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It is built into Apple's operating systems, including macOS, iOS, iPadOS and visionOS, and uses Apple's open-source browser engine WebKit, which was derived from KHTML.Safari was introduced in Mac OS X Panther in January 2003. It has been included with the iPhone since the first generation iPhone in 2007. At that time, Safari was the fastest browser on the Mac. Between 2007 and 2012, Apple maintained a Windows version,WEB, Warren, Tom, 2012-07-25, Apple removes Safari for Windows references and download links following version 6 release,weblink 2022-12-23, The Verge, en-US, November 11, 2020,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20201111221152weblink">weblink live, BOOK, Kahney, Leander, Inside Steve's Brain: Business Lessons from Steve Jobs, the Man Who Saved Apple, 2010-05-01, Atlantic Books, 978-1-84887-784-9, en, but abandoned it due to low market share. In 2010, Safari 5 introduced a reader mode, extensions, and developer tools. Safari 11, released in 2017, added Intelligent Tracking Prevention, which uses artificial intelligence to block web tracking. Safari 13 added support for Apple Pay, and authentication with FIDO2 security keys. Its interface was redesigned in Safari 15.History and development{{multiple image|total_width=230|align=right | width1=20|height1=20 | width2=20|height2=20| footer = Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer for Mac were two predecessors of Safari.}}BackgroundNetscape Navigator rapidly became the dominant Mac browser after its 1994 release, and eventually came bundled with Mac OS.WEB, RIP Netscape Navigator (1994–2008),weblink 2022-12-23, Engadget, December 29, 2007, en-US, December 23, 2022,weblink live, In 1996, Microsoft released Internet Explorer for Mac, and Apple released the Cyberdog internet suite, which included a web browser. In 1997, Apple shelved Cyberdog, and reached a five-year agreement with Microsoft to make IE the default browser on the Mac, starting with Mac OS 8.1. Netscape continued to be preinstalled on all Macintoshes. Microsoft continued to update IE for Mac, which was ported to Mac OS X DP4 in May 2000.PRESS RELEASE,weblink Apple Releases Mac OS X Developer Preview 4 with Final API Specs, May 15, 2000, Apple Inc., March 13, 2018,weblink March 8, 2021, live,Conception{{Expand section|Expand with material from Kocienda's book, Creative Selection|date=December 2022}}During development, several codenames were used including "Freedom", "iBrowse" and "Alexander" (a reference to conqueror Alexander the Great, an homage to the Konqueror web browser).WEB, Heisler, Yoni, January 15, 2013, Apple's Safari browser was almost called 'Freedom,' thanks to Steve Jobs,weblink live,weblink May 1, 2021, June 1, 2021, NetworkWorld, BOOK, Kocienda, Ken, Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs, 2018, St. Martin's Press, 978-1-250-19446-6, New York, NY,Safari 1On January 7, 2003, at Macworld San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Safari that was based onWEB, Keizer, Gregg, January 8, 2013, Apple's Safari turns 10,weblink May 20, 2021, Computerworld,weblink May 20, 2021, live, WebKit, the company's internal fork of the KHTML browser engine.WEB, Andreas, Pour, Apple Announces New "Safari" Browser,weblink KDE Dot News, January 7, 2003, January 4, 2006, October 27, 2020,weblink live, Apple released the first beta version exclusively on Mac OS X the same day. Later that date, several official and unofficial beta versions followed until version 1.0 was released on June 23, 2003.MAGAZINE, Allen, Danny, March 5, 2003, Safari 1.0 Beta for Mac,weblink live,weblink November 28, 2020, June 2, 2021, PC World, WEB, Powers, Jeffrey, June 23, 2016, Safari 1.0 Released to Public,weblink live,weblink June 2, 2021, June 2, 2021, Day In Tech History, On Mac OS X v10.3, Safari was pre-installed as the system's default browser, rather than requiring a manual download, as was the case with the previous Mac OS X versions. Safari's predecessor, the Internet Explorer for Mac, was then included in 10.3 as an alternative.PRESS RELEASE, October 8, 2003,weblink Apple Announces Mac OS X "Panther", Apple Inc., May 17, 2021,weblink May 4, 2021, live,Safari 2In April 2005, Engineer Dave Hyatt fixed several bugs in Safari. His experimental beta passed the Acid2 rendering test on April 27, 2005, marking it the first browser to do so.WEB,weblink Surfin' Safari, Dave, Hyatt, April 2005, Mozillazine,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20050507043322weblink">weblink May 7, 2005, WEB,weblink Surfin' Safari, Dave, Hyatt, Safari Passes the Acid2 Test (Updated), Mozillazine, April 27, 2005,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20050507043322weblink">weblink May 7, 2005, Safari 2.0 which was released on April 29, 2005, was the sole browser Mac OS X 10.4 offered by default. Apple touted this version as it was capable of running a 1.8x speed boost compared to version 1.2.4 but it did not yet feature the Acid2 bug fixes. These major changes were initially unavailable for end-users unless they privately installed and compiled the WebKit source code or ran one of the nightly automated builds available at OpenDarwin. Version 2.0.2, released on October 31, 2005, finally included the Acid2 bug fixes.WEB, Dave, Hyatt, Nightly Builds,weblink Webkit, October 12, 2005, October 29, 2006,weblink March 23, 2019, live, In June 2005 in efforts of KHTML criticisms over the lack of access to change logs, Apple moved the development source code and bug tracking of WebCore and JavaScriptCore to OpenDarwin. They have also open-sourced WebKit. The source code is for non-renderer aspects of the browser such as its GUI elements and the remaining proprietary.WEB, October 26, 2003,weblink Safari JavaScriptCore-5523.10.3/ChangeLog, OpenSource Apple, May 17, 2021,weblink February 5, 2021, live, The final stable version of Safari 2 and the last version released exclusively with Mac OS X, Safari 2.0.4, was updated on January 10, 2006, for Mac OS X. It was only available within Mac OS X Update 10.4.4, and it delivered fixes to layout and CPU usage issues among other improvements.WEB, July 15, 2008,weblink About the Mac OS X 10.4.4 Update (Delta), September 12, 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090228104059weblink">weblink February 28, 2009, Apple Inc.,Safari 3On January 9, 2007, at Macworld San Francisco, Jobs unveiled that Safari 3 was ported to the newly-introduced iPhone within iPhone OS (later called iOS).WEB, Block, R., January 9, 2007, Live from Macworld 2007: Steve Jobs keynote,weblink live,weblink April 5, 2021, June 2, 