Major version |
Minor version |
WebKit version |
Operating System |
Release date |
Features |
Safari |
0.8 |
48 |
Mac OS X v10.2 |
January 7, 2003 |
Public Beta. Initial release at Macworld San Francisco. |
0.9 |
73 |
April 14, 2003 |
Public Beta 2. Tabbed browsing, forms and passwords autofill, browser reset (removes cookies, cache, etc.), Netscape and Mozilla bookmarks importing, improved support for web standards, improved AppleScript support, more localizations. |
Safari 1 |
1.0 |
85 |
June 23, 2003 |
First non-beta release. Safari is now default Mac OS X browser, faster autotabs, support for iSync bookmark synchronization, all Mac OS X languages supported, more AppleScripts to control browser, improved support for web standards. |
1.0.3 |
85.8.5 |
August 13, 2004 |
Improves the Safari rendering engine to expand third party application support and delivers the latest security enhancements. |
1.1 |
100 |
Mac OS X v10.3 |
October 24, 2003 |
Released with Mac OS X v10.3. Improved speed, improved support for web standards, improved CSS support. |
1.2 |
125 |
February 2, 2004 |
Improved compatibility with websites and web applications. Support for personal certificate authentication. Full keyboard access for navigation. Ability to resume interrupted downloads. Sajax and LiveConnect support. XMLHttpRequest support. |
1.3 |
312 |
April 15, 2005 |
Released with 10.3.9. Included most of the rendering speed and website compatibility improvements that were developed for 2.0. designMode support. |
1.3.1 |
312.3 |
August 29, 2005 |
Improves website compatibility, application stability and support for 3rd party web applications. |
1.3.2 |
312.5 |
January 11, 2006 |
Improves website compatibility, application stability and support for 3rd party web applications. Requires 1.3.1 in order to install. |
1.3.2 |
312.6 |
January 12, 2006 |
Requires earlier version in order to install. |
Safari 2 |
2.0 |
412 |
Mac OS X v10.4 |
April 29, 2005 |
Dubbed "Safari RSS." Released with Mac OS X v10.4. Improved rendering speed and website compatibility. Integrated RSS and Atom reader. Integrated PDF viewer. Private Browsing mode and Parental Controls. Ability to save complete websites using the proprietary WebArchive format. |
2.0.2 |
416.11 |
October 31, 2005 |
Safari passes the Web Standards Project Acid2 test. |
2.0.4 |
419.3 |
January 10, 2006 |
Most widely distributed version of Safari 2, available only as part of Mac OS X Update 10.4.4.[8] Last stable version released before version 3.0. Last Mac OS X-exclusive version. |
Safari 3 |
3.0 |
522.11 |
June 11, 2007 |
Public beta. Initial release at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. Version for Mac OS X v10.4.9 and later. Improved searching within web pages. Drag and drop tabs, and the ability to save a group of tabs as a single bookmark. Live resizing of text input fields. Bonjour support for bookmarks. Initial SVG support. |
3.0.2 |
522.12 |
June 22, 2007 |
Public beta. |
3.0.3 |
522.12.1 |
July 31, 2007 |
Public beta. Latest security updates. |
3.0.4 |
523.10 |
Mac OS X v10.4 - 10.5 |
October 26, 2007 |
Officially released with Mac OS X v10.5 out of beta. Includes the ability to re-arrange tabs by dragging, improved web standards support, the ability to display SVG images, and integration with the Dashboard, allowing users to create widgets from ordinary web pages. For web developers, Safari 3 includes a new "Web Inspector" similar to the DOM Inspector extension for Mozilla Firefox. |
November 14, 2007 |
Officially released for Mac OS X v10.4.11. |
3.1 |
525.13 |
March 18, 2008 |
Introduces support for CSS Web fonts and animations and improves support for SVG and HTML5 media. Performance improvements. |
3.1.1 |
525.17 |
April 16, 2008 |
Improved stability and added security updates. |
525.20 |
May 28, 2008 |
Officially released with Mac OS X v10.5.3. |
rowspan="2 style="white-space:nowrap; background:#ff8080;"| 3.1.2 |
525.21 |
June 30, 2008 |
Officially released with Mac OS X v10.5.4. |
3.2 |
525.26 |
November 13, 2008 |
Added phishing detection, Extended Validation Certificate support, security fixes. |
3.2.1 |
525.27 |
November 24, 2008 |
Stability improvements. |
3.2.3 |
525.28 |
May 12, 2009 |
Officially released with Mac OS X v.10.5.7. |
Safari 4 |
4.0 Beta |
526.11.2 |
June 11, 2008 |
First developer seed. Includes SquirrelFish JavaScript interpreter. Adds ability to save webpages as standalone web applications. Passes Acid3 test. |
528.16 |
February 24, 2009 |
