i can not get the software update for my mac. Chase bank is requesting the more current version and i can not find the down load.
i need to update my safari browser but can not find the update where it should be at.
Windows, Windows 10
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You do not need to update Safari. Chase needs to update their website. They need to stop using the outdated and privacy-intrusive "user agent" query as the means to determine if a browser can handle their website, which was never a good idea to begin with.
If you are motivated to do so direct their attention to this excerpt from Apple's Safari Developer Documentation (emphasis added):
Important
Use feature detection to enable or disable functionality instead of relying on the name or version of the browser in the User Agent string. Learn how to detect available features on MDN…
The passage regarding feature detection in that document uses even stronger language:
"... this is a terrible practice that should be discouraged at all costs."
Unfortunately, Chase's continued and inexcusable use of that terrible practice leaves you out in the cold until they realize the error of their ways and correct it.
The workaround for end users who are unable to update their Macs to a newer macOS version is to use a different browser.
Consider Brave:
Firefox is a distant second choice:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
The bottom line is that there is nothing wrong with your Mac's version of Safari, but that bank is using an outdated and ill-conceived method of determining browser requirements. Perhaps they should buy you a new Mac.