2021, Engadget, NEWS, Chartier, David, June 7, 2010, iPhone OS gets new name, video calling,weblink live,weblink March 8, 2021, June 2, 2021, Macworld, The mobile version was capable of displaying full, desktop-class websites.WEB, Gallagher, William, April 2, 2020, How to automatically request a desktop version of a website on iOS,weblink live,weblink March 7, 2021, June 2, 2021, AppleInsider, At WWDC 2007, Jobs announced Safari 3 for Mac OS X 10.5, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. He ran a benchmark based on the iBench browser test suite comparing the most popular Windows browsers to the browser, and claimed that Safari had the fastest performance.WEB, Block, R., June 11, 2007, Steve Jobs live from WWDC 2007,weblink live,weblink April 16, 2021, June 1, 2021, Engadget, His claim was later examined by a third-party site called Web Performance over HTTP load times. They verified that Safari 3 was indeed the fastest browser on the Windows platform in terms of initial data loading over the Internet, though it was only negligibly faster than Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox when it came to static content from the local cache.WEB, Czeiszperger, Michae, October 20, 2007, Safari 3 Windows Performance Analysis,weblink live,weblink July 13, 2020, May 20, 2020, Web Performance, WEB, Macnews, November 26, 2007, Safari lässt die Konkurrenz auf dem PC hinter sich,weblink live, June 5, 2021, (:de:Macwelt, Macwelt), de-DE, June 6, 2021,weblink The initial Safari 3 beta version for Windows, released on the same day as its announcement at WWDC 2007, contained several bugsWEB, PCMag UK1, January 1, 2008, Apple Safari 3 Beta,weblink live,weblink June 1, 2021, June 1, 2021, PCMag, and a zero day exploit that allowed remote code executions. The issues were then fixed by Apple three days later on June 14, 2007, in version 3.0.1.WEB, Block, R., June 14, 2007, Apple releases Windows Safari 3.0.1, squishes security bugs,weblink live,weblink August 5, 2020, June 1, 2021, Engadget, On June 22, 2007, Apple released Safari 3.0.2 to address some bugs, performance problems, and other security issues. Safari 3.0.2 for Windows handled some fonts that were missing in the browser but already installed on Windows computers such as Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, and others.WEB, Vamosi, Robert, June 22, 2007, Apple updates Safari with version 3.0.2 for Windows (beta),weblink live,weblink November 25, 2020, June 1, 2021, CNET, The iPhone was previously released on June 29, 2007, with a version of Safari based on the same WebKit rendering engine as the desktop version but with a modified feature set better suited for a mobile device.WEB, Ritchie, Rene, December 3, 2012, iMore hall of fame: Apple and Mobile Safari,weblink live,weblink January 25, 2021, June 1, 2021, iMore, The version number of Safari as reported in its user agent string is 3.0 was in line along with the contemporary desktop editions.WEB, May 17, 2021, Firefox user agent string reference,weblink live,weblink March 3, 2021, June 1, 2021, Mozilla, The first stable, non-beta version of Safari for Windows, Safari 3.1,WEB, Fisher, Ken, March 24, 2008, Safari 3.1 on Windows: a true competitor arrives (seriously),weblink live,weblink March 14, 2021, June 2, 2021, Ars Technica, was offered as a free download on March 18, 2008. In June 2008, Apple released version 3.1.2,WEB, January 28, 2016,weblink About the security content of Safari 3.1.2 for Windows, Apple Inc., September 12, 2015,weblink March 1, 2020, live, WEB,weblink Apple does about-face, fixes Safari's 'carpet bomb' bug, Keizer, Gregg, June 19, 2008, Computerworld,weblink August 6, 2020, live, which addressed a security vulnerability in the Windows version where visiting a malicious web site could force a download of executable files and execute them on the user's desktop.WEB, April 14, 2009, Microsoft Security Advisory 953818,weblink Microsoft, January 19, 2019,weblink August 7, 2020, live, Safari 3.2, released on November 13, 2008, introduced anti-phishing features using Google Safe Browsing and Extended Validation Certificate support.WEB, October 24, 2008,weblink Inside Safari 3.2's anti-phishing features, Macworld, MacJournals, May 17, 2021,weblink May 21, 2021, dead, The final version of Safari 3 was version 3.2.3, which was released on May 12, 2009, with security improvements.WEB, May 12, 2009, Peter, Cohen,weblink Safari 3.2.3 improves security, Macworld, May 17, 2021,weblink May 18, 2021, live,Safari 4File:Safari4 osx.png|alt=Safari 4 interface on display.|left|thumb|Safari 4 (pictured) was the first version that had entirely passed the Acid3Acid3Safari 4 was released on June 8, 2009.WEB, Michaels, Philip, June 8, 2009, Apple releases Safari 4 for Mac, Windows,weblink 2023-01-18, Macworld, en, October 20, 2021,weblink live, It was the first version that had completely passed the Acid3 rendering test,WEB, Keizer, Gregg, September 28, 2008, WebKit browser engine aces Acid3 test, stakes claim to No. 1,weblink live,weblink June 2, 2021, June 2, 2021, Computerworld, as well as the first version to support HTML5.BOOK, McDaniel, Adam, HTML5: Your Visual Blueprint for Designing Rich Web Pages and Applications, 2011-11-08, John Wiley & Sons, 978-0-470-95222-1, 7, en, It incorporated WebKit JavaScript engine SquirrelFish that significantly enhanced the browser's script interpretation performances by 29.9x. SquirrelFish was later evolved to SquirrelFish Extreme, later also marketed as Nitro, which had 63.6x faster performances.WEB, McLean, Prince, September 19, 2008, SquirrelFish Extreme promises to speed JavaScript in Safari 4.0,weblink live,weblink June 1, 2021, June 1, 2021, AppleInsider, A public beta of Safari 4 was experimented in February 24, 2009.WEB,weblink Hands on: Safari 4 beta fast, mixes polish, rough UI edges, Ars Technica, September 12, 2015, February 24, 2009,weblink June 22, 2020, live, Safari 4 relied on Cover Flow to run the History and Bookmarks, and it featured Speculative Loading that automatically pre-loaded document information that is required to visit a particular website. The top sites can be displayed up to 24 thumbnails based on the frequently visited sites in a startup. The desktop version of Safari 4 included a redesign similar to that of the iPhone. The update also commissioned many developer tool improvements including Web Inspectors, CSS element viewings, JavaScript debuggers and profilers, offline tables, database management, SQL support and resource graphs. In additions to CSS retouching effects, CSS canvas, and HTML5 content. It replaced the initial Mac OS X-like interface with native Windows themes on