Version 4 Public Beta. Added features include a "Top Sites" tool that tracks the user's most recently viewed pages, and notifies the user of content updates; Cover Flow support for history and bookmarks; and full history search. A new, radically redesigned UI, with the tabs now on top, has been implemented. The new Nitro engine (previously code named SquirrelFish Extreme) renders JavaScript 4.2 times faster than the previous release of Safari according to Apple test reports. A newly redesigned set of Developer Tools, Auto-Detect of Google searches and websites, and full page zooming have also been added.[9] The "save page as standalone web applications" feature from the first developer preview of Safari 4 has been removed. The full feature list on Apple's website describes the other 150 new features of Safari 4.[10] |
528.17 |
May 12, 2009 |
Public beta. Latest security updates. |
4.0 |
530.17 |
June 8, 2009 |
Stable release, officially released at WWDC. Tabs, which were located in the title bar in 4.0 beta releases, have been returned to their original location under the bookmarks bar. |
4.0.1 |
530.18 |
June 17, 2009 |
Improved compatibility with iPhoto '09. |
4.0.2 |
530.19 |
July 8, 2009 |
Improves stability of Nitro JavaScript engine and includes the latest compatibility and security fixes. Officially released with Mac OS X 10.5.8 on August 5, 2009. |
4.0.3 |
531.9 |
Mac OS X v10.4 - 10.6 |
August 11, 2009 |
Stability improvements for webpages that use the HTML5 video tag. Fixes an issue that prevented some users from logging into iWork.com. Fixes an issue that could cause web content to be displayed in greyscale instead of color. |
4.0.4 |
531.21.10 |
November 11, 2009 |
Improves JavaScript and Full History Search performance. Improves stability of third-party plug-ins, search field, and Yahoo! Mail. Adds latest security fixes. |
4.0.5 |
531.22.7 |
March 11, 2010 |
Improves Top Sites performance. Improves stability for third-party plug-ins and websites with online forms and Scalable Vector Graphics. Fixes issues that prevented Safari from changing settings on some Linksys routers and prevented some iWork.com users from commenting on documents. |
4.1 |
533.16 |
Mac OS X v10.4 |
June 7, 2010 |
Improves performance of JavaScript, Top Sites, and trackpad pinch gestures. Adds faster page loading with DNS prefetching and improved page caching, and Bing search option in the Search Field. Improves support for HTML5, auto-complete in the Smart Address Field, tabbed browsing, Full History Search, Private Browsing, protection from cross-site scripting with XSS auditing, support for web applications that use JavaScript Object Notation, and developer tools. Improves performance and stability when pasting text into text fields in webpages, auto-complete functions, PDF handling, and transferring images from Safari to iPhoto, when using Facebook and eMusic. Improves reliability of authentication to Windows IIS. Fixes an issue that prevented some users from dragging files when logged into etrade.com. |
4.1.1 |
533.17.8 |
July 28, 2010 |
More accurate Top Hit results in the Address Field and timing for CSS animations. Adds better stability when scrolling through MobileMe Mail. Fixes an issue that prevented Google Wave and other websites using JavaScript encryption libraries from working correctly on 32-bit systems, an issue that prevented Safari from launching on systems with network home directories, an issue that could cause borders on YouTube thumbnails to disappear when hovering over the thumbnail image, an issue that could cause Flash content to overlap with other content on Facebook, Crate and Barrel, and other sites when using Flash 10.1, an issue that prevented boarding passes from American Airlines from printing correctly, an issue that could cause DNS prefetching requests to overburden certain routers, and an issue that could cause VoiceOver to misidentify elements of webpages. |
4.1.2 |
533.18.5 |
September 7, 2010 |
Fixes an issue that could prevent users from submitting web forms. |
4.1.3 |
533.19.4 |
November 18, 2010 |
Improves accuracy of Top Sites and Top Hit results in the address bar. Fixes an issue with Flash 10.1 that caused overlapping of webpage content. Improves reliability of pop-up blocking. Improves stability of typing in text fields on netflix.com and facebook.com. Improves stability of VoiceOver. |
Safari 5 |
5.0 |
533.16 |
Mac OS X v10.5 - 10.6 |
June 7, 2010 |
