I reieved a message that says Firefox no longer works with Mac OS X 10.5 and that I should upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 if possible. Also Apple stopped supporting Mac OS X in 2009 and many software makers have either dropped support or soon will. ?

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I reieved a message that says Firefox no longer works with Mac OS X 10.5 and that I should upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 if possible. Also Apple stopped supporting Mac OS X in 2009 and many software makers have either dropped support or soon will. ?

I recieced a message that Firefox 16 is the last version of Firefox that works with Mac OS X 10.5. To keep my personal information safe, we recommend you switch to a newer computer capable of running Mac OS X Mountaian Lion (10.8) if possible. Apple stopped supporting Mac OS X 10.5 in 2009 and many software makers have either dropped support for it or soon will. Your best bet is to get a computer capable of running the latest version of Mac OS X - Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8). This is the most secure option and will allow you to run the latest and greatest Firefox.

Would I be in the same situation if I used Safari? Do I need to upgrade? Is my mac not secure any longer?

Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Oct 15, 2012 5:50 PM

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britny

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Oct 16, 2012 5:11 PM in response to p8tranator

yeah, what does this mean in the real world? a lot of us here use older operating systems and unsupported browsers. what exactly does that mean? they will tell you that you missing out on new features but so far i'm not missing them.

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roam

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Oct 16, 2012 6:26 PM in response to p8tranator

Your best bet is to get a computer capable of running the latest version of Mac OS X - Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8). This is the most secure option and will allow you to run the latest and greatest Firefox.

That is a pretty crazy suggestion just to update a browser! There is another alternative if you are worried about having an unsupported browser.

You can run TenFourFox whose purpose is to support older Macs.

available here;

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/37761/tenfourfox

more info about it here;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TenFourFox

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