Firefox for Mac Overview
Firefox for Mac offers a fast, safe Web browsing experience. Browse quickly, securely, and effortlessly. With its industry-leading features, Firefox is the choice of Web development professionals and casual users alike.
Mozilla Firefox for Mac is a versatile and feature-packed browser with advanced security features that can hide shared user activity and has customizable privacy settings that protect your system from unwanted tracking and harmful software.
Mozilla Firefox is perfect for casual searches as well as more complex queries.
You no longer need an app or extension to take screenshots because when you download Firefox for Mac you get a brand new capture tool that captures any part of a webpage and makes images available for download online.
Faster and Better
Since the release of Quantum is now twice as fast as its predecessors and needs 30% less memory than its main competitor Chrome.
Clean Interface
Firefox interface is intuitive to use with tools and features that are easy to locate.
The dashboard-style homepage offers access to:
- Different search bars
- Downloads
- Bookmarks
- History
- Synchronization across devices and platforms
- Add-ons
- Customizable toolbars
- Customizable page layouts
- Advanced saving options
- Brand new screen capturing tool
Features
- Facebook container extension – separate activity on Facebook from other web activities.
- Enhanced and customizable privacy tracking protection settings could slow down browsing speeds, but protects your privacy.
- Protect your computer from malware and harmful software
- Lockbox Password manager for password-free login
- Firefox Monitor, check, and set alerts for any email breaches.
- Run Firefox in Safe Mode
- Backup your Firefox Profile
- Site optimization for a smooth browsing experience
- Tiled history: a tiled display of the sites you’ve visited lately
- Session Restore
Support for Developers
- Firefox provides an open-source platform for developers to create powerful add-ons and extensions
- Add extensions from the Firefox extension workshop to enhance productivity and user experience.
- Developer hub where you can port Chrome Extensions with minimal effort.
- Author, run, and test extensions with the built-in command-line tool
- Automate code tests for your add-on
- Test your add-on for compatibility across platforms
- Live testing and debugging
Firefox Editions
Beta
The Beta version is unstable, and the platform is still in the testing and development phase and sends data to Firefox about any issues encountered.
Nightly
Be the first to check out the features of the next-generation web browser. Nightly is an unstable testing and development platform and sends data to Mozilla and partners to handle any problems encountered.
Developer Edition
Author, debug and scale with the only browser built exclusively for developers.
TestFlight
Developers in the iOS Developer Program can test Firefox beta version via Apple’s TestFlight program.
What’s new in version 150.0.2
Fixed:
- Fixed an issue where websites on internal or corporate networks that require a login prompt would show a blank page. (Bug 2034752)
- Fixed an issue that prevented highlighting from working on scanned images in the built-in PDF viewer. (Bug 2034980)
- Fixed an issue where the “New” badge persisted on Split View menu items. (Bug 2027793)
- Fixed an issue that prevented some webcams from working correctly in video calls. (Bug 2034722)
- Fixed an issue where a tab would crash when dragging and dropping nested folders onto a webpage. (Bug 2030461)
- Improved how Firefox displays websites with advanced 3D effects, fixing cases where parts of the page could disappear or appear incorrectly. (Bug 2034283)
- Fixed an issue that could prevent Firefox’s local backup feature from completing successfully. (Bug 2029240)
- Fixed an issue where the status and navigation bars would flicker or show mismatched colors when editing a page’s address. (Bug 2021596)
- Improved the appearance of search suggestions in the address bar by preventing icons from appearing stretched or distorted. (Bug 2035353)
- Various security fixes.

