More flexible surfing

You don’t have to use Apple’s web browser

FIREFOX

Free From mozilla.org

Features Customisable appearance, browser extensions, privacy tools, picture–in–picture video

One problem with Safari is that because of its relatively small share of the global web browser market, website developers put more effort into making sure the most popular browsers, Chrome and Firefox, work the best. Complex web apps are almost guaranteed to work in them, though of the two, Firefox is more nimble and not owned by a giant corporation. Completely free to use, Firefox is very regularly updated and works and syncs your bookmarks and other data — if you want — across your Mac, iOS and even Windows devices.

FAST AND FRIENDLY

Built on the Gecko browser engine, it’s super snappy at loading and rendering web pages and supports all the latest web technologies as well as featuring deep–level protection against tracking and fingerprinting, which all runs pretty much automatically and can be tweaked. You can also change the way Firefox looks, and it’s also a favorite for developers of web browser extensions

— from downloading videos to blocking content, and more.

While Chrome is super compatible with pretty much every website, on the Mac it can feel a little sluggish. No such problems for Firefox which blazes away even with lots of tabs open. It’s fully compatible with Google’s online tools and has a wealth of handy features like reader mode, spell check, pin tabs, picture–in–picture video, a built–in password manager and much more.

Mozilla is also a non–profit, making Firefox a good choice if you’re worried about ads and cross–website tracking.