How does one update browser on mac
How does one update browser from 10.6.8?
MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2 GHz), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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You switch browsers or upgrade the computer's OS.
To upgrade, open the Mac App Store and try downloading Yosemite. If you get told it's incompatible, choose About this Mac from the Apple menu, check if the computer has at least a Xeon or Core 2 Duo(not Core Duo) CPU and 2GB of RAM, and if it does, click here and order a download code for Lion 10.7.
Back up your data and check your applications for compatibility before upgrading. In particular, Mac OS X 10.7 and newer don't support PowerPC programs such as versions of Microsoft Office prior to 2008.
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You update Safari by updating your OS X version.
10.6.8 has its own security update which also helps update Safari, if you have not applied it yet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_version_history
Shows you'd need to get the update from September 2013 to ensure you have Safari 5.1.10.
Otherwise as others suggested, upgrading to 10.7 or later will get you a newer Safari.
Other browsers run in 10.6.8 which are newer.
By the way 10.6.8 is not a Classic operating system. For further questions, be sure to post in the correct operating system forum:
How does one update browser on mac