Visit this Apple Support page to find your Mac OS version. If you're using an outdated version of Firefox on Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or earlier, the only way you can update Firefox to a secure version is to upgrade your Mac OS to a version that Apple supports. Visit this Apple Support page to learn more about upgrading your Mac. Mozilla Firefox for Mac is a Web browsing alternative that offers a full range of features to let you peruse your favorite sites with ease. This program offers all of the functionality you'd. On August 2, 2016, Firefox 48.0 was released. It is scheduled to be replaced by Firefox 49.0 on September 13, 2016. At that point, Mac users using OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, and 10.8 Mountain Lion will be left behind by the current versions of Firefox. I would recommend not using Safari on 10.6.8, since it is unsupported by Apple at this point, and the older versions of Safari have known compatibility / security issues. The best way to 'upgrade' would just be to install a third party browser (Chrome or FireFox, which I linked to below) and those issues should go away.
Publisher's Description
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source Web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. Firefox is the second most widely used browser.
To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards.
Someone reviewed v70.0 on Oct 23, 2019
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tektotalrui reviewed v58.0 on Jan 23, 2018
Get me a lot of errors when I open the browser
Nrf2User reviewed v39.0 on Jul 22, 2015
I've had nothing but problems with Firefox 39.0 (using on my MacBook Pro OS X 10.6.8). In order to quit, I have to force quit. It freezes up continually. I'm about to uninstall it and start using a different browser. I'd give it a 0 stars if I could.
Output Overboard reviewed v36.0 on Feb 24, 2015
Here's the first review in 3 years. This version is smooth and fast performing, literally taking many of it's looks and ideas directly from Google Chrome. Along with smooth performance comes better memory management. Firefox is probably the most configurable browser as well.
Cris3 reviewed v15.0 Final on Aug 28, 2012
Seems to work great with Mountain Lion 10.8.1 and updating Firefox from ver 14. Appears to have flawless integration.
HornyToad reviewed v4.0 Beta 3 on Aug 11, 2010
Doesn't work on Tiger (MacOS X 10.4.x for the non-cognoscenti...), hence the low rating. It's a shame really: Mozilla is following in Google's footsteps when it comes to Apple OSes, and forgets that not all Mac users can or want to switch to Snow Leopard. Might as well spit in our eye... Take Opera as the (perfect) counter-example, they who have recently launched a new version of their browser that's really multi-platform. Shame on you, Gorgonzilla! (pardon the cheesy pun...)
Adrian79 reviewed v3.6 Alpha 1 on Aug 26, 2009
windows screenshot :(
Virtual_ManPL reviewed v3.5 Beta 4 on May 1, 2009
Work like hell with JIT default enabled !!!
AlanS2001 reviewed v3.5 Beta 4 on Apr 29, 2009
Still the best!
Virtual_ManPL reviewed v2.0.0.17 on Nov 1, 2008
The BEST browser form me !!! Secure, fast, stable and powerfull with extensions !!!
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Someone reviewed v70.0 on Oct 23, 2019
Pros: Great Article it its really informative and innovative keep us posted with new updates. its was really valuable. https://www.birminghamcarpetcare.com
Cons: Great Article it its really informative and innovative keep us posted with new updates. its was really valuable. https://www.birminghamcarpetcare.com
Bottom Line: Great Article it its really informative and innovative keep us posted with new updates. its was really valuable. https://www.birminghamcarpetcare.com
tektotalrui reviewed v58.0 on Jan 23, 2018
Pros: Nice smooth
Cons: A lot of errors
Bottom Line: Get me a lot of errors when I open the browser
Nrf2User reviewed v39.0 on Jul 22, 2015
I've had nothing but problems with Firefox 39.0 (using on my MacBook Pro OS X 10.6.8). In order to quit, I have to force quit. It freezes up continually. I'm about to uninstall it and start using a different browser. I'd give it a 0 stars if I could.
Output Overboard reviewed v36.0 on Feb 24, 2015
Here's the first review in 3 years. This version is smooth and fast performing, literally taking many of it's looks and ideas directly from Google Chrome. Along with smooth performance comes better memory management. Firefox is probably the most configurable browser as well.
Cris3 reviewed v15.0 Final on Aug 28, 2012
Seems to work great with Mountain Lion 10.8.1 and updating Firefox from ver 14. Appears to have flawless integration.
HornyToad reviewed v4.0 Beta 3 on Aug 11, 2010
Doesn't work on Tiger (MacOS X 10.4.x for the non-cognoscenti...), hence the low rating. It's a shame really: Mozilla is following in Google's footsteps when it comes to Apple OSes, and forgets that not all Mac users can or want to switch to Snow Leopard. Might as well spit in our eye... Take Opera as the (perfect) counter-example, they who have recently launched a new version of their browser that's really multi-platform. Shame on you, Gorgonzilla! (pardon the cheesy pun...)
