De la misma forma que Microsoft tiene Edge, Google tiene Chrome y Mozilla tiene Firefox, Apple se encarga del desarrollo y mantenimiento de su browser Safari. Este es el navegador predeterminado que se usa en todas las Mac con un sistema operativo Mac OS, as well as on the iPhone with ios and iPad with iPadOS.
Normally, Apple applications generally do not leave the ecosystem, being "exclusive" for their users. However, with this browser things are different. Apple allows Windows users to use its browser, although it is absolutely not recommended to do so.
Advantages and disadvantages of Safari
El navegador Safari es uno de los mejores que podemos utilizar en el ecosistema de Apple. Fundamentalmente en macOS. Este navegador Web se caracteriza por ser un navegador very complete, quick to use and, especially, safe and private. It has great compatibility with all types of web pages and at the same time allows us to move even through the largest and heaviest webs with total fluidity.
Apple browser sync via iCloud con todos los dispositivos que tenemos en nuestro poder. Esto nos permite tener todas las pestañas, contraseñas, marcadores, favoritos y todo siempre al scope de la mano. Incluso nos permite enviar sitios web directamente de un dispositivo a otro mediante la sincronización. Safari usa un Webkit Engine, un motor de Open Source mucho más ligero y rápido que, por ejemplo, Blink, el motor de Chrome.
However, Apple is still doing its thing. And, although it looks like a cross-platform browser, since Safari 5 this browser is exclusive for Apple operating systems: macOS and iOS. Nothing on Windows, Linux, or decidedly Android.
A la vez, no se lleva muy bien con las últimas tecnologías web y es factible que experimente problemas al ejecutar código JavaScript y procesar contents CSS. Tampoco admite formatos de audio y video modernos como .VP9 y .ogg, que son un problema para la transmisión de contenido.
How to install Safari on Windows 10
Installing Safari on Windows 10 (or Windows 7 or 8.1) is no mystery. Although Apple hid the to download of your browser (for reasons that we will see later), it is always possible to download the latest version of the browser released for Windows from the following link.
Once the following installer is downloaded, we run it on our computer, like any other program, and follow the instructions that appear in the wizard.
When Safari installation is complete, we can start using this browser on our computer. However, from the moment we run it for the first time, we will start to realize the problems.
Problems with using the Apple browser in Windows 10
It's true that Safari has nothing to do with Google Chrome's market share. Even on corporate operating systems, users install Chrome and Firefox to navigate with them. For convenience or custom, mainly.
However, Safari was a good alternative for those who wanted an innovative, light and fast browser. Sadly, Development abandoned by Apple Windows version of this browser, and for many years (since 2012) this browser has not been updated.
the Interface Safari for Windows leaves a lot to be desired. It is an interface similar to that of previous versions of Internet Explorer. At the same time, because its engine has not been updated in years, many websites malfunction, or they just don't work.
At the same time, we have to bear in mind that a browser without an update is plagued with vulnerabilities. Great care should be taken when using this browser for Windows, given that in recent years Apple has fixed several serious bugs in Safari for macOS and iOS, bugs that are still present in the Windows version.
Can I install the latest version of Safari?
Unless you have macOS, iOS, or iPadOS, it is not feasible to install and use the latest version of Safari in the browser. Apple abandoned its development a long time ago And although the installers are still downloadable, this version is completely outdated.
To test the latest version of Safari on Windows 10, the only possibility is to install macOS in a virtual machine, or choose a configuration hackintosh This allows us to natively run the Apple operating system on a conventional PC.
How to set Safari as the default browser on Windows
At this point, since we have installed the bitten apple signature browser in our personal computer with Windows, maybe we use it usually. What we want to tell you with all this is that from this moment on it is feasible that we want to use it as a regular schedule when we travel online. In this circumstance, the best we can do is set it as the default in the system. Thus, the supported external calls will open directly in Safari instead of in the browser that we have been using so far.
Well, to achieve this, the first thing we are going to do is go to the System Configuration application itself. This is something we achieve by combining Win + I keys, then go to the Applications option.
Here in the left panel we find an entry called Default applications, which we click. Therefore, to finish, it is enough to locate the section of Web navigator, where we click on the current icon and then choose Safari, which will become the default.
