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I've just been trying it tonight.
I used the Canary version as I'm on an M1.
It comes in an installer package so is straightforward to install. It's almost 700MB in size.
Unfortunately MR seems to have had some problems tonight. Problems were evident on both ME and Safari, so I can't blame Edge for that
Other sites were loading very quickly and the whole feeling was one of speed (with an ad blocker).
I used the Canary version as I'm on an M1.
It comes in an installer package so is straightforward to install. It's almost 700MB in size.
Unfortunately MR seems to have had some problems tonight. Problems were evident on both ME and Safari, so I can't blame Edge for that
Other sites were loading very quickly and the whole feeling was one of speed (with an ad blocker).
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I recommend Brave. It has been updated to support M1 natively.
I like Brave too, because it's privacy focused. Edge is like Chrome, but the tracking information goes to Microsoft instead of Google..
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Good to hear that.I've just been trying it tonight.
I used the Canary version as I'm on an M1.
It comes in an installer package so is straightforward to install. It's almost 700MB in size.
Unfortunately MR seems to have had some problems tonight. Problems were evident on both ME and Safari, so I can't blame Edge for that
Other sites were loading very quickly and the whole feeling was one of speed (with an ad blocker).
The Beta (updated approx every 6 weeks) and developer (updated every week) versions also have M1 support. I am running the developer version.
Edge has been good for me. I think you don't need to be on beta/developer release anymore these days to use M1-version of Edge?
The current release of Edge is M1 native (universal).
No it isn't. I did it despite not liking to watch YouTube on computer and there was no issue. Chrome is garbage and spyware and Keystone (which is part of Chrome) slows everything on the computer down.
Running the release version for few weeks now, before had the Canary and Dev version. Using Edge over one month now and really love the experience. Smooth, Fast and Secure. Is my Standard browser on the MBP M1 sinds the Canary silicon version.
Well for me it isn't! Far from that. I can watch Hours of Youtube or Netflix or whatever online video.... and it's super efficient on my MBP M1.
Thanks. Just uninstalled Dev and installed the stable. Works great.
I don't know why, but when I try to install the M1 version of Edge on my M1 MacBook Air, it asks to install Rosetta. I've downloaded the installation file more than once, but the end result is always the same. I use the Edge browser at my work and really like it. Do you know how to overcome this bug?
Just a guess, but maybe something associated with the installer needs Rosetta. You might install it and see what Activity Monitor shows for the architecture for "Microsoft Edge". Mine shows "Apple".
Isn't it normal for resources to be used during an update? What happens after the update, does CPU and mem utilization settle down?
There is no need to have Microsoft Updater installed. Why not doing like other browsers??
I don't want any stuff within my launch agents running all the time. no need to.
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I installed Edge for a better web experience with Office 365 apps (corporate email) and now use it in preference to Chrome. Overall I think I slightly prefer Microsoft to Google when it comes to my data. Otherwise, I use Safari most of the time, on my Mac. I will take a look at Brave. On iPad I use the DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser but that is not available for desktop.
That is not a bug. If you are not installing the M1 native version of Edge, it will require Rosetta 2 to run.