Apple Safari Reviews

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Disappointments: - - 1) Old extensions dead. - - 2) Apple removed Extension Builder from the Develop menu, making it impossible to convert old format extensions to the new format in Safari 13. - - 3) The available new extensions for Safari from the App Store remains very limited and significantly unimpressive. - - 4) No WebP image support. There is no reason why. Safari iOS supports WebP! The code to support it is open source! Apple had WebP working in Safari 10 beta, but pulled it! The WebP image format is now an Internet standard. Users have to use ANY other browser to see them. - - 5) Inexplicably, after all the UNsafe "safe" files Mac users have had infect their computers, Safari General Preferences still has 'Open "safe" files after downloading' and it's still checked ON by default. The worst of the 'safe' files Safari opens by default are PDF format, still frequently found to be infected with malicious scripts that can damage Macs. This is the single oldest ongoing Apple enabled security blunder in Safari. We can't have decent Safari extensions, but infected 'safe' files automatically open. That's ridiculous. Who keeps screwing this up, over all these years of Safari? Unfathomable. (o_0)

DO NOT Install Safari 13 unless you've given up on ever running most beloved extensions ever again. Safari 13 KILLS ALL previous extensions D E A D forever, no workarounds left to use. As such, I reinstalled macOS 10.14.6. That killed off Safari 13 and reinstalled Safari 12.1.2 along with my fave extension functionality. - - IF Apple had bothered to help translate ALL the previous extensions to the new format, I might not be annoyed. But they didn't! Left out in the cold: (1) Full functionality of AdBlock Plus, now it's wimpy (2) UBlock Origin, dead, that's unacceptable (3) DuckDuckGo Private Search... and about 20 less critical extensions I use on a regular basis. - - Funny thing is, I work with computer security and have no comprehension what benefit gutting Safari extensions has for Apple users. IMHO this is merely a Marketing Mess concocted as a wrong way for extension developers to charge for their code. It could have been done the right way. But instead Apple users must SUFFER to use Safari. Bad move Apple, yet again! The trend is now well established and I disapprove.

Safari 13.0 was just pushed on Software Update via App Store.

new Apple Safari 12.1.1 links for Sierra & High Sierra? :-) thanks!

Safari 12.1 sec update is now available via the App Store ....... direct links? Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave?
Says it requires 6.8 GB free space to install.

Safari 12.0.3 was issued today. It's on Software Update/App Store. Direct links, anyone? :-)

Even 1 star is more than this deserves. I want my old version of Safari back! What Apple has done with this latest version is a complete disgrace, and they should be ashamed of themselves! How DARE they censor what I can or cannot view on my own computer? Not only does this version block me from my health sites, it has also wiped out every single one of my passwords and all of my extensions, rendering my computer basically worthless! If Apple does not revert back, I will never again purchase another Apple product.

IMPORTANT! All versions of Safari 12 through 12.0.2 contain a security vulnerability current titled "WebKit-RegEx-Exploit", for which a PoC, Proof of Concept, has been published. IF you demand maximum security from Safari, it is important to upgrade to the latest Safari Technology Preview, currently Release 71 (Safari 12.1, WebKit 146071.15), which has patched this exploit. Unfortunately, MU is far behind in its listing of Safari Technology Preview; Therefore, I recommend downloading it DIRECTLY from Apple via their Developer website at this page: https://developer.apple.com/safari/download/ Details about the Safari 12 'WebKit-RegEx-Exploit' are available here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/webkit-vulnerability-affects-latest-versions-of-apple-safari/

Apple has updated Safari to version 12.0.2

Yes it is fast and pretty, but it is to damn controlling with its CANNOT CREATE A SAFE CONNECTION or THIS EXTENSION IS NOT SAFE! Far too many sites cannot be reached and tools cannot cannot be used that are safe, because of these restrictions. Most of the extensions you use are no longer useable because Apple has decide that they are not secure…such as ExpressVPN, Ghostery and many others. The alternatives in the App Store are nowhere near as good as what you have been using, and are often more expensive, and less flexible. I hate to say it because I do love Apple and most of its apps, this one is not the browser to have if you want to have a choice of what YOU want to do on your Mac. FireFox is a far better alternative.

Utter crap - broke ghostery (reinstated) & adblock plus (still working on it). Backdating to Safari 11.1.2 using pacafist. Apple idiocy wasting my time again.

For those who want to backdate, read this article from AsburyParkJoe on MacRumors -

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/downgrading-from-safari-12.2139073/

Safari 12 is a mess with most sites. Using 10.13.6 High Sierra.

The direct download links do not work (??)

I like Safari and use it constantly, far more than any other browser. BUT! It has one big fat nagging bug that's lasted through version 11 and on into version 12. That bug becomes evident whenever long videos are played. I call it: The Seven Minute Video Stall Bug. I'm running macOS 10.12.6 on a MBP with 16 GB of RAM and 80 GB free drive space.

The timing of the video stall is variable but averages to 7 minutes. My best guesses are that it's a caching issue or a memory leak. What DISTURBS me is that I reported this bug back during Safari 11 and Apple IGNORED it. What's more, in Safari 12 the bug has become WORSE such that when watching something very long, after a few video STALLS I've had my ENTIRE Mac STALL. I mean a total inability for ANY keystrokes to work and no ability for anything to respond to clicking. Apart from the cursor, the Mac is LOCKED UP. If you're willing to wait around for a minute or two, macOS will clean up its mess and gradually restore functionality to the user. But who has time to sit and wait around for macOS to wake from the dead? I don't.

This idiotic state, well beyond the evil of Sit&Spin mode, is unacceptable at any time. It's a fundamental, primary bug that requires Apple's immediate attention. Therefore, I submitted the bug report AGAIN to Apple with emphasis that they can't be lazy about it any longer.

The video stall bug is 100% repeatable at all times. The Mac lockup is rarer, requiring a succession of video stalls to appear. Shame on Apple!

[And please kids, no 'I've never seen that' comments. It's time this consistent bug was taken seriously, for a change. It's not the first time Apple has screwed up web video playback in Safari. They know about the bug. They've seen similar bugs in the past.]

Watch it! This version kills AdBlockPlus.