Google has introduced that model 138 of its Chrome browser for Mac is the final model that may run on macOS 11 Large Sur. In keeping with a assist doc, Large Sur is “outdoors of its assist window with Apple,” and that “operating on a supported working system is crucial to sustaining safety.”
Chrome is at present at model 138. In keeping with Google’s Chrome roadmap, model 139 is at present in beta and is anticipated to be launched by the tip of this month. Chrome 139 requires macOS 12 Monterey or later. Customers of Chrome on Large Sur will begin to see a “warning infobar” to tell them of the tip of assist. It’s unclear whether or not the infobar might be persistent or a one-time warning.
Apple discontinued Safari assist for Large Sur with model 16.6, launched in July 2023. Safari for Mac is at present at model 18.5, however its model will soar to 26 with macOS Tahoe to match Apple’s new OS naming system. Safari 26 requires macOS Sonoma or later.
Notably, Mac OS Large Sur was the final model of macOS to assist Macs with Nvidia graphics playing cards, particularly the 15-inch MacBook Professional fashions with twin graphics from late 2013 and mid-2014, so some customers could also be maintaining them round. Customers in search of a browser that has lively assist for Large Sur can flip to some different choices, together with Courageous, DuckDuckGo, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Vivaldi. Nevertheless, since Apple not helps Large Sur, it’s only a matter of time earlier than these browsers drop it, as nicely.
Apple launched macOS Large Sur in 2020 as the primary OS following the two-decade-long Mac OS X period. The corporate usually ends assist for its working programs 5 years after their launch. Macs operating unsupported OSes nonetheless work, however Apple not offers OS updates. In some excessive cases, Apple will present safety patches for sure exploits.
