Is there a safe version of the DuckDuckGo Browser that I can download, that's compatible with my iMac OS 10.15.7? If so, what URL should I use to download it onto my iMac, OS Catalina? My iMac is late 2013, Memory: 16Gb 1600 MHz DDR3. Thanks in advance for your helpful replies. Have a good 2026!
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
Eliahu Goodman (Author)
Perhaps you're not aware this type of online browser can
used directly from their hosted webpage, w/o incident?
My macs use DDG from within supported browsers
& most mine are older than Catalina macOS 10.15.7.
https://duckduckgo.com/ https://brave.com/
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/
DuckDuckGo is independent of many practical browsers
except where they have made versions for different OS.
Example:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=Hult%C3%A9n+botantist+hard+cover+archive+publication+1800s&ia=web
While I've never downloaded or installed DDG, it does
a great job with earlier MacOS; before High Sierra. An
older iMac Early 2009 with El Capitan 10.11.6 uses it.
So as long as you are NOT going to rely on Extensions
that downloads may try and install, online Just Works.
And that leads me to ask a redundant question. Why?
..Choose in your Safari browser, to use DuckDuckGo..
Or get and use a FireFox ESR version, to run DDG there.
Safari still works OK for sites; but isn't as secure at FFx.
Also Brave browser is a prime choice; you can choose
to narrow its focus and avoid ads; some youtube items
may run without as many commercial breaks in a video.
Dear DialABrain, thanks for your reply. Much appreciated.My motivation was to be able to use on my iMac the DuckDuckGo feature that enables one to watch YouTube without the interruption of ads (like I can on my iPhone 14. I would so love to do that. Do you know, is there a way I can do that using the DuckDuckGo option that's usable on/with Firefox? Thanks for your kind, considerate care. Have a great New Year.
You're welcome. I can't say. I see YouTube ads on our Smart TV that I never see on my Macs. I assume it's because I have Adblock Plus installed in FF. However, I am running much newer versions of macOS and FF and don't know what options there may be for Catalina.
K Shaffer wrote:
Or get and use a FireFox ESR version, to run DDG there.
While there was an ESR version of Firefox that was listed (for a while) as being compatible with Catalina, the current version of Firefox will run on Catalina. No need to install an older ESR version just yet.
Also Brave browser is a prime choice; you can choose
to narrow its focus and avoid ads; some youtube items
may run without as many commercial breaks in a video.
The current version of Brave requires macOS 12 (Monterey) or higher.
Brave Help Center – What are the system requirements to install Brave?
A thread in the Brave Community has a pointer to an old copy of Brave, on Github, that is supposed to work on Catalina. However, I do not know if this is an official distribution.
Be sure you are not conflating DuckDuckGo search engine and DuckDuckGo browser.
DuckDuckGo search engine (an equivalent to Google search) can be selected for use inside many Browsers through a simple selection is settings. No download is generally required.
DuckDuckGo Browser can be used Instead of Safari, or Firefox. [N.B. I am not specifying Chrome Browser because you should NEVER have the invasive and resource hogging Chrome Browser installed on your Mac AT ALL.]
limits were drawn in the past years' ESR Firefox ~ as usual: follows Apple
As my Late 2012 (bought new from Apple Dec 2014) limits by hardware
at Catalina 10.15.7 & most affordable upgrades were done. Download of
last supported Mac OS was done, but not installed. ~ Only Mojave 10.14
is the highest macOS in my four different Macintosh computers here.
.My oldest Mac mini G4 'last PPC Mac mini' high spec w/ Leopard 10.5.8.
Link(s) above download live from Mozilla Firefox ESR.
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-esr115-latest-ssl&os=osx&lang=en-US
Also the limits to Brave have been pulled along too.
(From my Mac mini (intel) Brave browser in macOS 10.13.6)
To get future Brave updates, you'll need MORE recent macOS.
PS: Learn more
Brave Help Center (All recent offers)
There isn't one. DuckDuckGo requires macOS 12.3 or later.
What's a safe DuckDuckGo Downloadable Version for late 2013, OS 10.15.7 Catalina?
