Why are many apps telling me to update Safari when I have the most recent version installed? Occasionally it prevents me from viewing content.
I have OSX Yosemite 10.10.3 and Safari 8.0.6 on a 2009 IMac
OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), Safari 8.0.6
Might be scam sites.
No, they're sites that I regularly use, and I can access them using Chrome, but get the message about updating my browser when using Safari.
You have the current version of Safari. Have you disabled JavaScript, or blocked popups? Or blocked cookies?
I have read discussions here that (if memory serves) claim the a Safari visit to Apple.Com triggers such alerts. Most websites check your browser & version with a JavaScript and alert you if the version is incapable of running their code.
The way a site knows your browser info is - your browser sends its "User Agent" info when connecting to a server - e.g., " Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0 TenFourFox/G3 " is for my browser TenFourFox(Firefox) v.31.7.
It is possible that the site's JavaScript has a flaw or the the user agent info is being sent or interpreted incorrectly. An easy way to get your user agent string is > http://whatsmyuseragent.com/ ---EDIT-URLfixed
most modern browsers have developer tools that let you "switch" what the browser "tells" a site for testing and troubleshooting... it used to be easy in older Safari, don't know about v8.0.6.
Please load CheckMyIp.org and post the "USER AGENT information" shown.
Why are apps telling me to update Safari when I have the most recent version installed?
