Keeping Web Browsers Up-To-Date

Article ID = 6
Article Title = Keeping Web Browsers Up-To-Date
Article Author(s) = Graham Needham (BH)
Article Created On = 29th May 2012
Article Last Updated = 8th March 2021
Article URL = https://www.macstrategy.com/article.php?6

Article Brief Description:
A guide to keeping your web browser software products up-to-date

Keeping Mac Web Browsers Up-To-Date

Web Browsers For The Current Versions Of macOS

Apple Safari (included with macOS)
Mozilla Firefox
Chromium
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Opera
Brave
Vivaldi
Yandex
iCab
Seamonkey (does not have an Apple signed developer certificate)
Omniweb (Version 6 in beta testing)
~~tenFOUR Fox~~ (for older PowerPC based computers) - end of life on 7th September 2021
~~Citrio~~ - no updates since 2015
~~Camino~~ - development discontinued on 31/05/2013
~~Sunrise~~ - no updates since 2012
~~Stainless~~ - no updates since 2011
~~Microsoft Internet Explorer~~ - no longer supported on/updated for Apple Macintosh computers

Here we provide some information about keeping your web browser(s) up-to-date. Just click on the name of the browser(s) that you use.

Apple Safari
Mozilla Firefox
Chromium
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Opera
Vivaldi
Brave
Yandex
iCab
Seamonkey
Omniweb

Please also see our articles on internet security and resetting Mac web browsers.

Apple Safari

Primary web site for Safari
Safari updates are now offered as part of the standard Apple Software Update feature of macOS.
SECURITY WARNING: Safari is no longer supported with security updates on unsupported versions of macOS.

Q. What are the current, supported versions of macOS?

A. macOS 12 (Monterey), macOS 11 (Big Sur), and macOS 10.15 (Catalina) are supported by Apple. The latest security updates are:

macOS 12 - included in the macOS 12.4 Installer (or go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Software Update and install the 12.4 update)
macOS 11 - included in the macOS 11.6.7 Installer (or go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Software Update and install the 11.6.7 update)
macOS 10.15 - included in the macOS 10.15.7 Combo Update + Security Update 2022-004 for Catalina
SECURITY WARNING: macOS 10.14 and earlier are no longer supported with security updates - see our securing older operating systems article.

Mozilla Firefox (Desktop Release)

Minimum version of macOS / OS X required : macOS 10.12
Check for an update now: Open Firefox > go to Firefox menu > About Firefox > click on the "Check for Updates" button
Turn on Automatic Updates: Open Firefox > go to Firefox menu > Preferences… > General (on the left) > Firefox Updates heading > tick "Automatically install updates (recommended)".
Download updates manually from the Firefox Desktop download page.

Mozilla Firefox (ESR - Extended Support Release)

Minimum version of macOS / OS X required : OS X 10.9
Check for an update now: Open Firefox > go to Firefox menu > About Firefox > click on the "Check for Updates" button
Turn on Automatic Updates: Open Firefox > go to Firefox menu > Preferences… > General (on the left) > Firefox Updates heading > tick "Automatically install updates (recommended)".
Download updates manually from the Firefox ESR download page.

Chromium

Minimum version of macOS / OS X required: OS X 10.11
Check for an update now: [install and use a Chromium Updater] Quit Chromium if it is running > open Chromium > the FreeSMUG Updater for Chromium will warn you if an update is available
Turn on Automatic Updates: this feature is not available but if you install an Chromium Updater it will warn you when an update is available
Download updates manually from the FreeSMUG Chromium download page.

Google Chrome

Minimum version of macOS / OS X required: OS X 10.10
Check for an update now: Google Chrome checks for updates automatically by default
Turn on Automatic Updates: Google Chrome checks for updates automatically by default - this feature can be turned off using the Terminal but we don't recommend it
Download updates manually from the Chrome web site.

Microsoft Edge

Minimum version of macOS / OS X required: macOS 10.12
Check for an update now: TO BE CONFIRMED
Turn on Automatic Updates: TO BE CONFIRMED
Download updates manually from the Microsoft web site.

Opera

Minimum version of macOS / OS X required: OS X 10.11
Check for an update now: Open Opera > go to Opera menu > Updates & Recovery… > click the "Check for update" button
Turn on Automatic Updates: TO BE CONFIRMED
Download updates manually from the Opera web site.

Vivaldi

Minimum version of macOS / OS X required: OS X 10.10
Check for an update now: Open Vivaldi > go to Vivaldi menu > Check for Updates
Turn on Automatic Updates: TO BE CONFIRMED
Download updates manually from the Vivaldi web site.

Brave

Minimum version of macOS / OS X required: OS X 10.9
Check for an update now: Open Brave > go to Brave menu > Check for Updates…
Turn on Automatic Updates: TO BE CONFIRMED
Download updates manually from the Brave web site.

Yandex

Minimum version of macOS / OS X required: OS X 10.9
Check for an update now: Open Yandex > go to Yandex menu > About Yandex > Yandex will check for updates and show you a message under the "Yandex.Browser" heading
Turn on Automatic Updates: Yandex checks for updates automatically by default.
Download updates manually from the Yandex web site.

iCab

Minimum version of macOS / OS X required: macOS 10.13
Check for an update now: Open iCab > go to Help menu > Check for iCab Update
Turn on Automatic Updates: Open iCab > go to Help menu > Check for iCab Update > tick "Check periodically (Check once per day)" then click "OK".
Download updates manually from the iCab download page.

Seamonkey

Minimum version of macOS / OS X required: Mac OS X 10.6
Check for an update now: Open Seamonkey > go to Seamonkey menu > Check for Updates…
Turn on Automatic Updates: Open Seamonkey > go to Seamonkey menu > Preferences… > select "Software Installation" on the left under the 'Advanced' heading > on the right under the 'SeaMonkey' heading tick "Automatically check for updates daily" and "Automatically download and install the update".
Download updates manually from the Seamonkey web site.

Omniweb

Minimum version of macOS / OS X required: Mac OS X v10.4.8
Check for an update now: Open Omniweb > go to Omniweb menu > Check for Updates…
Turn on Automatic Updates: Open Omniweb > go to Omniweb menu > Preferences… > Update icon > tick "Check for updates" and set your desired timeframe.
Download updates manually from the Omniweb web site.

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