This morning we published the first builds of our Microsoft Edge browser built for macOS. You can read our full blog post about it here. Then download it, if you are running a Mac, and then come back here and tell us what you think.

I talked with the Sync team on Friday afternoon, and they told me that there is an issue with the authentication which is needed for sync to work. We believe that we have the right fix for this and it should make it into the Canary channel early next week.

I'm very impressed with Microsoft Edge (Developer) running on MacOS. It's fast, stable and intuitive. I can see this quickly replacing Safari as my default browser. Great job Edge Team! Please keep up the excellent work.

Elliot Kirk Right now, I’m pretty impressed with Edge for macOS. It is stable, responsive, and heading in the right direction. Edge didn’t last long on my iPad, but this implementation might move me and my school from Chrome. From my limited testing, Edge seems to use less RAM, but perhaps more CPU cycles. (It isn’t an entirely fair comparison, Edge 76 vs Chrome 74, but still…) Even though you will continue to “expand dark mode next week,” your implementation is already better than some browsers, namely Google Chrome. I wonder if web pages will be able to override dark mode when your implementation is finished. For example, the Google Doc where I’m writing this still has white contextual menus. Question 01: Is the grammar tool accessible via the macOS version of Microsoft Edge Canary? https://news.softpedia.com/news/how-to-enable-grammar-tools-in-chromium-microsoft-edge-browser-526251.shtml?utm_source=spd_sidebar&utm_medium=spd_newspage&utm_campaign=spd_related, I cannot seem to make it work. Honestly, that is (will be) a compelling reason to use Edge in the education market. Question 02: What are the hardware and software requirements for MS Edge for macOS? Question 03: Google is https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/m/#!msg/chromium-extensions/veJy9uAwS00/9iKaX5giAQAJ of the https://bgr.com/2019/05/31/google-chrome-update-ad-blockers-dont-work/. Is Microsoft Edge going to go the same route?

Nice! Grabbing it now and yes, a Linux version would be ace too.I really can't wait to see this all in about six months along. So far between using it on Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad and the leaked MacOS (besides the **bleep**ty sync) the inconsistency in look and feel have been a bit disappointing, even just the difference in iPhone/ iPad even though its a universal bundle. The iPhone feels fine, the iPad feels more like the order Edge, but then there is no real beta channel for iOS. Hoping to see a Test Flight version one day soon.Cheers.

Microsoft Edge now available for macOS | Microsoft Community Hub

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chrisjl
Copper Contributor
May 22, 2019
Elliot Kirk First impressions from a regular Safari user.

I know Edge for Mac is based on Chromium, but I don't use Google Chrome due to issues with energy usage and privacy, so some of the 'chrome-like' elements of Edge for Mac are unfamiliar to me. Many of the good points I cite below are quite possibly things that Edge gets 'for free' because it's based on Chromium.

The good:
- It feels very fast
- It respects the system-wide dark mode
- Easy to change font sizes, which is important to me from an accessibility standpoint

The not so good:
- It feels like a port from another OS; close buttons on the right of the tabs?!
- Non-standard contextual menus feel quite alien
- On first launch it offers to import bookmarks from Chrome, but not the default Mac browser Safari

On a general point I do wonder how much continuous re-skinning is going to be needed over time to keep Edge looking and feeling like a true at-home Mac app.

That said it's good to have another browser choice on the platform. I can't remember the last time I used a Microsoft browser on the Mac!
- Drew1903
  Silver Contributor
  May 29, 2019
  chrisjl
  
  "I can't remember the last time I used a Microsoft browser on the Mac! "
  
  Did you or would you have ever (before)? Maybe, why you can't recall.
  
  Cheers,
  Drew
BuckeyeGoose
Copper Contributor
May 22, 2019
Elliot KirkWill there be the ability to import and/or access macOS Keychain items?
aheryani
Copper Contributor
May 22, 2019
Edge on MacOS does not use native fullscreen. The current implementation is not default behaviour. In Safari and Chrome each tab goes fullscreen in its own macOS space; which means you can continue using other tabs. In Edge going fullscreen in one tab makes the other tabs unusable.
Anton Mosyagin
Copper Contributor
May 21, 2019
Elliot Kirk 20% cpu load on macOS 10.14.5 without any opened pages - MS Edge 76.0.161.0. ;(
Stefan Tsalapatis
Copper Contributor
May 21, 2019
Elliot Kirk
I'm building .Net Core desktop applications with embedded browser control
As Microsoft Edge is now available for macOS, is it possible to provide a .Net Core library with .Net bindings to underlining engine, for Win/macOS/Linux, so to use it in my applications.
There is a need for a reliable .Net bindings library.
edward2-_1880
Iron Contributor
May 21, 2019
Elliot Kirk
Cool, awesome man. Is there an estimate on when it will come out for windows 7, windows 8, and windows 8.1?
- Abel_potoy
  Copper Contributor
  Apr 15, 2020
  eedward2-_1880
  Hello Edward
  Of course there is a version for windows 7 and 8.1, you just have to download it normally on the official page.
- Anonymous
  Jun 23, 2019
  edward2-_1880 wrote:
  Elliot Kirk
  Cool, awesome man. Is there an estimate on when it will come out for windows 7, windows 8, and windows 8.1?
  Just now!
  The Canary channel is now avalible for all supported platforms, but not just that, the Dev channel is now avalible for macOS!
  You can download them here:
  
  Dev/Canary for Windows 10:
  https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/?platform=win10
  
  Canary for Windows 8.1:
  https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/?platform=win8dot1
  
  Canary for Windows 8:
  https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/?platform=win8dot1
  
  Canary for Windows 7:
  https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/?platform=win7
  
  Dev/Canary for macOS:
  https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/?platform=macos
troyjustin
Copper Contributor
May 21, 2019
can I use the macOS Canary build with my Yubikey for website logins?
r33zA
Brass Contributor
May 20, 2019
Nice! Grabbing it now and yes, a Linux version would be ace too.

I really can't wait to see this all in about six months along. So far between using it on Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad and the leaked MacOS (besides the **bleep**ty sync) the inconsistency in look and feel have been a bit disappointing, even just the difference in iPhone/ iPad even though its a universal bundle. The iPhone feels fine, the iPad feels more like the order Edge, but then there is no real beta channel for iOS. Hoping to see a Test Flight version one day soon.

Cheers.
- Joon Chang
  Former Employee
  May 21, 2019
  Thanks for sharing your feedback on sync. We’ve recently made a fix that we believe will address various feedback on inconsistent sync issues. It’d be great if you can restart the new version of Edge on all your devices and see if your sync issue is resolved. Please let us know if that doesn’t work. We’d love to investigate and help address the issue.
xanplx
Brass Contributor
May 20, 2019
Next stop: Linux!

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