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lorettalenox
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Q: Updates for Safari

My MAC (OS X) version 10.7.5, has Safari version 6.1.6.  I have kept up with updates within these version.  What are my options for updating Safari to a later version?

 

 

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MAC Power Book G4, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Mar 6, 2016 2:53 PM

by MrHoffman,Apple recommended
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You're on a fossil version of OS X and there are vulnerabilities with the security of network connections that far back, and your choices are to upgrade to a newer version of OS X via the Mac App Store — this if your Mac supports that upgrade — or to switch to a different browser.

 

The Google Chrome browser currently has support for 10.7, but that support due to be retired in an upcoming release.   Which leaves you with Firefox as an option, for as long as that's supported on 10.7.   This if you can't upgrade to a more current version of OS X.

 

If you do upgrade, make a complete system backup first.   Preferably to external storage.   Maybe two backups.   OS X upgrades generally don't fail, but your data is too valuable, and is not worth even that minor risk.  Have a backup.

Posted on Mar 21, 2016 3:06 PM

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Q: Updates for Safari

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  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel Mar 6, 2016 2:56 PM in response to lorettalenox
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    Mar 6, 2016 2:56 PM in response to lorettalenox

    Upgrade the computer’s OS if possible.

     

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  • by MrHoffman,Apple recommended

    MrHoffman MrHoffman Mar 21, 2016 3:06 PM in response to lorettalenox
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    Mar 21, 2016 3:06 PM in response to lorettalenox

    You're on a fossil version of OS X and there are vulnerabilities with the security of network connections that far back, and your choices are to upgrade to a newer version of OS X via the Mac App Store — this if your Mac supports that upgrade — or to switch to a different browser.

     

    The Google Chrome browser currently has support for 10.7, but that support due to be retired in an upcoming release.   Which leaves you with Firefox as an option, for as long as that's supported on 10.7.   This if you can't upgrade to a more current version of OS X.

     

    If you do upgrade, make a complete system backup first.   Preferably to external storage.   Maybe two backups.   OS X upgrades generally don't fail, but your data is too valuable, and is not worth even that minor risk.  Have a backup.

  • by lorettalenox,

    lorettalenox lorettalenox Mar 21, 2016 3:10 PM in response to lorettalenox
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    Mar 21, 2016 3:10 PM in response to lorettalenox

    Thanks

     

    The concern I have is my MAC supporting the upgrade.  I have heard from others with a MAC that is the age of mine, (about 7-8 years), that when they upgraded to El Capitien perfomance was quite negatively effected

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  • by MrHoffman,

    MrHoffman MrHoffman Mar 21, 2016 5:07 PM in response to lorettalenox
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    Mar 21, 2016 5:07 PM in response to lorettalenox

    Your choices here are limited.   Make a full backup or two to external storage (as would be recommended in general), perform the upgrade, and see how well your configuration works.   Older computers that were purchased with minimal configurations have never upgraded all that well, unfortunately.   Middling and higher-end configurations — what can work better, if you're planning on keeping the computer for a while — have usually done better with upgrades.   With some older systems, an SSD upgrade is both feasible and can be helpful with the system performance.   (Macs that are short on physical memory will run at the I/O speed of the disk storage, and an SSD is far faster than the hard disks that were typically found on Macs from seven or eight years ago.)   If El Capitan does not work well enough for you, you're left with a replacement computer (or the SSD hardware upgrade), or rolling in your backup and using a different browser or a different operating system, or replacing the Mac with a new or newer used model.