And it's important to heed that advice because failing to keep your browser up-to-date can lead to problems if you aren't careful. It all comes down to security.

My Computer Has an Internet Connection But Won't Display the Web Browser. Clicking on a Web browser icon and not having the program launch, despite having a healthy Internet connection, indicates ...

Q: My computer has become very slow of late. When I pull up the task manager to see what's causing the slow-up, I see that it's my Chrome browser. This is my preferred browser, so how can I fix ...

You can change your default web browser on Mac from System Preferences or from your browser's settings page.

That means your browser can very quickly start taking up a significant amount of your system’s resources, especially if your open tabs start to stack up in double (or triple) digits.

If the memory used by all of your browser processes combined exceeds one-half of your computer's memory, your browser is likely affecting performance, too.