Adrian79 reviewed v3.6 Alpha 1 on Aug 26, 2009
windows screenshot :(
Virtual_ManPL reviewed v3.5 Beta 4 on May 1, 2009
Work like hell with JIT default enabled !!!
AlanS2001 reviewed v3.5 Beta 4 on Apr 29, 2009
Still the best!
Virtual_ManPL reviewed v2.0.0.17 on Nov 1, 2008
The BEST browser form me !!! Secure, fast, stable and powerfull with extensions !!!
Virtual_ManPL reviewed v3.1 Beta 1 on Nov 1, 2008
The BEST browser form me !!! Secure, fast, stable and powerfull with extensions !!!
Virtual_ManPL reviewed v3.0.3 on Nov 1, 2008
Download Firefox For Mac 10.6.8
The BEST browser form me !!! Secure, fast, stable and powerfull with extensions !!!
patrickberg reviewed v2.0.0.17 on Sep 23, 2008
In my opinion Firefox doesn't even compare to Camino: www.caminobrowser.org . Even better in my eyes is webkit: www.webkit.org . Webkit is the fastest browser I have found for Mac & is updated several times per week. Back to Firefox, I have tried Firefox 2 & 3beta. My experience was not good. The layout of browser menus & such drove me crazy. The browser was slower than Camino to open & slower to load webpages. This is on my 1gz imac with 1gig ram.
bousozoku reviewed v2.0.0.13 on Mar 25, 2008
The flexibility is the key here and anti-phishing support is important, as well. The developers have been cleaning up the Gecko renderer and crashing is all but a distant memory. Using version 2.x with Leopard instantly improves text display, which seems odd, since Mozilla didn't change anything in Leopard. Has Apple been holding back all this time to make third parties look bad? Version 3.0 is still about two months out and truly improves all facets of the browser.
bousozoku reviewed v3.0 Beta 3 on Feb 13, 2008
It's quite a bit better than earlier beta releases. The new theme was a bit shocking with its all silver/graphite look, but it will please the Safari crowd in that it doesn't look anything like something on Windows. (They'll still complain anyway.) Performance is good but still has a way to go before it's ready for everyone. Startup and shutdown of the browser is slow. Once launched, it's quite speedy--faster than the current Safari but not the Safari beta. Apparently, memory leaks have been addressed strongly and that's helped a lot to aid stability. It really doesn't feel like a beta but add-ons still don't work.
Mozilla today announced that it will end Firefox support for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, OS X 10.7 Lion, and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion in August 2016. Unlike Google, which also dropped Windows XP and Vista support, Mozilla seems to be sticking to only removing support for old Macs.
This means Mozilla will provide regular Firefox updates and security patches for Mac users on these operating systems for four more months. After that, the browser will still work, but it will be stuck on the last version released in August.
Mozilla also offers a Firefox version called Extended Support Release (ESR) for schools, universities, businesses, and others who need help with mass deployments. Firefox ESR releases are maintained for one year, and so Mozilla will continue to support it on OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 “until mid-2017.” Firefox ESR 45 will be the last version that supports these old OS X versions.
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Mozilla correctly notes that “all three of these versions are no longer supported by Apple” and that “unsupported operating systems receive no security updates, have known exploits, and are dangerous for you to use.” If you want to continue getting Firefox updates, the company thus recommends upgrading your Mac.
It’s unfortunate that Mozilla is not doing the same with old Windows versions. Keep in mind that Microsoft retired Mainstream Support for Windows XP on April 14, 2009 and then pulled Extended Support for the operating system on April 8, 2014. Mozilla is thus going out of its way to support XP for additional years, even longer than Microsoft.
Windows XP users cannot upgrade to newer versions of Microsoft’s browser: IE8 is the latest version they can install. IE9 is only available for Windows Vista and Windows 7, while IE10 and IE11 are only for Windows 7 and Windows 8. Many XP users thus choose to use third-party browsers.
With Chrome no longer an option, many are likely going with Firefox.
Last month, XP still had about 11 percent market share, according to Net Applications. Vista had 1.41 percent market share, and the three old OS X versions had a combined 0.83 percent.
So if you’re wondering why exactly Mozilla keeps supporting Firefox on Windows XP and Vista, the numbers tell the real story. There are hundreds of millions using the browser on the ancient operating systems, and Mozilla would rather have those users than lose them.
But like Google before it, Mozilla is not helping these users by not encouraging them to upgrade. Even with an up-to-date browser, using Windows XP and Vista is simply a poor security choice.