Comments on: 8+ Best Web Browsers for Mac

By: Walter Roberts

Walter Roberts — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:34:19 +0000

In reply to Kushal Azza. There is a bug in Brave Renderer subsystem which goes CPU and memory bound, consuming full cpu and power resources. I finally had to abandon Brave and banish it from our company computers. This has been the topic of numerous reports and the developers have not been able to fix or isolate the issue. Numbers of threads with detailed reports have been closed by Brave without successful resolution of this bug. It appears to affect linux as well.

By: Larry Klenman

Larry Klenman — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 19:25:00 +0000

In reply to richard. All 4 browsers cripple my late 2009, no social media involved, or anything else, I am wondering if moving up to a late 2012 Imac @ $500.00cdn (the late 2009 was $150.00) will be a solution, or another $500 down the mac toilet of built in obsolescence? Big thumbs up to you here at browserhow.com. I am not a geek, yet can actually understand what I read here, and to my surprise find it relevant. Thank You

By: philip jones

philip jones — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 15:13:09 +0000

Nice article, I do think two items are missing.. 1) Chrome uses sophisticated tracking algorithms with little to no simple way to remove and Torch which was great… no longer offers support for a Mac. I do like how you said it was a personal choice, it is and sometimes based on the combination of laptop/tablet and phone differences can play a large role – thanks again for a very succinct article

By: richard

richard — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 20:34:24 +0000

i’m using 4 of the above mentioned browsers (opera, safari, google chrome and firefox)…all of them bring my older iMac to its knees in a fairly short amount of time. mostly, it seems, that social media participation(facebook) seems to be the worst at resource hogging. i use an app to free up physical memory after shutting down each browser before moving to the next one, to resume browsing. i came here to check out alternatives. there was a browser called Shiira(iirc) but i see it has been dustbinned.
27″ iMac, late 2009, 16 gig ram, os 10.13.6

By: William Butler

William Butler — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:14:32 +0000

Do you know which (if any) of these browsers have already been prepared to run on the new M1 processors? Or would it be advisable to simply install the IOS version on an M1 Mac Mini?

Also, there are some features of Google Chrome for MacOS that install with the browser that preform functions even when the browser isn’t running. They are related to Chrome’s automated updating feature and have been show to adversly affect system performance. It has also been stated the Chromium based browsers have omitted this function, making them better, in some respects, than Chrome.

By: Kushal Azza

Kushal Azza — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 13:01:32 +0000

In reply to William Butler. Hello William, I perhaps think that all these browsers should support as long as Apple's Mac OS supports the M1 processor. These browsers are made for the software and not for the hardware. There will be performance implications though (M1 is considered to be the fastest compared to its predecessor). Secondly, yes - I agree with the fact that Google Chrome consumes a tonne of processing power to keep the CPU engaged. You can of course limit these processes and Fix the high CPU usage.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 03:26:00 +0000

I have heard several reports that Google Chrome’s RAM hunger slows powerful Macs to a crawl. I’m reading this to find an alternative to Chrome. Safari is my default but I encounter enough instances of website incompatibility (especially regarding executing financial transactions) with Safari to want a back-up browser.

By: Kushal Azza

Kushal Azza — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 01:11:57 +0000

In reply to Craig. Hello Craig, I agree with the fact that Chrome is a resource-hungry browser. However, I personally use it on my Macbook Air 2017, I find it pretty smooth. Occasionally there are issues when I use along with another heavy program like Video Editor, etc. Having said that, you can use the Microsoft Edge browser which is a tweaked version of Google Chrome that supports Microsoft 365 instead of Google Account.