Some of Google's services, like Hangouts, work only on Chrome. Even so, I still found myself relying on the other browsers most of the time. Safari clocked in with a score of 176.8, while the other two browsers came in around 129 (and yes, higher is better). My testing with the JetStream benchmark confirmed that it was faster than both Chrome and Firefox on my MacBook Air. A better SafariĪpple claims that Safari 11 in High Sierra is the world's fastest web browser. But with High Sierra officially launching today, it's worth highlighting the handful of notable features. Since there's not much you'll actually notice, and barely anything has changed since we published our extensive preview, we won't be doing a full review of the new OS. At the same time, it also lays the groundwork for bigger changes down the line.
As we covered in our preview of Apple's new desktop OS, it's mostly focused on refining its predecessor, last year's Sierra. MacOS High Sierra was never meant to be truly transformative.
