Advertisement On the Mac, there are many browsers beyond Safari: some common, some more obscure. It is not that Safari is a bad browser, or that it has a limited feature set.

Some users—maybe yourself included—just want something different. Safari is Apple’s vision of the ideal web browser that’s targeted at general users. Not to mention most of its feature releases tie into releases of macOS. So you may want a different focus, or want major updates more than once a year. Note that if you really need to, you can actually Is it possible to run the flagship Microsoft browser on an OSX machine? Read on to find out. But if neither Safari nor Internet Explorer fit what you need, here are the best web browser alternatives for Mac to try out.

Common Web Browsers for Mac None of these are going to be too far off your radar. One has become one of the most popular browsers on the web. Another is an open source mainstay that broke open the door for alternative web browsers. This is the short list that even power users go to when looking for a new browser. 1.: The Current Standard There isn’t much to say about Chrome. It is growing far beyond almost any other browser. Is it a browser, or an OS?

The browser war never ends. No matter how many times we compare all of the major browsers Which Browser Is Best? Firefox Which Browser Is Best? Firefox The browser you're using right now may not be the best one for you. The browser arena.

The answer is a little bit of both. It is one of the most extensible browsers you can use. You can get everything from password safes to full on text editors that all live right in your browser.

Even with all the additions, Chrome is a strong contender for the fastest browser. This power all comes at a cost. Chrome can chew up a ton of battery life with only a few browser tabs. If you are looking to extend your battery life, this is not the best choice. It is great for web apps, especially Google’s. One of the most unsung parts of Chrome is the built-in web developer tools.

If you are messing around with JavaScript, you have a full-on console to experiment in. 2.: Old School and Open Source Firefox is the original alternative browser, and one that many called “doomed” when Chrome came on the scene. Firefox is not dead, but it was touch and go for a few years there.

There was a persistent idea that it was slow. The days when Chrome was the best browser are long gone. People are returning to Firefox! Is it time to switch (back)? Here are several reasons that may convince you. Driven by quick updates.

Performance improved by clearing out old extensions that might hurt performance. Firefox is not the same as Chrome.

You will not find an array of apps that turn your browser into an OS. You do find an excellent array of extensions that make your browser more powerful. If you are weary of the resources Chrome consumes on your system, Firefox is worth a new look. 3.: Features, Features, Features Opera is the vinyl record of web browsers. Its fans are deep and devoted, but a little outside of the mainstream. Opera was never the dominant browser on the web. Yet it was usually first to market with features that are now standards in other web browsers.

After a decade of putting Opera on everything with a CPU, the browser has a renewed focus on the desktop. The newest version has some interesting features. The first is that there is an Opera-branded free VPN you can add as an extension. There’s also support for embedding social chat apps into the sidebar. Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger are standard, but you can add others as extensions.