Downgrade Safari 17 beta for MacOs Ventura to Safari 16

[XRC771]

I installed the Safari 17 beta for MacOs Ventura last week but I've found some glitches that make my UX work unreliable.
Is there a safe, clean way to revert back to Safari 16?

Thank you

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

So you installed the Safari Technology Preview or developer beta?

Not sure about the developer beta but the technology preview is just another Safari instance and the original Safari for that OS isn’t overwritten and should be on the system.

 

[XRC771]

I was referring to the Safari 17 developer beta, the one mentioned on this article from MacOSRumors:

How to Download Safari 17 Beta for macOS Ventura and Monterey

Apple is now allowing Mac users running macOS Ventura and macOS Monterey to try out its latest Safari 17 browser before it officially launches...

www.macrumors.com

 

[bogdanw]

You could try the pkg for Monterey

https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/56/49/042-23350-A_JCYHZX5B9V/vlcg65lklu0mf8tc146yexdmdf6e544f4x/Safari16.6MontereyAuto.pkg

In case it fails, the current beta for Ventura

https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/00/14/042-25444-1/blix4bwtgba2q2xw6ucjnkewz2bktrwtd5/Safari17.0VenturaAutoSeed.pkg

 

[XRC771]

I've tried the installer pkg for Monterey and it installed a second version of Safari in Application. Even though it seems to run fine Safari Extensions keep disabling and are unusable. I'm a 1Blocker user and find it essential. They still function under Safari 17, not under the just installed Safari 16.6. Now it's even impossible to delete one of the two so I'm stuck with two malfunctioning instances of Safari.

 

[XRC771]

Happily solved everything downloading MacOS Ventura installer from the App Store and installing it on top of my Ventura OS. It got rid of Safari beta and of the duplicated Safari instances.

Maybe this can help someone with the same issue/need.

 

[sabor]

So the only way was to reinstall the whole OS? I stupidly tried the beta and tab groups are absolutely broken (this should not happen on a public beta, it's a main feature!!). Anyway, if the only way to go back is to reinstall the OS, then I think I will have to stick with this version of Safari until a new update.

 

[mac-kitty]

There is a new beta of Safari 17 on the Apple Developer site, which actually works with Facebook (so far).

 

[bogdanw]

Safari 17.0 18616.1.27.101.1

https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/12/55/042-32710-A_PPBNDYRU9C/z1je2lfnr9o5fmr6ybd8kwviwqjwz0ecjy/Safari17.0VenturaAutoSeed.pkg

 

[sabor]

So the only way was to reinstall the whole OS? I stupidly tried the beta and tab groups are absolutely broken (this should not happen on a public beta, it's a main feature!!). Anyway, if the only way to go back is to reinstall the OS, then I think I will have to stick with this version of Safari until a new update.

I fixed this by creating a profile. After that, tabs were showing up correctly (Version 17.0 (18616.1.24.11.5, 18616))

 

[frenchcamp49er]

Happily solved everything downloading MacOS Ventura installer from the App Store and installing it on top of my Ventura OS. It got rid of Safari beta and of the duplicated Safari instances.

Maybe this can help someone with the same issue/need.

Thanks this worked for me. I was trying to download the Safari Tech Preview and I guess I was distracted and downloaded the BETA. Thanks again.

 

[frenchcamp49er]

So the only way was to reinstall the whole OS? I stupidly tried the beta and tab groups are absolutely broken (this should not happen on a public beta, it's a main feature!!). Anyway, if the only way to go back is to reinstall the OS, then I think I will have to stick with this version of Safari until a new update.

If you haven't fixed this by now, it took around 20 minutes start to finish.