Windows using native font renderings.WEB, Chartier, David, February 24, 2009, Hands on: Safari 4 beta fast, mixes polish, rough UI edges,weblink live,weblink February 25, 2021, June 2, 2021, Ars Technica, WEB, Alderman, Nathan, June 17, 2009, Safari 4,weblink live,weblink June 1, 2021, June 1, 2021, Macworld, Safari 4.0.1 was released for Mac on June 17, 2009, and fixed Faces bugs in iPhoto '09.WEB, Moren, Dan, June 17, 2009, Apple releases Safari 4.0.1, Bluetooth Firmware Update 2.0,weblink live, October 20, 2021, Macworld, April 10, 2021,weblink Safari 4 in Mac OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard" has built-in 64-bit support, which makes JavaScript load up to 50% faster. It also has native crash resistances that would maintain it intact if a plugin like Flash player crashes, though other tabs or windows would not be affected.WEB, McLean, Prince, August 26, 2008, Road to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: 64-Bits,weblink live, October 20, 2021, AppleInsider, May 21, 2019,weblink WEB, Michaels, Philip, June 8, 2009, Apple releases Safari 4 for Mac, Windows,weblink live, October 20, 2021, Macworld, October 20, 2021,weblink Safari 4.0.4, the final version which was released on November 11, 2009, for both Mac and Windows, which further improved the JavaScript performances.WEB, November 11, 2009, Chris, Foreman,weblink Safari 4.0.4 serves up security and performance fixes, May 21, 2021, Ars Technica, May 21, 2021,weblink live,Safari 5(File:Refinery CMS Dashboard-2.png|thumb|Safari 5 (pictured) was the final supported version for Windows.|alt=Safari 5 interface on display.)Safari 5 was released on June 7, 2010, and was the final version (version 5.1.7) for Windows.NEWS, Brinkmann, Martin, July 28, 2012, Safari for Windows discontinued?,weblink live,weblink January 19, 2021, June 1, 2021, Ghacks, It featured a less distractive reader view,WEB, Alderman, Nathan, June 20, 2010, Apple Safari 5,weblink live,weblink June 1, 2021, June 1, 2021, Macworld, and had a 30x faster JavaScript performances. It incorporated numerous developer tool improvements including HTML5 interoperability, and the accessibility to secure extensions. The progress bar was re-added in this version as well. Safari 5.0.1 enabled the Extensions PrefPane by default, rather than requiring users to manually set it in the Debug menu.WEB, Weintraub, Seth, June 7, 2010, Apple Safari 5 download here,weblink live, June 3, 2021, June 2, 2021, Apple community#9to5Mac, 9to5Mac,weblink Apple exclusively released Safari 4.1 concurrently with Safari 5 for Mac OS X Tiger. It included many features that were found in Safari 5, though it excluded the Safari Reader and Safari Extensions.WEB, June 7, 2010, Topher, Kessler,weblink Apple releases Safari 5.0, and Safari 4.1 for Tiger, CNET, May 17, 2021,weblink May 18, 2021, live, Apple released Safari 5.1 for both Windows and Mac on July 20, 2011, for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion; it was faster than Safari 5.0, and included the new Reading List feature. The company simultaneously announced Safari 5.0.6 in late June 2010 for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, though the new functions were excluded from Leopard users.Several HTML5 features were provided in Safari 5. It added supports for full-screen video, closed caption, geolocation, EventSource, and a now obsolete early variant of the WebSocket protocol. The fifth major version of Safari added supports for Full-text search, and a new search engine, Bing.MAGAZINE, Calore, Michael, June 8, 2010, Review: New Features Bring Safari 5 Up to Speed,weblink live,weblink March 13, 2016, June 1, 2021, Wired (magazine), Wired, Safari 5 supported Reader, which displays web pages in a continuous view, without advertisements.WEB, Kessler, Topher, June 9, 2010, How to use Safari's new 'Reader',weblink live,weblink June 2, 2021, June 1, 2021, CNET, Safari 5 supported a smarter address field and DNS prefetching that automatically found links and looked up addresses on the web. New web pages loaded faster using Domain Name System (DNS) prefetching. The Windows version received an extra update on Graphic acceleration as well. The blue inline progress bar was returned to the address bar; in addition to the spinning bezel and loading indicator introduced in Safari 4. Top Sites view now had a button to switch to Full History Search. Other features included Extension Builder for developers of Safari Extensions. Other changes included an improved inspector.WEB, Dan, Hinckley,weblink 5 Best New Features of Safari 5, June 9, 2010, Apple community, Maciverse, May 16, 2021,weblink May 16, 2021, live, Safari 5 supports Extensions, add-ons that customize the web browsing experience. Extensions are built using web standards such as HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.WEB, Aggarwal, Sayam, June 18, 2010, How To Enable & Manage Extensions In Safari 5,weblink live,weblink January 24, 2021, June 1, 2021, Apple community, Cult of Mac,Safari 6(File:Select your web browser(s).jpg|left|thumb|Safari 6 ceased support for Windows users, and it was subsequently removed from Microsoft's browser-choice menu (pictured).|alt=Microsoft's browser-choice menu)Safari 6.0 was previously referred to as Safari 5.2 until Apple changed the version number at WWDC 2012. The stable release of Safari 6 coincided with the release of OS X Mountain Lion on July 25, 2012, and was integrated within OS.WEB,weblink Apple Adds iCloud Tab Syncing to Safari 5.2 developer preview, March 16, 2012, March 18, 2012, MacRumors,weblink March 9, 2021, live, As a result, it was no longer available for download from Apple's website or any other sources. Apple released Safari 6 via Software Update for users of OS X Lion. It was not released for OS X versions before Lion or for Windows.WEB,weblink Safari 6 available for Mountain Lion and Lion, but not Windows, Lex, Friedman, Macworld, July 26, 2012, October 3, 2012,weblink May 21, 2021, live, The company later quietly removed references and links for the Windows version of Safari 5.WEB,weblink Apple removes Safari for Windows references and download links following version 6 release, Tom, Warren, July 25, 2012, The Verge, November 11, 2020,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20201111221152weblink">weblink live, Microsoft had also removed Safari from its browser-choice page.WEB, September 19, 2021,weblink Microsoft,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120919182030weblink">weblink Select your web browser(s), September 19, 2012, dead, On June 11, 2012, Apple released a developer preview of Safari 6.0 with a feature called