I don't need FaceBook integrated with my OS, nor do I need new "features" that make my Mac act like a phone! I need an OS update that doesn't break my system and make me waste about 18 hours time over the past 2 weeks ( >3 of those hours working on the phone with Apple ). I have found a browser (Arctic Fox) which still supports OS X 10.6 / 10.7 / 10.
#UPDATE CHROME FOR 10.7.5 MAC MAC OS#
I wish that who ever runs Mac OS software development would say "Hey, instead of taking the time to implement like 200 new "features" into another major release, we just took six months and actually worked to fix a bunch of bugs! The same is true for Firefox and Chrome, which stopped support for any macOS version below OS X 10.9 Mavericks long ago. SW QA at Apple is getting worse and worse. something we are sort of calling "10.7.5.1" or whatever. So instead of being forthright about this and saying "we really screwed up here", and calling 10.7.5 dead in the water, and releasing a point update to 10.7.6 (which is the RIGHT way to handle SW CM), instead we are copping out and releasing. The design of Google Chrome makes it safe for the user when browsing since It has inbuilt phishing and malware protection, with auto updates the program is updated with the latest security updates hence keeping the user’s computer free of viruses, malware, Trojans, and worms. (However if you called us and got a level-2 tech on the phone, they would admit to you off-the-record that Apple was aware of this problem). However we didn't have the integrity to admit it even though there were tons of discussions about this all over the web and on our own discussion boards.
Well, we screwed up big time with the 10.7.5 update, and we have known about this for a few weeks. This will update your existing 10.6.8 installation to 10.7 and takes about 20 to 40 minutes after it has been downloaded, depending on the speed of your hard drive.
However, its unsafe to use the Internet from OS X 10.7.5, regardless of which browser you use. A Chrome version you download now will keep working, of course, but it wont get updates. Google are dropping support for OS X versions before 10.9 from April of this year.
#UPDATE CHROME FOR 10.7.5 MAC MAC OS X#
This is what this really means (from Apple). Download Mac OS X Lion from the Mac App Store. You can currently use Chrome, the worlds most popular browser, but not for long.