Apple Safari 17.3 – Apple’s Web browser.
Apple Safari is Apple’s web browser that comes bundled with the most recent macOS. Safari is faster and more energy efficient than other browsers, so sites are more responsive and your notebook battery lasts longer between charges. Built-in privacy features are stronger than ever. It works with iCloud to let you browse seamlessly across all your devices. And it gives you great ways to find and share your favorites. Put it all together, and no other browser offers such a rich web experience.
Safari for Mac has a condensed and minimalistic interface that offers mac users faster, private browsing with fewer interruptions and extended battery life.
When you download Safari for Mac you will get enhanced protection against invasive malicious software and customizable private browsing options to protect your information.
While browsing privately in Safari, pages that you visit in private mode will not appear in your browsing history list.
The Safari browser uses fewer system resources and allows extended browsing times while iCloud allows you to sync all your web activity seamlessly across devices.
A vast library of extensions available to enhance usability and productivity in the workplace or at home.
How to Update Safari on a Mac?
Open “System Preferences” and click on the “Software Update” icon.
If you have an update available it will list the version of macOS that you will be updating too, and what is going to change.
To start the update there will be an “Update” button.
Note: this is on macOS Catalina as older versions require that you use the “App Store” to update Safari.
Safari Features
Intelligent Tracking Prevention – enhanced privacy protection
Reader mode – read without ads and other distractions
Safari App Extensions – to customize the browsing experience on macOS
Web Inspector – create custom audits with the new audit tab for running tests against web content
Use iCloud to sync seamlessly across all your devices
Browse Desktop sites with Ipad or iPhone
Enhanced support for the most popular productivity websites
Dark mode support for websites
Enhanced password protection
Sign in With Apple account to Safari now supported
New Changes sidebar in the Elements tab
Added the Device Settings menu
New Security tab in the resources view
Safari Developer Tools
Pay with Apple Pay
Customizable RSS feeds
Compatibility
The default browser for Apple devices and there are no official versions of Safari for other devices. Apple no longer supports Mac OS 10.14 for Macbooks older than 2012.
Known Issues
No support for WebSQL
No support for Legacy Safari Extensions
Can’t update Safari on OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or earlier
no support for windows
Poor support for new web technologies and open source formats
CSS (Resolved issues)
Fixed nested @supports queries with declarations. (113652033)
Fixed the caret color on iOS following an explicitly-set CSS color attribute. (118401826)
Loading (Resolved issues)
Fixed cookies not always working as expected with Samesite=Lax. (119362503)
Fixed an issue causing sign in to fail on Delta.com. (120431796)
Media (Resolved issues)
Fixed to not loop if current time or duration is zero. (118902468)
Fixed in-band captions wrapping unnecessarily. (119138261)
Privacy (Resolved issues)
Fixed unauthenticated cross-site Fetch requests to not use the global HSTS cache. (119047103)
Web Animations (Resolved issues)
Fixed: Prevent scheduling for an effect targeting an element with display: none. (119191813)
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