iCloud Tabs, which syncs with open tabs on any iOS or other OS X device that ran the latest software. It updated new privacy features, including an "Ask websites not to track me" preference and the ability for websites to send OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion users notifications, though it removed RSS support.WEB,weblink Apple Releases Safari 6 Update for OS X Lion, Arnold, Kim, MacRumors, July 25, 2012, May 20, 2021,weblink March 8, 2021, live, Safari 6 had the Share Sheets capability in OS X Mountain Lion. The Share Sheet options were: Add to Reading List, Add Bookmark, Email this Page, Message, Twitter, and Facebook. Tabs with full-page previews were added, too.WEB,weblink Safari 6.0 is the best version of Apple's browser yet, TNW (website), The Next Web, July 26, 2012, July 26, 2012, Panzarino, Matthew,weblink July 10, 2020, live, The sixth major version of Safari, it added options to allow pages to be shared with other users via email, Messages, Twitter, and Facebook, as well as making some minor performance improvements. It added supports for {{mono|-webkit-calc()}} in CSS. Additionally, various features were removed including Activity Window, a separate Download Window, direct support for RSS feeds in the URL field, and bookmarks. The separate search field and the address bar were also no longer available as a toolbar configuration option. Instead, it was replaced by the smart search field, a combination of the address bar and the search field.WEB, August 8, 2012, Nathan, Alderman,weblink Safari 6 a slight but sleek upgrade for Apple's browser, Macworld, May 17, 2021,weblink May 18, 2021, live,Safari 7File:Safari 7 introduction.png|thumb|Craig Federighi announcing Safari 7 (pictured in projection screen) in alt=Craig Federighi demonstrating the Safari 7 interface in WWDC 2013Safari 7 was announced at WWDC 2013, WEB, Evans, Jonny, June 7, 2010, WWDC 2010: Live Blog,weblink live,weblink October 1, 2020, June 2, 2021, Computerworld, and it brought a number of JavaScript performance improvements. It made uses of Top Site and Sidebar, Shared Links, and Power Saver which paused unused plugins.WEB, Alderman, Nathan, October 28, 2013, Safari 7 review: Mavericks browser saves battery life, brings further refinements,weblink live,weblink June 2, 2021, June 2, 2021, Macworld, Safari 7 for OS X Mavericks and Safari 6.1 for Lion and Mountain Lion were all released along with OS X Mavericks in the special event on October 22, 2013.NEWS,weblink Apple introduces Safari 7 with design tweaks, memory, social improvements and more., Apple community#9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, June 10, 2013, May 21, 2021, Mike, Beasley,weblink May 20, 2021, live,Safari 8Safari 8 was announced at WWDC 2014 and was released for OS X Yosemite. It included the JavaScript API WebGL, stronger privacy management, improved iCloud integration, and a redesigned interface.WEB, Staff, AppleInsider, June 4, 2014, OS X Yosemite first look: Safari 8 Smart Search, advanced tab controls, more,weblink live,weblink August 6, 2020, June 2, 2021, AppleInsider, It was also faster and more efficient, with additional developer features including JavaScript Promises, CSS Shapes & Composting mark up, IndexedDB, Encrypted Media Extensions, and SPDY protocol.Safari 9Safari 9 was announced in WWDC 2015 and was shipped with OS X El Capitan. New features included audio muting, more options for Safari Reader, and improved autofill. It was not fully available for the previous OS X Yosemite.WEB, September 30, 2015, Roman, Loyola,weblink Apple releases Safari 9 for Yosemite, Macworld, May 17, 2021,weblink May 18, 2021, live,Safari 10(File:Safari 10 screenshot.png|thumb|left|Safari 10 (pictured) allowed extension to be saved directly to Pocket and Dic Go.|alt=Safari 10 interface on display)Safari 10 was shipped with macOS Sierra and released for OS X Yosemite and OS X El Capitan on September 20, 2016.WEB, Rossignol, Joe, Safari 10 Now Available for OS X El Capitan and OS X Yosemite,weblink June 12, 2017, MacRumors, September 20, 2016,weblink March 8, 2021, live, It had a redesigned Bookmark and History views, and double-clicking will centralized focus on a particular folder. The update redirected Safari extensions to be saved directly to Pocket and Dic Go. Software improvements included Autofill quality from the Contrast card and Web Inspector Timelines Tab, in-line sub-headlines, bylines, and publish dates.WEB, March 5, 2021, About the security content of Safari 10,weblink live, October 23, 2021, Apple Inc., September 4, 2021,weblink WEB, Keizer, Gregg, September 20, 2017, Apple upgrades Safari for older versions of macOS,weblink live, October 23, 2021, Computerworld, February 26, 2021,weblink WEB, June 23, 2016, Apple releases Safari 10 beta for OS X El Capitan and OS X Yosemite,weblink live, October 23, 2021, AppleInsider, November 8, 2020,weblink AppleInsider Staff, This version tracks and re-applies zoomed level to websites, and legacy plug-ins were disabled by default in favor of HTML5 versions of websites. Recently closed tabs can be reopened via the History menu, or by holding the "+" button in the tab bar, and using Shift-Command-T. When a link opens in a new tab; it is now possible to hit the back button or swipe to close it and go back to the original tab. Debugging is now supported on the Web Inspector. Safari 10 also includes several security updates, including fixes for six WebKit vulnerabilities and issues related to Reader and Tabs. The first version of Safari 10 was released on September 20, 2016, and the last version (10.1.2) was released on July 19, 2017.WEB, March 29, 2017, Jon, Davis,weblink New Web Features in Safari 10.1, WebKit, May 17, 2021,weblink May 18, 2021, live,Safari 11Safari 11 was released on September 19, 2017 for OS X El Capitan and macOS Sierra, ahead of macOS High Sierra's release.WEB, Potuck, Michael, Safari 11 now available for macOS Sierra and OS X El Capitan, 9to5Mac, 2017-09-19,weblink 2024-04-21, It was included with High Sierra. Safari 11 included several new features such as Intelligent Tracking PreventionWEB,weblink Intelligent Tracking Prevention, June 5, 2017, September 4, 2019, Webkit, John, Wilander,weblink May 1, 2021, live, which aimed to prevent cross-site tracking by placing limitations on cookies and other website data.NEWS,weblink macOS High Sierra: How to turn off website tracking in Safari 11, Macworld, December 10, 2017, Roman, Loyola, November 4, 2017,weblink March 8, 2021, live, Intelligent Tracking Prevention allowed first-party cookies to continue track the browser history, though with time limits.WEB, Statt, Nick, March 