Added new features including Safari Reader, Bing Search, and Safari Development Tools. Improves JavaScript performance, page caching, and DNS prefetching. Improves support for HTML5. Other improvements and features include smarter address field, tabs settings, search history with date, Top Sites/history button, private browsing icon, XSS auditor, and the return of the address bar loading status indicator. Included in the Mac OS X v10.6.4 update. |
5.0.1 |
533.17.8 |
July 28, 2010 |
Added a new feature: Safari Extensions. Provides more accurate Top Hit results in the Address Field and timing for CSS animations. Adds better stability when using the Safari Reader keyboard shortcut and scrolling through MobileMe Mail. Fixes display of multipage articles from Rolling Stone in Safari Reader. Fixes an issue that prevented Google Wave and other websites using JavaScript encryption libraries from working correctly on 32-bit systems, an issue that prevented Safari from launching on Leopard systems with network home directories, an issue that could cause borders on YouTube thumbnails to disappear when hovering over the thumbnail image, an issue that could cause Flash content to overlap with other content on Facebook, Crate and Barrel, and other sites when using Flash 10.1, an issue that prevented boarding passes from American Airlines from printing correctly, an issue that could cause DNS prefetching requests to overburden certain routers, and an issue that could cause VoiceOver to misidentify elements of webpages. |
5.0.2 |
533.18.5 |
September 7, 2010 |
Fixes issues that prevented submission of web forms, fixes issues that caused incorrect displaying of content in Google Images with Flash Player 10.1 installed, and establishes encrypted and authenticated connection to Safari Extensions Gallery. |
5.0.3 |
533.19.4 |
November 18, 2010 |
Improves accuracy of Top Sites, and Top Hit results in address bar. Fixes an issue with Flash 10.1 that caused overlapping of webpage content. Improves reliability of pop-up blocking. Improves stability of typing in text fields on Netflix and Facebook. Improves stability of JavaScript extensions. Improves stability of VoiceOver. |
5.0.4 |
533.20.27 |
March 9, 2011 |
Improves stability for webpages with multiple plug-in content. Improves compatibility with webpages with image reflections and transition effects. Fixes an issue that caused webpages to print with incorrect layouts. Fixes an issue that caused webpages with plug-in content to display incorrectly. Fixes an issue that caused the screen saver to appear while a video is playing. Improves compatibility with VoiceOver on webpages with text input areas and lists with selectable items. Improves stability when using VoiceOver. |
5.0.5 |
533.21.1 |
April 14, 2011 |
Security update. |
5.0.6 |
533.22.3 |
Mac OS X v10.5 |
July 20, 2011 |
Stability improvements for web applications that use WebSocket with certain proxy configurations. Improvements to the appearance and layout of text with HTML5 ruby annotations. A fix for an issue that could cause elements in frames to appear in the wrong place on Pandora.com and other websites. |
5.1 |
534.48.3 |
Mac OS X v10.6 - 10.7 |
Bundled with Mac OS X v10.7. New features include Reading List for managing webpages and links, new process architecture for improved stability and responsiveness, Resume for launching windows from a previous browsing session, improved privacy settings, Private AutoFill, additional text search controls, and the ability to drag and drop items from the Downloads window. Introduces support for full-screen webpages, media caching with the HTML5 application cache, MathML, Web Open Font Format, CSS3 auto-hyphenation, CSS3 vertical text, CSS3 text emphasis, Window.onError, and formatted XML files. Adds new Extensions APIs, including support for popovers, menus, new event classes, and interaction with Safari Reader. |
5.1.1 |
534.51.22 |
October 12, 2011 |
Bundled with Mac OS X v10.7.2. Adds support for iCloud syncing of bookmarks and Reading List. Improves JavaScript performance. Contains improvements to performance, stability, usability, compatibility, accessibility, and security. |
5.1.2 |
534.52.7 |
November 29, 2011 |
Improves stability. Addresses issues with hangs, excessive memory usage, and white flashes within webpages. Allows PDFs to be displayed within web content. |
5.1.3 |
534.53.10 |
February 1, 2012 |
Bundled with Mac OS X v10.7.3. |
5.1.4 |
534.54.16 |
March 12, 2012 |
