When Firefox 49.0 arrives, Snow Leopard users will have had 3 years more support by Firefox than Safari gave them. Note: If you have Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or 10.6 (Snow Leopard), you will need to download OS X El Capitan before you can upgrade to the latest Mac OS.Ĭhrome gave Snow Leopard users 2-1/2 years more support than Apple did, Lion users 20 months more, and Mountain Lion 8 months. Safari 6.1.6, the final revision for OS X 10.7, was unleashed on August 13, 2014, and 6.2.8, the last version for OS X 10.8, a year later on August 13, 2015.
Safari 5.1.10 was the last version for OS X 10.6, and that arrived on September 12, 2013. And in comparison to Apple's Safari browser, Chrome and Firefox have been downright generous.
Firefox has given us Mac support longer than Google's Chrome browser, which left us behind in April 2016. It will be a sad day, as Firefox is the last major browser to support Mac OS X 10.6 through 10.8.īut it's not all bad news. At that point, Mac users using OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, and 10.8 Mountain Lion will be left behind by the current versions of Firefox. It is scheduled to be replaced by Firefox 49.0 on September 13, 2016. On August 2, 2016, Firefox 48.0 was released. While insecure versions of Firefox will continue to work on OS X 10.8 and earlier, using an up-to-date version of Firefox on a supported version of Mac OS will provide you with the best and safest user experience.