24, 2020, Apple updates Safari's anti-tracking tech with full third-party cookie blocking,weblink live,weblink March 3, 2021, June 1, 2021, The Verge, For example, first-party cookies from ad-tech companies such as Google/Alphabet Inc., were set to expire in 24-hours after the visit.NEWS, Wilmot, Stephen, December 24, 2017, Apple Changes Business of Selling Your Browsing Data, The Wall Street Journal, en-US,weblink April 11, 2021, 0099-9660,weblink June 23, 2020, live,Safari 12(File:Safari 12 on Mojave.png|thumb|Safari 12 (pictured) in dark mode|alt=Safari 12 with dark mode enabled)Safari 12 was released for macOS Mojave on September 24, 2018. It was also available to macOS Sierra and macOS High Sierra on September 17, 2018. Safari 12 included several new features such as Icons in tabs, Automatic Strong Passwords, and Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.0.WEB, John, Wilander,weblink Webkit, Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.0, June 4, 2018, September 4, 2019,weblink May 6, 2021, live, Safari version 12.0.1 was released on October 30, 2018, within macOS Mojave 10.14.1,WEB, Chowdhry, Amit, October 8, 2018, Apple Releases Important iOS 12.0.1 Update: What Features Are Included?,weblink live,weblink November 9, 2020, June 1, 2021, Forbes, and Safari 12.0.2 was released on December 5, 2018, under macOS 10.14.2.WEB, Schmitz, Agen, December 7, 2018, Safari 12.0.2,weblink live,weblink June 2, 2021, June 1, 2021, Tidbits, Support for developer-signed classic Safari Extensions has been dropped. This version would also be the last that supported the official Extensions Gallery. Apple also encouraged extension authors to switch to Safari App Extensions, which triggered negative feedback from the community.WEB,weblink macOS Mojave Will Break a Bunch of Safari Extensions, Justin, Pot, June 11, 2018, How-To Geek,weblink March 8, 2021, live,Safari 13Safari 13 was announced at WWDC 2019 on June 3, 2019. Safari 13 included several new features such as prompting users to change weak passwords, FIDO2 USB security key authentication support, Sign in with Apple support, Apple Pay on the Web support and increased speed and security.WEB, Muchmore, Michael, October 7, 2019, What's New in macOS Catalina,weblink live,weblink February 28, 2021, June 2, 2021, PCMag, Safari 13 was released on September 20, 2019, on macOS Mojave and macOS High Sierra, and later shipped with macOS Catalina.WEB,weblink Safari 13 Released for Mac, September 19, 2019, OS X Daily, en, September 20, 2019,weblink August 6, 2020, live,Safari 14In June 2020 it was announced that macOS Big Sur will include Safari 14.WEB, Loyola, Roman, November 9, 2020, macOS Big Sur 11: What's new in Safari 14,weblink live,weblink May 19, 2021, June 2, 2021, Macworld, According to Apple, Safari 14 is more than 50% faster than Google Chrome.WEB, Apple Safari 14 claims to be "more than 50% faster than Chrome" and supports WebP format images for the first time,weblink 2022-09-27, iPhone Wired, June 23, 2020, en-US, January 1, 2023,weblink live, Safari 14 introduced new privacy features, including Privacy Report, which shows blocked content and privacy information on web pages. Users will also receive a monthly report on trackers that Safari has blocked. Extensions can also be enabled or disabled on a site-by-site basis.MAGAZINE, Apple Pushes Back Against Ad Tracking in Safari and iOS 14,weblink June 22, 2020, Wired (magazine), Wired, Newman, Lily, July 2, 2020,weblink March 8, 2021, live, Safari 14 introduced partialWEB, Apple Developer Documentation,weblink June 21, 2021, Apple Inc., June 24, 2021,weblink live, support for the WebExtension API used in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Opera, making it easier for developers to port their extensions from those web browsers to Safari.WEB, Apple adds WebP, HDR support, and more to Safari with iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur,weblink June 24, 2020, July 2, 2020, Espósito, Filipe, 9to5Mac,weblink March 23, 2021, live, Support for Adobe Flash Player will also be dropped from Safari, 3 months ahead of its end-of-life.WEB, Cimpanu, Catalin, Safari 14 removes Flash, gets support for breach alerts, HTTP/3, and WebP,weblink July 27, 2020, ZDNet, June 24, 2020,weblink August 6, 2020, live, A built-in translation service allows translation of a page to another language. Safari 14 was released as a standalone update to macOS Catalina and Mojave users on September 16, 2020.WEB, Clover, Juli, Apple Releases Safari 14 for Mac Ahead of macOS Big Sur Launch,weblink MacRumors, September 17, 2020, September 16, 2020,weblink February 2, 2021, live, It added Ecosia as a supported search engine.WEB, December 14, 2020, Wesley, Hilliard,weblink Ecosia now a default search engine option on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, AppleInsider, May 17, 2021,weblink May 18, 2021, live,Safari 15Safari 15 was released for macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina on September 20, 2021, and later shipped with macOS Monterey.WEB, M Wolfe, Bryan, June 8, 2021, The best new Safari features in macOS 12 Monterey,weblink live,weblink June 12, 2021, June 11, 2021, TechRadar, WEB, Slivka, Eric, June 10, 2021, When Will the iOS 15 Public Beta Be Released?,weblink live,weblink June 12, 2021, June 11, 2021, MacRumors, It featured a redesigned interface and tab groups that blended better into the background. There were also a new home page and extension supports on the iOS and iPadOS editions. Starting this update, Safari versions would support iOS and iPadOS, ending the iOS version of separate updates.WEB, June 11, 2021, macOS Monterey,weblink live,weblink June 12, 2021, June 11, 2021, MacRumors, MacRumors Staff,Safari 16Safari 16 was released for iOS 16, macOS Monterey and macOS Big Sur on September 12, 2022, and later shipped with macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16.WEB, Simmons, Jen, WebKit Features in Safari 16.0,weblink WebKit, September 12, 2022, Apple, 4 October 2022, September 25, 2022,weblink live, Safari 16 added support for non-animated AVIFWEB, Safari 16 Release Notes,weblink Apple, 4 October 2022, October 6, 2022,weblink live, and contains several bug fixes and feature polishing. Safari 16 also includes shared tab groups, vertical tab support, website settings synchronization between devices connected to a same iCloud account, the ability to add backgrounds for a start page,WEB, Apple Releases Safari 16 With Tab Group Start Pages, Cross-Device Syncing for Website Settings, Strong Password Updates and More,weblink 2023-04-22, MacRumors, September 12, 2022, en, new languages for built-in