Improved Javascript performance. Improve responsiveness when typing into the search field after changing network configurations, or with an intermittent network connection. Address an issue that could cause webpages to flash white when switching between Safari windows. Address issues that prevented printing U.S. Postal Service shipping labels and embedded PDFs. Preserve links in PDFs saved from webpages. Fix an issue that could make Flash content appear incomplete after using gesture zooming. Fix an issue that could cause the screen to dim while watching HTML5 video. Improve stability, compatibility, and startup time when using extensions. Allow cookies set during regular browsing to be available after using Private Browsing. Fix an issue that could cause some data to be left behind after pressing the “Remove All Website Data” button.[11] |
5.1.5 |
534.55.3 |
March 26, 2012 |
Contains a fix for an issue that could affect website usability when running Safari in 32-bit mode; other stability improvements.[12] |
5.1.6 |
534.56.5 |
Mac OS X v10.7 |
May 9, 2012 |
Bundled with OSX 10.7.4, contains stability improvements. |
5.1.7 |
534.57.2 |
Mac OS X v10.6 - 10.7 |
May 9, 2012 |
Improve the browser's responsiveness when the system is low on memory. Fix an issue that could prevent webpages from responding after using a pinch to zoom gesture. Fix an issue that could affect websites using forms to authenticate users. Disable versions of Adobe Flash Player that do not include the latest security updates and provide the option to get the current version from Adobe's website. |
5.1.8 |
534.58.2 |
Mac OS X v10.6 |
March 14, 2013 |
Security updates [13] |
5.1.9 |
534.59.8 |
April 16, 2013 |
Security updates [14] |
5.1.10 |
534.59.10 |
September 12, 2013 |
Security updates [15] |
Safari 6 |
6.0 |
536.25 |
OS X v10.7 - 10.8 |
July 25, 2012 |
Improved Javascript performance. Website URL and Search are now in one bar. iCloud integration added. Twitter integration added. Overall faster performance. More HTML5 support. |
6.0.1 |
536.26 |
September 21, 2012 |
Bundled with Mac OS X v10.8.2. Adds SSL support for Google searches from the Smart Search Field in Safari. |
6.0.2 |
536.26.17 |
November 1, 2012 |
Security fixes only. |
6.0.3 |
536.28.10 |
March 14, 2013 |
Contains fixes that improve performance, stability, and security. |
6.0.4 |
536.29.13 |
April 16, 2013 |
Security updates [14] |
6.0.5 |
536.30.1 |
June 5, 2013 |
6.1 |
537.43.58 |
June 11, 2013 |
New Sidebar with Shared Links, Bookmarks and Reading List. Redesigned Top Sites. Power-saving technologies. |
6.1.1 |
537.73.11 |
December 16, 2013 |
Security update.[16] |
6.1.2 |
|
February 25, 2014 |
Security update.[17] |
6.1.3 |
|
April 1, 2014 |
Security update.[18] |
6.1.4 |
|
May 21, 2014 |
Security update.[19] |
6.1.5 |
|
June 30, 2014 |
Security update.[20] |
6.1.6 |
|
August 13, 2014 |
Security update.[21] |
6.2 |
|
OS X 10.8 |
September 18, 2014 |
Security update.[22] |
6.2.1 |
|
December 4, 2014 |
Security update.[23] |
6.2.2 |
|
December 11, 2014 |
Security update.[24] |
6.2.3 |
|
January 27, 2015 |
Security update.[25] |
6.2.4 |
|
March 17, 2015 |
Security update.[26] |
6.2.5 |
|
April 8, 2015 |
Security update.[6] |
Safari 7 |
7.0 |
537.71 |
OS X 10.9 |
October 22, 2013 |
Bundled with 10.9 Developer Preview 1.New Sidebar with Shared Links, Bookmarks and Reading List. Redesigned Top Sites. Nitro Tiered JIT, Fast Start and power-saving technologies.[27] |
7.0.1 |
537.73.11 |
December 16, 2013 |
Security update.[28] |
7.0.2 |
|
February 25, 2014 |
Security update.[29] |
7.0.3 |
|
April 1, 2014 |
Security update.[30] |
7.0.4 |
537.76.4 |
May 21, 2014 |
Security update.[31] |
7.0.5 |
537.77.4 |
June 30, 2014 |
Security update. Bundled with OS X 10.9.4[32] |
7.0.6 |
537.78.2 |
August 13, 2014 |
Security update.[33] |
7.1 |
|
September 18, 2014 |
Security update.[34] |
7.1.1 |
|
December 4, 2014 |
Security update.[23] |
7.1.2 |
|
December 11, 2014 |
Security update.[24] |
7.1.3 |
|
January 27, 2015 |
Security update.[25] |
7.1.4 |
|
March 17, 2015 |
Security update.[26] |
7.1.5 |
|
April 8, 2015 |
Security update.[6] |
Safari 8 |
8.0 |
538.35.8 |
OS X 10.10 |
October 16, 2014 |
Bundled with 10.10. Browser gets first new logo in 11 years, similar in style to iOS 7-onwards.[35] Support for APNG was added.[36] |
8.0.1 |
|
December 4, 2014 |
Security update.[23] |
8.0.2 |
|
December 11, 2014 |
Security update.[24] |
8.0.3 |
|
January 27, 2015 |
Security update.[25] |
8.0.4 |
|
March 17, 2015 |
Security update.[26] |
8.0.5 |
|
April 8, 2015 |
Security update.[6] |