Running MacOS High Sierra - can't run latest Brave - how do I deal with this?

[idh1oi12jkl31jk2bgve3jk12b]

So Brave (Chromium in general) needs a newer version of MacOS (assuming it's frameworks or whatever). 

 

 

 

I went to GitHub and indeed see so many older versions, but I have no clue which one will work with MacOS High Sierra (I think it's 10.13). 

 

https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases

 

is there a way of knowing which one of the many versions will work on High Sierra?

 

 

[whispous]

Is there a reason you can't upgrade your OS?

[Flying-Dutchman]

Hi @whispous, I think @idh1oi12jkl31jk2bgve3jk12b has a mac or hackintosh that is stuck on that version due to or mac hardware being that old that it's no longer supported by apple in newer releases or the hackintosh setup would break when upgrading (probably also due to a mix of hardware dependent reasons and software fiddly diddly to make things work).

 

Having said that, to answer @idh1oi12jkl31jk2bgve3jk12b his question. I think you'r'e heavily dependent on what was written in change-logs to assess if the code would still run. Otherwise you'd have to go trial & error I'm afraid. Maybe firefox would be a better alternative than chromium based browsers on such hardware? My experience is that firefox works well as browser way after os support by Apple etc. was lost.

[BondiBlue]

It would help to know what specific Mac you have. 

[Umberto]

Running some old Brave version doesn't seem like a good idea from a security standpoint. 

[Flying-Dutchman]

Running outdated browsers is never a good idea. However, if OS updates aren't there anymore due to, e.g. old hardware, but the system is still running ok. than I think you should go down the road of checking a different browser that does allow you to install recent releases. Also, on such systems, some extra help from some reasonable antivirus/antimalware software like e.g. ESET or Bitdefender would make a strong case I'd say.

[E-waste]

On 2/13/2024 at 3:24 AM, idh1oi12jkl31jk2bgve3jk12b said:

So Brave (Chromium in general)

Brave is nonsense with a misleading name.  Oh, yeah it's brave to use a fake alternative browser that just bolsters Chrome's dominance.  Chromium is open-source, based on webkit, which originated from KDE development.

 

But chrome has 66% of the browser market you are denied the freedom of using addons on mobile.

 

Dark reader is great to have a bright blue background during the day, and a dark orange or brown at night to counter the purple/blue glow from an led-lit lcd display on an otherwise black background.

 

NoScript gives you complete control over exactly what websites you want to allow on a website.  It speeds up page loading, reduces cpu load and reduces data use.

 

I don't at all like the strange crypto-crap on brave, or whatever their doing with search results or ad replacement.  To hell with ALL of that.  Brave is awful.

 

Just use firefox and support the 6.78% of the market on desktop and the abnormally, unhealthily low 0.5% market of firefox on mobile.  Take back your Internet rights, freedom and some privacy.  Firefox is open-source, and has been since 1994.