translation, built-in image translation, new options to edit strong passwords…WEB, Apple Releases Safari 16 With Tab Group Start Pages, Cross-Device Syncing for Website Settings, Strong Password Updates and More,weblink 2023-04-22, MacRumors, August 19, 2022, en, iOS 16.4 also introduced Web Push notifications.WEB, Eidson, Brady, Simmons, Jen, 2023-02-16, Web Push for Web Apps on iOS and iPadOS,weblink 2023-04-22, WebKit, WEB, Sending web push notifications in web apps, Safari, and other browsers,weblink 2023-04-22, Apple Developer Documentation, en,Safari 17Safari 17 was released in September 2023 with iOS 17, iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma. It includes a feature named "Profiles", which allows users to separate their browsing sessions for different use cases. Every profile has a special favorites bar, navigation history, extensions, tab groups, and cookies. Just like iOS 16.4, Safari 17 introduces web apps that can be added to the dock. Cookies are copied into web apps so that users stay logged in the web app if they already are in Safari. Safari can also now read pages with a new option in the navigation bar menu.WEB, 2023-07-28, iOS 17: Nine New Features Available in Safari,weblink 2023-08-05, MacRumors, en, WEB, Angle, Patrick, Avenard, Jean-Yves, Caceres, Marcos, Cannon, Ada Rose, Carlson, Eric, Davidson, Garrett, Davis, Jon, Dubost, Karl, Eidson, Brady, 2023-06-06, News from WWDC23: WebKit Features in Safari 17 beta,weblink 2023-08-05, WebKit, New privacy features include locked private browsing when not in use, tracking-free URLs, private relay based on the country’s location and time instead of general position.Safari has also been adapted to Vision Pro with a new spatial UI, and Apple has redesigned the Develop menu for web developers. Safari 17 added AV1 hardware decoding support for devices with hardware decoding support.WEB,weblink Safari 17 Release Notes,iOS versions{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"!Version!!New features | |
Safari Technology Preview
Safari Technology Preview was first released alongside OS X El Capitan 10.11.4. Safari Technology Preview releases include the latest version of WebKit, which included Web technologies in the future stable releases of Safari so that developers and users can install the Technology Preview release on a Mac, test those features, and provide feedback.WEB, Staff, MacRumors, May 26, 2021, Safari Technology Preview,weblink live,weblink February 26, 2021, June 2, 2021, MacRumors,Safari Developer Program
The Safari Developer Program was a program dedicated to in-browser extension and HTML developers.It allowed members to write and distribute extensions for Safari through the Safari Extensions Gallery. It was initially free until it was incorporated into the Apple Developer Program in WWDC 2015, which costs $99 a year. The charges prompted frustrations from developers.{{cn|date=January 2022}} Within OS X El Capitan, Apple implemented the Secure Extension Distribution to further improve its security, and it automatically updated all extensions within the Safari Extensions Gallery.WEB, June 10, 2015, Joe, Rossignol,weblink OS X El Capitan to Bring New Safari Extensions Gallery as Part of Unified $99 Developer Program, MacRumors, May 18, 2021, May 18, 2021,weblink live, WEB, Blair, Hanley Frank, June 9, 2015, Apple now charges Safari extension developers for distribution,weblink live,weblink October 23, 2021, October 23, 2021, Computerworld,Version compatibility{| class"wikitable" style"margin-top:0px;"
Features
{{Expand section|Some material was moved from a Criticism section, so these subsections should be expanded to avoid POV issues. This is also missing a lot of major features|date=December 2022}}File:Safari's Web Inspector in macOS Sonoma.png|alt=Safari's Web Inspector feature displaying in macOS Sonoma|thumb|Safari's Web Inspector in macOS SonomamacOS SonomaUntil Safari 6.0, it included a built-in web feed aggregator that supported the RSS and Atom standards. Current features included Private Browsing (a mode in which the browser retains no record of information about the user's web activity),WEB, Trapani, Gina, Gina Trapani, May 4, 2005, Safari's private (porn) browsing mode,weblink live,weblink May 23, 2020, May 21, 2021, Lifehacker, the ability to archive web content in WebArchive format, the ability to email complete web pages directly from a browser menu, the ability to search bookmarks, and the ability to share tabs between all Mac and iOS devices running appropriate versions of software via an iCloud account.WEB, Buckler, Craig, August 6, 2012, What's New in Safari 6 and Why Dropping Windows is a Mistake,weblink live,weblink June 12, 2019, June 1, 2021, SitePoint,Web compatibility
In Safari's early years, it pioneered several HTML5 features that are now standard, such as the Canvas API.{{Cn|date=December 2022}}In 2015, Safari was criticized for failing to keep pace with some modern web technologies.WEB, Lawson, Nolan, June 30, 2015, Safari is the new IE,weblink live,weblink May 22, 2020, May 18, 2020, Nolan Lawson,Intelligent Tracking Prevention
In September 2017, Apple announced that it would use artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce the ability of advertisers to track Safari users as they browse the web. Cookies used for tracking will be allowed for 24 hours, then disabled, unless the AI system judges that the user wants to keep the cookie.WEB, Hern, Alex, September 18, 2017, Apple blocking ads that follow users around web is 'sabotage', says industry,weblink live,weblink March 23, 2021, September 26, 2017, The Guardian, en-GB, 0261-3077, Major advertising groups objected, saying it will reduce the free services supported by advertising, while other experts praised the change.NEWS, Swant, Marty, September 14, 2017, Every Major Advertising Group Is Blasting Apple for Blocking Cookies in the Safari Browser, AdWeek,weblink live, September 26, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180401060600weblink">weblink April 1, 2018,Plugin support
Apple used a remotely updated plug-in blacklist to prevent potentially dangerous or vulnerable plugins from running on Safari. Initially, Flash and Java contents were blocked on some early versions of Safari. Since Safari 12, support for NPAPI plugins (except for Flash) has been completely dropped. Safari 14 finally dropped support for Adobe Flash Player.WebExtension support
