apple stopped supporting safari for windows on june 14, 2007.
apple stopped supporting safari for windows on june 14, 2007.
when did apple stop supporting safari for windows?
june 14, 2007
safari 6.0 was previously known as safari 5.2 until apple announced the change at wwdc 2012. the stable release of safari 6 coincided with the release of os x mountain lion on july 25, 2012, and is integrated into the os. as apple integrated it with mountain lion, it is no longer available for download from the apple website or other sources. apple released safari 6 via software update for users of os x lion. it has not been released for os x versions prior to lion or for windows. regarding the unavailability of safari 6 on windows, apple has stated "safari 6 is available for mountain lion and lion. safari 5 continues to be available for windows." microsoft removed safari from its browserchoice page.
safari (web browser)
an earlier version of apple software update (bundled with safari, quicktime, and itunes for microsoft windows) selected safari for installation from a list of apple programs to download by default, even when an existing installation of safari was not detected on a user's machine. john lilly, former ceo of mozilla, stated that apple's use of its updating software to promote its other products was "a bad practice and should stop." he argued that the practice "borders on malware distribution practices" and "undermines the trust that we're all trying to build with users." apple spokesman bill evans sidestepped lilly's statement, saying that apple was only "using software update to make it easy and convenient for both mac and windows users to get the latest safari update from apple." apple also released a new version of apple software update that puts new software in its own section, though still selected for installation by default. by late 2008, apple software update no longer selected new installation items in the new software section by default.
safari (web browser)