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Apple Releases Safari 7.1 With DuckDuckGo Search Engine, Encrypted Yahoo Searches, More

Posted September 18, 2014 at 5:54pm by iClarified · 9577 views
Apple has released Safari 7.1 to OS X Mavericks users, bringing improvements to privacy, compatibility, and security.

The Safari 7.1 update is recommended for all OS X Mavericks users and contains improvements to privacy, compatibility, and security.

This update:
● Adds DuckDuckGo, a search engine that doesn't track users, as a built-in option in the search field
● Encrypts all Yahoo searches from the search field
● Improves Reader compatibility with websites.
● Improves AutoFill compatibility with websites

For detailed information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

You can install the update by selecting Software Update from the Apple menu at the top left of your screen.