How can I test my website in an old version of Safari on OS X?

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Apple doesn’t seem to offer downloads of older versions of Safari, and I’m not even sure they would install on Mac OS X, as Safari seems to be part of the OS like Internet Explorer is on Windows.

Is there any way to test my website on old versions of Safari? I need to fully test (i.e. click around, try out JavaScript), so a screenshot service wouldn’t cut it.

Possible duplicate of [Is there a way to install/emulate an older version of Safari ? (i.e 8)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33423269/is-there-a-way-to-install-emulate-an-older-version-of-safari-i-e-8) — Flimm, Nov 17 '17 at 09:15

Paul D. Waite · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-03T11:05:58.060

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Michel Fortin’s Multi-Safari looks like a good bet. 3.0.4 worked great for me on Snow Leopard.

(Bonus question: did Michel Fortin work on Markdown?)

edited Jun 03 '10 at 11:05

answered Jun 03 '10 at 10:58

Paul D. Waite

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The only problem with these is that it appears they must be used on the original versions of OS X. Or just none of them work on 10.8... – Mike Jan 17 '13 at 18:20
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@Mike: most of them work pretty well on 10.6. You’ll notice from the table near the bottom of the page that only the Snow Leopard version of Safari 4 works on 10.8. – Paul D. Waite Jan 17 '13 at 22:55
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@Ross according to John Gruber (the creator of Markdown): "Michel Fortin has ported Markdown to PHP; it’s a splendid port, and highly recommended for anyone looking for a PHP implementation of Markdown." – Abhi Beckert Aug 22 '13 at 04:55
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Anyone know of a solution that works on OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)? – Brent O'Connor Dec 06 '13 at 19:45
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@Brent FYI on Mavericks, only Safari 4.0.5 works, for some reason (but it does, and I was able to reproduce the Safari 5 bug I was hoping to) – Han Seoul-Oh May 02 '14 at 18:48
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"I’m no longer making up-to-date version of Multi-Safari" :( – Imran Bughio Aug 18 '14 at 12:11
@ImranBughio: that’s the way the world’s going. Running old software requires old hardware. (Of course, the easy de-coupling of hardware and software might be viewed as a historical anomaly in the first place.) – Paul D. Waite Aug 18 '14 at 12:51
Not having support for latest OS. – Akansh Apr 18 '17 at 09:44
@PaulD.Waite "Running old software requires old hardware" never heard that one before. – animaonline Sep 29 '17 at 08:11
@animaonline: of course not, I only just said it in August 2014! – Paul D. Waite Sep 29 '17 at 10:02
@PaulD.Waite haha – animaonline Sep 29 '17 at 10:45

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 26 '15 at 17:47

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Browserstack seems to be the fastest way to test versions 4/5 of Safari at this point without spinning up a VM.

answered Feb 26 '15 at 17:47

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bloody expensive – Chris Pink Mar 18 '16 at 10:27
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@ChrisPin When it comes to quality assurance testing suites; I've found you get what you pay for. Admittedly I've been privileged by working for larger businesses who don't mind investing $30/mo for a comprehensive testing suite. That being said there are multiple 'Free' alternatives that can be [found here](http://alternativeto.net/software/browserstack/), [or here](https://teamtreehouse.com/community/free-alternative-to-browserstack). – GFargo Mar 25 '16 at 18:30
I know this is an old answer, but Browserstack is really slow nowadays. 2 - 3 FPS and 2 - 3 second latency is unsuable. – Kyle Jul 16 '20 at 16:42

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 12 '14 at 07:44

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Multi-Safari works for 10.9 (Mavericks), but only the Snow Leopard Safari 4 version.

answered Apr 12 '14 at 07:44

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How can I test my website in an old version of Safari on OS X?

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