A banner on gmail says this "This version of Safari is no longer supported. Please upgrade to a supported browser. Dismiss" what to do?

Hi ..

v10.6.8 Snow Leopard is an oudated OS X which does not support Gmail on Safari.

Apple Kills Snow Leopard: OS X 10.6 No Longer Receives Security Updates

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If so, that would update Safari to version 8 which would allow you to access Gmail on Safari.

Same thing occurred here a few days with the "No longer supported" message in GMail. Sadly if like me you run OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) because you like that OS or don't want to or cant update to a newer OS then basically there not much you can do except get rid of Gmail...

Google have made it clear with their ridiculous shambles they created recently by trying to block (and failing) OSX 10.6 users from using the modern style Google search and telling folk basically "Tough luck, upgrade or be left out". I'll never understand why they & others take such an idiotic position of telling folk to "upgrade" (downgrading I call it) from an OS that suit their needs but hey, I suppose some are like sheep and simply follow latest trends just for the sake of it...

GMail still works for now without problem but I've no doubt they'll be making changes in the background that soon enough will make it unusable with OSX 10.6, I'm currently working to get rid of that annoying "No longer supported" message at the top in the meantime but personally since all the bother Google have caused for Mac users this year I'm moving away from all their products including Gmail...

The problem I experienced was that I upgraded to the latest version of Safari, which is NOT supported by OS 10.6.8. The problems soon became more than I could bear.

When I tried to use Time Machine in order to find an older version of Safari, I infected the previous Safari version on every attempt to open them. After a couple hours, I dragged the Safari icon to the trash bin and used a Secure Empty Trash. After I did that, there were no visible Safari icons.

When I rebooted, there was still no Safari Icon.

I went further back on time machine, and found a time that still had the old version of Safari. It opened with no issues. When I rebooted, it came back up, along with the Safari Icon, and with no more issues than I had prior to installing the "Upgraded" version of Safari.

The reason I added this comment to your thread was to help some other poor soul with a similar experience.

I agree with you. OSX 10.6.8 is a good solid platform.

Maybe Google is jealous.

Jim

I will not be trashing current Safari, I will not be attempting to download some "newer" version of Safari. Until I am no longer able to open G mail, I am staying with the tried and true. When I am unable to open G mail, I will lug my Mac to the nearest Mac repair store, (ironically called the Bad apple), and get some honest answers.

I agree with jekyllh . Keep on using safari until it doesn't work with gmail. After that you can still use Chrome or Firefox which still work with gmail.

If you are working and used to using some older applications on your computer, updating to Yosemite will create so many problems. Some of your older applications will not work anymore and you will have to upgrade them too. This = $$$$ . Maybe it will be cheaper to buy a new computer . Effectively what Apple wants....

To test yosemite out with my applications and configurations I am going to try the following:

Make a bootable copy of my hard drive on 500Gb external hard drive, using "Carbon Copy Cloner".

Carbon Copy Cloner is quite straight forward. Important "Never try sliding over your hard drive over to the external drive to copy it". That is asking for trouble !!!

Then boot my computer from the external hard .

Update to Yosemite on the external hard drive.

Reboot on the external hard drive and see how yosemite works.

It does take time. Though maybe not as much as going to the shop or ruining the functions of your old applications on your main computer.

I am not sure this is the best way to test Yosemite with my older applications. But I thought I would share the idea.

Ch

Simplest way to test out new versions of Mac OSX is to partition your main hard drive so that you have an extra partition to install any new OS to for testing purposes.

For example I prefer to use through choice on my iMacs - OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and I have their HD's partitioned as follows...

1 TB HardDrive...

Partition 1: 150GB for OSX 10.6 + Applications

Partition 2: 150GB for OSX 10.6 + Applications back up

Partition 3: 100GB for Installing & testing new versions of Mac OS

Partition 4: 600GB for Storage of all data (Movies, Music, Pics etc...)

I've found this to be the best way to run a Mac for ease of use, easy & simple restoration & backup of your OS partition & for the simplest and quickest way for testing out new versions of Mac OS before you decide whether they are suitable and work for you.

It's also very handy for keeping a current backup of your OS available for when you install an update to some software only to find out it doesn't work or is bugged and you want to got back to your known working set up as it was before you installed the updated software (something that I find happens quite often with bug ridden software updates)...

With the above type of set up you can easily boot into your current set up or into a new OS for easy testing and restore things easily and quickly should anything go wrong. It's much faster than using external disks but of course you should always have a complete back up of your system & data on an external disk in case the built in one ever fails... (all of course backed up quickly and safely using CCC (CarbonCopyCloner)... :-)

I completely agree it is a very slow process. In other words while the computer is working you go do something else . You need to be there for the restarts though "make sure you restart on the proper HD".

The HD on my mac mini is 250Gb (170Gb Used) . Partitioning won't cut it in this situation.

So I went on and did the Yosemite upgrade on a 500Gb external HD. Now I am testing some old apps on it. For now I found a couple of applications that are not compatible. But the one that glares out at you is iPhoto. The version I have is not compatible. Retrieving the photos (iphoto libraries) would be a bit of work. Especially considering our Mac Mini has five accounts on it.

With a Java upgrade Microsft 2008 and Phtoshop CS4 work. That is nice

Luckily I never used iphoto to sort my photos but my wife and children have :-)

So for now no update to Yosemite yet. I will wait to see what apple does regarding iPhoto and there are still a few more applications I want to test as well.

By for now.

there IS no newer version of Safari 10.5.10. I dont even have any extensions on Safari and it still doesnt work.

All the replies to your query listed here are from users of Mac. (I have a Macbook Pro with no issues on Gmail). I use Safari on a Windows 7 PC and get this irritating notice from GMail stating browser version is no longer supported. I've been getting it for some months now. At first I checked to see if I was using the latest Safari and of course I was.

So the answer at the moment seems to simply dismiss the notice and carry on using it anyway!.

I was wondering Amsml58, what are the specs on your computer as far as the model of Mac? I switched to Yosemite, but unfortunately the year/make of my model Macbook Pro/early 2011/2.0 ghz/i7 did not do well with Yosemite. I changed OS's when my logic board was replaced by Apple and I no longer had the disks to programs that I needed and I needed to work..... so I switched. I was blessed to find my first disk of 10.6.1. I doubt I will try another.

Peace.