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'''webarchive''' is a [[Web archive file]] format available on [[macOS]] and [[Windows]] for saving and reviewing complete web pages using the [[Safari (web browser)|Safari web browser]].<ref name="folderize">{{cite web |last1=Frakes |first1=Dan |title=De-archive Web Archives |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/1050198/webarchivefolderizer.html |website=Macworld |publisher=IDG Communications |accessdate=15 June 2018}}</ref> The webarchive format differs from a standalone [[HTML]] file because it also saves linked files such as images, [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]], and [[JavaScript]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Arnott|first1=Nick|title=Apple declines to fix vulnerability in Safari's Web Archive files, likely because it requires user action to exploit|url=http://www.imore.com/apple-declines-fix-vulnerability-safaris-webarchive-files-likely-because-it-requires-user-action|website=iMore|date=28 April 2013|publisher=Mobile Nations|accessdate=7 February 2015}}</ref> The webarchive format is a concatenation of source files with filenames saved in the binary [[Property list|plist]] format using NSKeyedArchiver.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} Support for webarchive documents was added in Safari 4 Beta on Windows and is included in subsequent versions, until its discontinuation after 2012. Safari in [[iOS 13]] (iPhone and iPad) has support for web archive files.<ref>{{cite web|title=iOS and IPadOS 13 Review|url=https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-and-ipados-13-the-macstories-review/9/#content|website=MacStories|accessdate=25 September 2019}}</ref> Previously there was a third party iOS app called Web Archive Viewer that provided this functionality.
 
==Usage==