Ended my Safari torture by downgrading to 18.6 on Sequoia

[kvic]

I'm back to the very snappy experience of Safari 18.6 on Sequoia. So happy about it!

Simply install Safari 18.6 for Sonoma on Sequoia from the link on this page:

macOS Safari Full Installer Database. Download Directly from Apple!

Download macOS Safari app full installers with one click straight from Apple! Every version of Safari for Monterey, Big Sur & Catalina!

mrmacintosh.com

I was aware of the links months ago but didn't realise before that Safari 18.6 for Sonoma actually works on Sequoia too. After little inspiration from a Redditor yesterday, I gave it a try and apparently works and works flawlessly.

Kudos to @MrMacintoshBlog for archiving these installers.

Have fun.

 

[Diopter]

And just a note for anyone else experiencing sluggish performance/UI lag with Safari 26.0 or 26.1 on Sequoia/Sonoma: I can confirm that Safari 26.2 beta 1 fixes the issue.

So while downgrading to Safari 18.6 is an option in the meantime, next month's Safari 26.2 release for Sequoia/Sonoma will fix it.

 

[kvic]

Safari 18.6 is light years grace saved from 26.x downfall released so far. No reason to discourage people from downgrading while waiting for Apple's update to fix whatever they screwed up in 26.x so far.

(@Diopter apologies. I mixed up you with somebody else)