{"id":55752,"date":"2012-05-01T15:35:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T19:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=55752"},"modified":"2014-06-11T11:04:24","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T15:04:24","slug":"mac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/teaching\/lms\/blackboard\/how-to\/update-your-browser\/mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Update Your Web Browser &#8211; Mac OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bbvista8\">\n<a name=\"top\" id=\"top\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blackboard Learn now supports the most up-to-date versions of Firefox and Safari on a Mac OS X computer. Below are instructions for updating Firefox and Safari.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n    <input name=\"browsers\" id=\"saf1\" onclick=\"show_div('safari')\" value=\"safari\" type=\"radio\"><br \/>\n     <label for=\"saf1\">Safari 5 to 7<\/label>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n     <input name=\"browsers\" id=\"fx1\" onclick=\"show_div('firefox35')\" value=\"firefox35\" type=\"radio\"><br \/>\n     <label for=\"fx1\">Firefox 4.0 to <a href=\"#\" id=\"frc\">(FRC)<\/a><\/label>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n    <input name=\"browsers\" id=\"gcsrc\" onclick=\"show_div('chrome')\" value=\"chrome\" type=\"radio\"><br \/>\n     <label for=\"gcsrc\">Google Chrome <a href=\"#\" id=\"sc\">(SRC)<\/a><\/label>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div id=\"bblearninfo\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- Firefox update --><\/p>\n<div id=\"firefox35\">\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2009\/10\/fx-logo-sm5.jpg\" alt=\"fx-logo-sm\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" \/> Update Firefox<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Open your Firefox web browser.<br \/>\n<img class=\"screenshots\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2012\/01\/mac-fx17.gif\" alt=\"Update Firefox web browser\"><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"easyupdate\"><\/a>To check for updates or your browser&#8217;s version number, click <strong>Firefox<\/strong> in the upper left-hand corner of your monitor and then <strong>About Firefox<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img class=\"screenshots\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2012\/01\/mac-fx18.gif\" alt=\"Update Firefox web browser\"><\/li>\n<li>You will see the following window which will give you your browser&#8217;s version number. To check for updates click the <strong>Check for Updates<\/strong> button. <strong>NOTE:<\/strong> If an update is available, a restart of your browser will be required to complete the installation so save all work prior to proceeding with the updates.<br \/>\n<img class=\"screenshots\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2012\/01\/mac-fx19.gif\" alt=\"Update Firefox web browser\"><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END div firefox35 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"safari\">\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2009\/10\/safari-logo-sm2.jpg\" alt=\"safari-logo-sm\" width=\"26\" height=\"28\" \/> Update Safari<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Click the apple icon in the upper left hand corner of your screen.<\/li>\n<li>Click on &#8220;Software Update&#8221;.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"screenshots\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2009\/10\/mac-update.jpg\" alt=\"mac-update\" width=\"247\" height=\"91\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;Check for updates now&#8221; and allow the page to load.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"screenshots\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2009\/10\/mac-update2.jpg\" alt=\"mac-update2\" width=\"397\" height=\"161\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Look for any updates for Safari and install them. <strong>NOTE:<\/strong> A restart of your browser or computer may be required to update your browser so save all work prior to proceeding with the updates.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Google Chrome Stable Channel--><\/p>\n<div id=\"chrome\">\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2012\/02\/chrome_logo.gif\" alt=\"Google Chrome logo\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" \/> Update Chrome<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Launch Google Chrome from your Dock or desktop.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"screenshots\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2012\/02\/chrome_dock.gif\" alt=\"Mac OS X Dock\" width=\"761\" height=\"109\" \/><\/li>\n<li>In the upper left-hand corner of your monitor, click <strong>Chrome<\/strong> and then <strong>About Google Chrome<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"screenshots\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2012\/09\/Mac_AboutChrome1.gif\" width=\"542\" height=\"325\" alt=\"About Google Chrome\" \/><\/li>\n<li>In the window that appears, you&#8217;ll see the version number as well as an indication if the browser is up to date or has updates ready to install in the <strong>Help<\/strong> section of the page. <strong>NOTE:<\/strong> A restart of your browser will be required to complete the installation so save all work prior to proceeding with the updates.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"screenshots\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2014\/06\/GG_Version.png\" alt=\"About Google Chrome version number\" width=\"586\" height=\"288\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"backtotop\">\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/nis\/lib\/browser2.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n<!--\r\nfunction show_div(i){\r\n\r\n  switch (i)\r\n  {\r\n\tcase 'firefox35': {    document.getElementById(i).style.display = 'block'; \r\n\t\t\t\t      document.getElementById('backtotop').style.display = 'block';\r\n                                      document.getElementById('chrome').style.display = 'none';\t\r\n\t              \t\t      document.getElementById('safari').style.display = 'none';\r\n                                      document.getElementById('fx1').checked = true;\r\n\t\t\t\t     break;\r\n                 \t\t}\t\r\n\tcase 'safari': {    document.getElementById(i).style.display = 'block'; \r\n\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById('backtotop').style.display = 'block';\r\n                                      document.getElementById('chrome').style.display = 'none';\t\t\r\n\t              \t\tdocument.getElementById('firefox35').style.display = 'none';\r\n                                document.getElementById('saf1').checked = true;\r\n\t\t\t\tbreak;\r\n                 \t  }\t\r\n        case 'chrome': {    document.getElementById(i).style.display = 'block'; \r\n\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById('backtotop').style.display = 'block';\t\r\n\t              \t\tdocument.getElementById('firefox35').style.display = 'none';\r\n                                   document.getElementById('safari').style.display = 'none';\r\n                                break;\r\n                 \t  }\t\r\n\r\n\t  \r\n\tdefault: {\tdocument.getElementById('backtotop').style.display = 'block';\t\r\n\t                document.getElementById('firefox35').style.display = 'block';  \r\n\t\t\tdocument.getElementById('safari').style.display = 'block'; \r\n                        document.getElementById('chrome').style.display = 'block';\t \r\n\t\t\tbreak;\r\n\t\t }\t\t\t  \r\n  }\r\n}\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END div id=bbvista8 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackboard Learn now supports the most up-to-date versions of Firefox and Safari on a Mac OS X computer. Below are instructions for updating Firefox and Safari. Safari 5 to 7 Firefox 4.0 to (FRC) Google Chrome (SRC) Update Firefox Open your Firefox web browser. To check for updates or your browser&#8217;s version number, click Firefox&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1301,"featured_media":0,"parent":55749,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55752"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81337,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55752\/revisions\/81337"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}