Safari, Apple’s graphical web browser, is a software application that has been developed by the company for the Macintosh operating system. It is the fourth most popular browser used in the world, after Google Chrome. It was first released in the year 2003 as a public beta on Mac OS X operating system. Apple also released a version of Safari, which supports Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows XP, in 2007.
The first version of Safari was released in the year 2003, which was followed by several other versions releasing within a year of each other. The company has released the latest version Safari 5.0, which is available for download free of cost, for both Windows and Mac operating systems. This article will show you how to download Safari on your computer in simple steps.
How to download Safari on Mac
While most of the new Apple computers already have Safari installed in them, people having older models will need to download the application on their own.
However, there is no need to worry as the process is very easy and doesn’t take much time too.
- Go to Apple’s main website in your current web browser.
- Click on the “Support” heading, which you can see at the top of the page, and select the sub-heading “Downloads”.
- Now, type the word “Safari” in the search box you see on the right side of the page.
- A new page will appear showing you the search results. Scroll down till you find “Download Safari Update 2.0.1″ and click on it.
- Read through the necessary system requirements and then click on the blue download button to start the download.
Once you have downloaded Safari, its time to install it on your PC
- Locate the icon saying SAFARI.DMG on your computer’s desktop and double-click it to unstuff the file and create a SAFARI.PKG icon.
- Now, click on this icon to start the installation process.
- An authentication window will pop up where you will need to type in your username and password. Then, click OK.
- Read through the Software License Agreement and the welcome menu and click on the “continue”: button.
- Now, click on “Agree” where it asks you to accept the terms of the Software License Agreement.
- Choose the destination folder where you want to install Safari and click on “continue”.
- Finally, click on the “Install” button, wait for the software to be installed completely and then click on “Close” to finish the process.
How to download Safari for Windows
You can download Safari 4 on both your Mac as well as Windows computers. You can download it from the Apple website, without paying a charge, and can use it along with other Web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Firefox.
- The first step to download Safari is to go the Safari website and click on the “Free Download” button.
- Now, select “Safari for Windows XP, Vista or 7″ option. You will have to enter you e-mail address here and then click on the “Download Now” button.
- Select the option for saving you file on the computer’s desktop and wait for the download to complete.
- After the downloading process is finished you will see a “SafariSetup.exe” icon on your desktop. Double-click it to start the installation.
- Accept the terms of software license agreement and click on the “Next” button.
- If you want to change the location of Safari files to some other folder you can click on the “Change” button for this. A pop-up window will open where you can select the folder you want your files to be saved in.
- Finally, click on the “Install” button to start the installation process, which should take less than five minutes.
Tips & Warnings for downloading Safari
- Keep checking Apple’s home page for updates of the Safari software.
- Make sure that your computer meets the minimum hardware and software requirements before you install Safari, as it will not run otherwise.
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