Passwords auto-complete normally, my favorites are available, and the browser seems to run and work properly.īut what I was most interested in, perhaps, was the new Edge’s ability to handle web apps. With all that completed, the new Edge seems to work identically to the versions I’ve used in Windows. Also, don’t forget to switch the search engine to Google that setting is purposefully hidden in Privacy and Services > Address bar. And you will need to download extensions manually-I recommend enabling and using the Chrome Web Store now, and not Microsoft’s store for compatibility reasons-to fully duplicate your Chrome setup. So you’ll need to import your passwords, autofill data, and browsing history, if you want any of that, from Chrome. I like that it automatically detected that I was using macOS Mojave’s Dark mode and configured itself accordingly.Īs is the case on Windows, configuration is manual at the moment: You can sign-in to your Microsoft account, which will one day be a necessity for most, but right now it only syncs favorites, as it does in Windows 10. Install and initial setup is straightforward: You download the new Edge from the Microsoft Edge Insider Preview website and it installs normally for a Mac app and auto-runs so you can get it up and configured. Which happens to map exactly to the Canary build I’m using on Windows 10 that will change over the course of this week as Canary is updated each night, but it also gives me, temporarily, a good way to compare how Edge looks and works across the two platforms. On that note, the current version of the new Edge on Mac, as of this writing, is 76.0.172.0. (Microsoft has yet to officially release any new Edge versions for Windows 7 or 8.1.) But where Windows 10 users can currently choose between Canary and Dev channels, with their daily and weekly updates, respectively, Mac users have to make do with Dev channel (weekly updates) only. This release marks the second major platform for the new Edge: The initial release was available only on Windows 10. After all, the new Edge has already won me over on Windows. But I’m back now, so I figured I’d give the new browser a spin. I was traveling last week when Microsoft announced its first preview release of the new Edge for Mac.
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