i have a macbookpro 5,5 and have for some time been messaged that my safari browser is no longer supported. is it possible to find an update for my mac?
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Safari updates are linked to OSX levels. 10.6.8 cannot run the latest version, Safari 9. Your options are:
1) Update the Mac OS on your computer. Yours will support the current version El Capitan if you have at least 4GB RAM. However, older programs like AppleWorks and any version of MS Office:Mac older than Office 2008 will stop working once you leave OS 10.6
2) If you do not wish to upgrade your OS, switch browsers. FireFox is good for the moment but there are posts that it will soon not work on any Mac OS older than 10.9 Mavericks.
I've been testing Seamonkey which appears to retain OS 10.6 support and it looks and feels just like FireFox. Quite nice.
Don't get either browser from a download hosting site. Get only from their respective developers:
FireFox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/products/
SeaMonkey: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
Aloha!
Upgrade to OS X El Capitan - Apple Support
Very important to read this user tip prior to upgrading from Snow Leoaprd > Upgrading to 10.7 and above, don't forget Rosetta! | Apple Support Communities
TThanks for your help on this...I will look at these options.
aloha back at you. I appreciate your suggestions especially about proceeding with caution...mahalo Carolyn, Hugh
Na'u ka hau'oli 🙂
my safari browser is no longer supported on my macbookpro5,2
