How to Update Safari on Mac

This practical guide walks through how to update safari on Mac, explains the main requirements, and highlights common issues that may appear along the way.

In this article, we'll learn how to keep your Mac's Safari browser up to date.

Update Safari in System Preferences

Unlike Chrome, Firefox or Edge, Safari itself does not have a built-in version update feature in the browser. So to update Safari to the new version, you will have to use the Software Update feature located in macOS's System Preferences.

To access this, you first click the Apple icon in the top left corner of the screen.

In the menu that appears, select the option ' System Preferences '.

In the System Preferences window, you click ' Software Update '.

The Software Update panel will immediately appear on the screen, letting you know if any new software updates are available for your Mac. If so, you have two choices.

To install the latest operating system update alongside the latest version of Safari, just click the ' Update Now ' button and follow the process.

In case you just want to install a new update for Safari, click on ' More Info ' in the list of available updates to see detailed information of all available updates available.

After you click ' More info ', an information panel will appear detailing the available updates for your Mac. Check the 'Safari' update and also uncheck the ' macOS ' update if you don't want to install system updates for the operating system right now. When you are ready, click ' Install Now '.

Wait a moment, the new Safari update will be automatically installed on your Mac.

Once the update is finished, you can exit System Preferences by clicking the red Close button in the top left corner of the window.