Keeping Web Browsers 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
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• Opera
• Brave
• Vivaldi
• Yandex
• iCab
• Seamonkey (does not have an Apple signed developer certificate)
• Omniweb (Version 6 in beta testing)
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• 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

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

Apple Safari

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

• macOS 11 - included in the macOS 11.4 Installer (or go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Software Update and install the 11.4 update)
• macOS 10.15 - included in the macOS 10.15.7 Combo Update + Security Update 2021-003 for Catalina
• macOS 10.14 - included in the macOS 10.14.6 Combo Update + Security Update 2021-004 for Mojave
• SECURITY WARNING: macOS 10.13 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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