Last month, Apple released its first Macs with the M1 chip, including a new 13-inch MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini. Apple boasted that apps optimized for the M1 chip deliver 'game-changing speed and capabilities.' Mozilla promises not only faster performance, but also better battery life.įirefox 84 is also the final version to support Adobe Flash.Īpple recently shared a list of popular apps optimized for M1 Macs that are available in the Mac App Store, such as Pixelmator Pro, Adobe Lightroom, Affinity Designer, Darkroom, Fantastical, OmniFocus, BBEdit, Instapaper, and Twitter.

If you are using a Mac with the M1 chip, Mozilla says you will need to fully exit and restart Firefox after upgrading to version 84 in order for the browser to run natively on Apple Silicon. Specifically, Firefox now launches over 2.5 times faster and web apps are now twice as responsive, according to Mozilla. In the Firefox menu bar, click Firefox, then choose About Firefox. Mozilla today released Firefox version 84 with native support for Apple Silicon Macs with the M1 chip, touting 'dramatic performance improvements' over the previous, unoptimized version of the web browser.

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