Big sur no longer supported after the 11.7.9 update?

[bogdanw]

for what its worth today i got a Safari Update 16.6.1, is that new or i just got it late?

It has been released on 21 Sep 2023 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213930

Apple security releases https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

 

[sdfox7]

for what its worth today i got a Safari Update 16.6.1, is that new or i just got it late?

Deleted, for some reason @bogdanw 's reply didn't show when I first loaded the page.

 

[Insidious]

for what its worth today i got a Safari Update 16.6.1, is that new or i just got it late?

Just got it late. Safari 17 is out now and skipped Big Sur. Sleep well, my friend.

 

[sdfox7]

Just got it late. Safari 17 is out now and skipped Big Sur. Sleep well, my friend.

Certainly not the end of the world 😂. Safari 16 will be relevant for a while and there are plenty of other competitive browsers. I'd say you have until 2028 with Safari 16.

It should be interesting to see the Apple Silicon adoption over the next few years. I don't see any numbers promoted anywhere (rather suspicious if it's so great) but if economic issues cause people to hold onto Intel systems longer this will extend the support lifecycle for browsers. And there's always Chromium Legacy.

The last consumer Intel machine was sold in 2020 making it practically new. The professional Mac Pro wasn't converted to AS until this year. So Intel still has legs.