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Hi. Is there an Internet speedtest for mac OS 10.6.8 that will run in Safari on a 2006 178" iMac? I usually use either Speakeasy or DSL Reports but weight of these will work due to the lack of plug-ins for my old iMac. Any ideas how I can test my Internet speed on this old machine? Thanks.
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
I hadn't used that link in a while and when I just tried it, you are right. Add notice to post - Do not download any programs from this site. They are not programs you want installed on your computer.
Kurt, thanks to your advice I didn't click on the CleanMyMac (second) link but I did go to the Adobe Flash download page to get Flash and that pointed me to a discussion about the lack of a supported version of Flash (which is required by the speediest.net). By reading that discussion I learned that 10.6.8 is so full of security vulnerabilities that no one in their right mind would use it any more for web surfing. I guess was just curious to see how fast this old machine can download stuff. I suppose can always just look at Activity monitor to find out.
Online security is definitely a concern with Snow Leopard. The only way to get continuing security updates for Safari is to never be more then two generations of OS releases back from the current.
Chrome and Firefox supported Snow Leopard for quite a while, but they both dropped out about the same time. That was a year ago now (or about). That I know of, there's no browser available for SL that isn't out of date.
See if you Internet provider offers an online speedtest. It is unlikely you will find many tests that will work on such an old model as yours.
You can see if either of the below will work.
Internet Speed Test Requires Flash Player
Internet Speed Test (2) No Flash Player Required
Yikes! They sure push the pure garbage that is CleanMyMac on the second link.
Internet speedtest for mac OS 10.6 on 2006 iMac?
