Webarchive to PDF. This is almost certainly not what you’d want as a more permanent record such as an archive. The saved file can be opened in Safari or another browser, and so long as none of the linked content is missing or changed, you should see the original page reconstituted faithfully. For relatively plain pages containing text exclusively, this can be useful, but that is now appropriate for few pages. This is the smallest and least complete version of the four, as it contains the HTML source of the page, and omits all linked and similar generated content. File/Print…/Save as PDF to save the page as a single PDF file, in print format.



The site you found so useful today may have vanished next week, and the chances of it still being there in a couple of years may be slim.
