Downgrade Safari 15 to latest Safari 14 Version

It cannot even be found by searching their developer downloads page: https://developer.apple.com/download/all/?q=Safari

Really hoping you get an answer to this question because I too unwittingly made my web browsing experience worse by accepting Apple's suggested updates.

Hi, i hate the new design too and i even can't work with that. I like to have my old Safari design back and a separate address bar. That new Safari 15 design drives me crazy and whoever did that should be fired. My personal opinion. You can try to get your old Safari back with time machine backup. Just go back with time machine before you updated to Safari 15. It should work. Personally i am thinking to switch to chrome now, cause Safari 15 is horrible with that new address bar in the tabs and tab groups, tab coloring etc. - to be honest it is the most confusing browser now, but apple will not go back to old design. They never do. You have to use it, cause they want it. The last changes of designs should be discussed. Those steps are not always good for the user. It is if you touch a perfect system and UI and got the most confusing result, cause you have the pressure always release something new and better. It is not better now, it is worst.

Hope i could help you Tom

This new Safari interface is horribly ugly and impractical. Even Youtube runs slower on it

I've just downloaded safari 14 from MacUpdate website

I could live with all UI changes, but Safari 15 crashes in Jira all the time. What is it? An attempt to force people to switch to Chrome?

I've found a way to downgrade Safari 15 to Safari 14. Furthermore, this way you actually can have two versions simultaneously.

First, download Safari 14 for Mojave

If the link above does not work, go to this seed page and find the latest Safari 14 version available. You should download the .pkg file, ofc, to proceed further.

Second, after the .pkg file is downloaded, we shall unpack it, since the installation of this old version is not possible on Big Sur and newer (I assume, due to Security-related changes).

To do so, use this command after navigating to your Download location:

pkgutil --expand-full Safari14.1.2MojaveAuto.pkg ~/Downloads/Safari

Third, when unarchiving finishes, go to the newly created Safari directory and find a Safari.app.

It is located in ./Payload/Applications/ If you're using the Mojave installation, you'll get the old circular safari icon.

Now, you may put this Safari.app whenever you want, but I urge you not to replace the original Safari.app file. It would be wiser either to put Safari 14 app file to another location, or name it Safari 14.app, for example. This will not cause any issues for you, and yes, you will be able to set this Safari 14 as a default web browser.

Tested on latest stable Big Sur version after Safari 15 update. As far as I can see, this actually works fine.

I did this, and renamed the directory and ".app" to Safari_14. I also moved it to the /Applications directory. I notice now when I launch Safari_14 it also automatically launches Safari 15. Is there a way to avoid this?

Yesterday Safari 15.1 beta came out. The reliable old tabs are back. The installer will actually replace Safari 15.0 as the main, system-approved Safari.app. No need to do anything in the terminal anymore!