Beginning in 2018, Apple made technical changes to Safari's content blocking functionality which prompted backlash from usersWEB, Apple Neutered Ad Blockers In Safari, But Unlike Chrome, Users Didn't Say a Thing - Slashdot,weblink live,weblink February 26, 2021, September 24, 2019, Slashdot, September 23, 2019, and developersNEWS, Cimpanu, Catalin, September 21, 2019, Apple neutered ad blockers in Safari, but unlike Chrome, users didn't say a thing, ZDNet,weblink live, September 24, 2019,weblink November 16, 2019, of ad blocking extensions, who said the changes made it impossible to offer a similar level of user protection found in other browsers. Internally, the update limited the number of blocking rulesWEB, Bradbury, Danny, September 24, 2019, Apple restricts old adblocking tech,weblink live,weblink November 26, 2019, September 24, 2019, Naked Security, which could be applied by third-party extensions, preventing the full implementation of community-developed blocklists. In response, several developers of popular ad and tracking blockers announced their products were being discontinued,WEB, Orr, Andrew, September 20, 2019, Safari 13 Just Killed uBlock Origin and Other Extensions,weblink live,weblink December 2, 2019, September 24, 2019, The Mac Observer, as they were now incompatible with Safari's newly limited content blocking features. Beginning with Safari 13, popular extensions such as uBlock Origin no longer work with Safari.iCloud sync
Safari can sync bookmarks, history, reading list, and tabs through iCloud. This happens by default if a user's Mac, iPhone or iPad is logged in to iCloud, but syncing can be disabled in the Settings app (on iOS and iPadOS) or System Settings (on Mac).{{Cn|date=December 2022}}iCloud Tabs lets users see a list of their other devices' open tabs that have not been added to a tab group. On iOS and iPadOS, these iCloud Tabs are shown below the grid of open tabs. On the Mac, they are shown at the bottom of the Tab Overview, or in an optional iCloud Tabs toolbar item.{{Cn|date=December 2022}}Tab Groups
Safari 15 added tab groups. These tab groups, and the tabs they contain, can be synced across devices;WEB, Safari 15 for macOS now available: New macOS tabs will transform your workflow,weblink 2022-12-23, Macworld, en, December 23, 2022,weblink live, when a tab is opened in a tab group on one device, it is added to that tab group on all devices, without needing to manually open it through iCloud Tabs.{{Cn|date=December 2022}} macOS Ventura added Shared Tab Groups, which can be shared through iMessage. New tabs and closed tabs will sync for all participants, and a small thumbnail with users' profile pictures will be visible on the tab they are currently viewing.WEB, Mayo, Benjamin, 2022-12-23, macOS Ventura: How to share tabs and collaborate with others in Safari,weblink 2022-12-23, 9to5Mac, en-US, December 23, 2022,weblink live,Continuity
Safari supports the Handoff feature, which allows users to continue where they left off on another device.WEB, Robertson, Adi, 2014-06-02, Apple Handoff lets Macs and iPhones share files, phone calls, and more,weblink 2022-12-23, The Verge, en-US, December 23, 2022,weblink live, WEB, Cunningham, Andrew, 2014-09-17, iOS 8, thoroughly reviewed,weblink 2022-12-23, Ars Technica, en-us, December 23, 2022,weblink live,Sidebar
The Safari sidebar was introduced in Safari 8 as a way to access Bookmarks, Reading List, and Shared Tabs. The sidebar got its biggest update in Safari 16, when it added support for vertical tabs. This allows users to see their tabs arranged vertically in addition to the horizontal tab view in the top Toolbar.WEB, Chant, Tim De, 2022-09-13, Safari 16 finally adds a feature I’ve been missing since OmniWeb went defunct,weblink 2024-02-07, TechCrunch, en-US,Architecture
On macOS, Safari is a Cocoa application. It uses Apple's WebKit for rendering web pages and running JavaScript. WebKit consists of WebCore (based on Konqueror's KHTML engine) and JavaScriptCore (originally based on KDE's JavaScript engine, named KJS). Like KHTML and KJS, WebCore and JavaScriptCore are free software and released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License. Some Apple improvements to the KHTML code were merged back into the Konqueror project. Apple has also released some additional codes under the open source 2-clause BSD-like license.WEB, Apple Developer Connection,weblink What Is Cocoa?,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090812011020weblink">weblink August 12, 2009, Most of the applications you see on Mac OS X and iPhone OS, including Mail and Safari, are Cocoa applications., August 19, 2009, The version of Safari included in Mac OS X v10.6 (and later versions) is compiled for 64-bit architecture. Apple claimed that running Safari in 64-bit mode would increase rendering speeds by up to 50%.WEB,weblink iOS 7 will be 64-bit, just like the iPhone 5s' new A7 chip, Dana, Wollman, Engadget, September 12, 2015, September 10, 2013,weblink March 2, 2020, live, WebKit2 has a multiprocess API for WebKit, where the web-content is handled by a separate process than the application using WebKit. Apple announced WebKit2 in April 2010.WEB, Carlsson, Anders, April 8, 2010, Announcing WebKit2,weblink live,weblink May 21, 2021, April 10, 2010, Webkit, Safari for OS X switched to the WebKit2 API with version 5.1.WEB, Source code repository for public parts of Safari 5.1,weblink live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190323104516weblink">weblink March 23, 2019, July 20, 2011, Webkit, Safari for iOS switched to WebKit2 with iOS 8.WEB, Beasley, Mike, June 3, 2014, iOS 8 WebKit changes finally allow all apps to have the same performance as Safari,weblink live,weblink March 8, 2021, June 1, 2021, Apple community#9to5Mac, 9to5mac, WEB, MacRumors Staff, September 28, 2015, iOS 8: New Features,weblink live,weblink May 25, 2021, June 1, 2021, MacRumors,Platforms
{{Expand section|Mac and iOS/iPadOS sections need to be expanded, to highlight different features. differences in Extension support, and "desktop-class browsing" on the iPad|date=December 2022}}Mac
iOS/iPadOS
Safari for iPhone was well-received upon the original iPhone's 2007 release, with news outlets calling it "far superior" to other mobile browsers at the time.WEB, Cheng, Jacqui, iPhone in depth: The Ars review,weblink Ars Technica, 5 June 2023, en-us, 10 July 2007, WEB, Block, Ryan, iPhone review, part 2: Phone, Mail, Safari, iPod,weblink Engadget, 5 June 2023,Windows
