His email address is more by Gregg Keizer on. Follow Gregg on Twitter at on Google+ or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed. Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. If "Version" reads anything other than "10.6. Users unsure of which edition of OS X they're running should select "About This Mac" from the Apple menu at the far left of the menu bar. If Apple hews to its decades-long habit, it will also halt Safari updates for Leopard either immediately before Mountain Lion ships or soon afterward. When Mountain Lion launches later this month, Apple will probably stop serving general security updates for 2009's Snow Leopard.
Nor has Apple maintained Safari on Leopard: The last update for Leopard's bundled browser was issued in July 2011. Any version of Google Chrome distributed on Uptodown is completely virus-free and free to download at no cost.
Download rollbacks of Google Chrome for Mac. Instead, it simply disabled older copies of Adobe's Flash Player, one of the moves Apple made to stymie the spread of the Flashback malware that infected hundreds of thousands of Macs last spring. It includes all the file versions available to download off Uptodown for that app.
Although Mozilla talked about ditching OS X 10.5 support last December, Firefox 14, slated to ship next week, will run on Leopard.Īpple has not patched security vulnerabilities in Leopard since November 2011, and its last security update, in May 2012, did not patch any vulnerabilities. Other browser makers continue to support Leopard. "While we understand this is an inconvenience, we are making this change to ensure we can continue to deliver a safe, secure, and stable Chrome for the most Mac users possible."Ĭhrome 21 on Leopard will not suddenly cease to work - even after Google releases the next version, Chrome 21 will continue to run - but it will not receive the usual automatic security fixes or be upgraded. no longer being updated by Apple," said the company.