cescoemmanuel

Q: Safari outdated?

I am running OS x 10.8.5, Safari 6.2.8.

 

Safari has started crashing a lot recently, running much slower and when watching videos, will crash my mac.

 

Is there anyway I can upgrade Safari? Some sites I visit are telling me that my version of Safari is outdated.

 

What is the best way to solve this problem?

MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Aug 11, 2016 7:50 PM

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  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel Aug 11, 2016 10:38 PM in response to cescoemmanuel
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    Aug 11, 2016 10:38 PM in response to cescoemmanuel

    Switch to a different web browser, or upgrade the computer’s OS. The best option depends on whether you use software incompatible with the upgraded OS.

     

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  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Aug 12, 2016 3:48 AM in response to cescoemmanuel
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    Aug 12, 2016 3:48 AM in response to cescoemmanuel

    For awhile, your Mountain Lion OS X 10.8.5 could use the Mozilla Firefox

    browser, see the version noted here, along with link to read more:

     

    "Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) version 45 will continue to receive updates

    on OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 until 2017. Version 45 is the last ESR version to receive

    updates. In 2017, ESR 45 will no longer be supported...

    See this: Firefox ESR page to download Firefox ESR."

     

    If not an 'organization' you may still find this browser useful, as the main version is no

    longer supported by updates: there are download links here to the ESR version:

    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

     

    {above quote from https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-osx}

     

    Other browsers may include SeaMonkey (also does client email) based on Mozilla.

    The SeaMonkey ® Project - site

     

    Your model MacBook could support a later OS X, perhaps El Capitan in a marginal way

    and not likely to support a later upgrade due to cut-off details about that new version.

     

    If you chose to try to get & install El Capitan, be sure to fully backup your present OS X

    and create off-computer archives to fully restore it to the present system from scratch.

     

    Most likely, to have a different browser would be a means to buy time & learn options.

     

    http://etrecheck.com/#about could help see what may be causing the MacBook's crash;

    also system Console utility logs can show activities from those specific times to diagnose.

     

    In any event...

    Good luck & happy computing!