Safari for Windows was introduced at WWDC 2007.WEB, Timmer, John, Safari does Windows,weblink Ars Technica, 19 November 2023, en-us, 11 June 2007, After Safari's release, Apple Software Update—an updater program bundled with QuickTime and iTunes for Windows—automatically selected Safari for installation, as a "Recommended" program. When users ran the updater manually, the option to install Safari was checked by default. This was criticized by John Lilly, then-CEO of Mozilla, who said it "borders on malware distribution practices".WEB, LaMonica, Martin, March 21, 2008, Mozilla CEO says Apple's Safari auto-update 'wrong',weblink live,weblink July 24, 2015, June 12, 2008, CNET, By late 2008, Apple Software Update stopped installing new software by default, though it still offered Safari in its list of available programs (with its checkbox unticked).Safari for Windows was discontinued after version 5.1.7WEB,weblink Update to the latest version of Safari - Apple Support, October 24, 2022, 2023-11-09, (which was released in May 2012WEB,weblink Download Safari 5.1.7 for Windows - OldVersion.com, 2023-11-09, ).Market share
(File:Safari's market Share from 2009 to 2021.svg|thumb|300px|Market share data of Safari|alt=Market share data for Safari)In 2009, Safari had a market share of 3.85%.WEB, 2009,weblink Browser Market Share Worldwide of 2009, Statcounter, May 19, 2021,weblink July 30, 2020, live, It remained stable in that rank for five years with market shares of 5.56% (2010), 7.41% (2011), 10.07% (2012), and 11.77% (2013).WEB, 2010,weblink Browser Market Share Worldwide of 2010, Statcounter, May 19, 2021, April 24, 2021,weblink live, WEB, 2011,weblink Browser Market Share Worldwide of 2011, Statcounter, May 19, 2021, April 24, 2021,weblink live, WEB, 2012,weblink Browser Market Share Worldwide of 2012, Statcounter, May 19, 2021, May 16, 2021,weblink live, In 2014, it caught up with Firefox with a market share of 14.20%.WEB, 2014,weblink Browser Market Share Worldwide of 2014, Statcounter, May 19, 2021,weblink June 14, 2020, live, WEB, 2012,weblink Browser Market Share Worldwide of 2012, Statcounter, May 19, 2021, May 16, 2021,weblink live, In 2015, Safari became the second most-used web browser worldwide after Google Chrome, and had a market share of 13.01%.WEB, 2015,weblink Browser Market Share Worldwide of 2015, Statcounter, May 19, 2021,weblink June 14, 2020, live, From 2015 to 2020, it occupied market shares of 14.02%, 14.86%, 14.69%, 17.68% and 19.25, respectively.WEB, 2016,weblink Browser Market Share Worldwide of 2016, Statcounter, May 19, 2021, May 16, 2021,weblink live, WEB, 2017,weblink Browser Market Share Worldwide of 2017, Statcounter, May 19, 2021, May 16, 2021,weblink live, WEB, 2018,weblink Browser Market Share Worldwide of 2018, Statcounter, May 19, 2021, May 16, 2021,weblink live, WEB, 2019,weblink Browser Market Share Worldwide of 2019, Statcounter, May 19, 2021, March 11, 2021,weblink live, WEB, 2020,weblink Browser Market Share Worldwide of 2020, Statcounter, May 19, 2021, May 16, 2021,weblink live, {{As of|2021|11}}, Google Chrome continued to be the most popular browser with Safari (19.22%) following behind in second place.WEB, 2021,weblink Browser Market Share Worldwide of September 2021, Statcounter, December 10, 2021, December 8, 2021,weblink dead, In May 2022, according to StatCounter, Apple's Safari dropped to the third most popular desktop browser after being overtaken by Microsoft's Edge.NEWS, Hardwick, Tim, May 3, 2022, Microsoft Edge Overtakes Safari as World's Second Most Popular Desktop Browser, MacRumors,weblink May 3, 2022, May 8, 2022,weblink live, Safari was then used by 9.61 percent of desktop computers worldwide. One year later, Safari retook second place.WEB, 2023-05-02, Apple's Safari Again Overtakes Microsoft Edge as Second Most Popular Desktop Browser,weblink 2023-05-28, MacRumors, en,Payments from Google
In a November 2023 disclosure, during the ongoing antitrust trial against Google, an economics professor at the University of Chicago revealed that Google pays Apple 36% of all search advertising revenue generated when users access Google through the Safari browser. This revelation reportedly caused Google's lead attorney to cringe visibly. The revenue generated from Safari users has been kept confidential, but the 36% figure suggests that it is likely in the tens of billions of dollars.Both Apple and Google have argued that disclosing the specific terms of their search default agreement would harm their competitive positions. However, the court ruled that the information was relevant to the antitrust case and ordered its disclosure. This revelation has raised concerns about the dominance of Google in the search engine market and the potential anticompetitive effects of its agreements with Apple.NEWS, Nylen, Leah,weblink Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue in Search Deal, Expert Says, Bloomberg News, 2023-11-13, 2023-11-14,Criticism
Security updates for Snow Leopard and Windows
Software security firm Sophos detailed how Snow Leopard and Windows users were not supported by the Safari 6 release at the time,WEB, Long, Joshua, July 30, 2012, Where are the Safari security updates for Windows and Snow Leopard? Users left exposed,weblink live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20200803154555weblink">weblink August 3, 2020, July 30, 2012, Naked Security, while there were over 121 vulnerabilities left unpatched on those platforms.WEB, July 25, 2012, About the security content of Safari 6,weblink live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20200622142856weblink">weblink June 22, 2020, Apple Inc., Since then, Snow Leopard has had only three minor version releases of Safari (the most recent in September 2013WEB, September 12, 2013, Safari 5.1.10 for Snow Leopard,weblink live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160714191754weblink">weblink July 14, 2016, February 5, 2015, Apple Inc., ), and Windows has had none.WEB, May 9, 2012, Safari 5.1.7 for Windows,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121227130602weblink">weblink December 27, 2012, December 27, 2012, Apple Inc., While no official word has been released by Apple, the indication is that these are the final versions available for these operating systems, and both retain significant security issues.WEB, Verry, Tim, August 6, 2012, Apple No Longer Updating Safari for Windows, Users Should Switch To A More Secure Browser,weblink live,weblink November 27, 2020, February 5, 2015, PC Perspective, WEB, Bond, John-Michael, February 28, 2014, Apple isn't updating Snow Leopard anymore, here's what you should know,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150205215636weblink">weblink February 5, 2015, February 5, 2015, The Unofficial Apple Weblog,See also
- List of web browsers
- History of web browsers
- United States v. Google Inc. in which the FTC alleged that Google misrepresented privacy assurances to Safari users
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