Safari 7.1 allows you to choose DuckDuckGo search engine

In conjunction with the update to OS X 10.9.5 was made available for the updated version of Safari: the 7.1 release. Apple’s browser incorporates a small new feature: the ability to choose to default DuckDuckGo search engine, which is characterized than others to the philosophy based on privacy.

Apple has released the final version of the update that brings OS X 10.9 Mavericks to version 10.9.5 and also in conjunction with this update that brings Safari to version 7.1. As we have already written, the operating system upgrade is probably the last for the Mavericks (in October, should get the new OS X Yosemite 10:10).

In OS X 10.9.5 Apple has incorporated improvements in the management of VPN connections, USB smart card readers, improved the management of connections to the SMB server.

OS X 10.9.5 also incorporates the latest version of Safari: the 7.1 release. Apple’s browser incorporates a small new feature: the possibility of going to choose (from the Preferences, under ” General ” ) as DuckDuckGo search engine. The latter is characterized than others to the philosophy based on privacy: contrary to what others do, it does not stock the information on the searches performed by users.

The possibility of going to choose DuckDuckGo has been integrated into iOS 8 (in addition to this, you can also choose as a default engine Bing, Yahoo and Google). In Safari for OS X Apple has improved the functions of automatic filling of fields and improved performance (we note with some sites using JavaScript).

Safari 8 on OS X 10.10 Yosemite will be even faster, powered by the Nitro JavaScript engine, according to Apple is more than six times faster than Firefox and more than five times faster than Chrome when run JavaScript that are shared sites. Upgrades to OS X 10.9.5 and Safari 7.1 can be downloaded from the Mac App Store by selecting the voice updates.