Checking for Browser Updates
Faculty, staff and students can check for updates to their internet browser programs.
Checking for Browser Updates in Chrome
Launch Chrome.
Look at
at the top right corner of the screen.
If there is a pending update for the browser the icon is going to be colored.
Green: There has been an update available for 2 days.
Orange: There has been an update available for 4 days.
Red: There has been an update available for 7 days.
If you want to update Chrome:
Click on
Select Update Google Chrome. If the option is not available, it's because you are already on the latest version.
Select Relaunch.
Checking for Browser Updates in FireFox
Launch Firefox.
Click the menu button
Click Help
and then select About Firefox.
A window will pop up and it will check for updates and begin downloading them automatically.
When updates are ready to be installed click Restart Firefox to Update.
Checking for Browser Updates in Safari
Click on the Apple menu.
Select Software Update.
The App Store should open up. When it does select the Updates section on the top right of the page.
This window will show you the applications that have available updates. Because Safari is a system application, it will bundle it with the others such as iTunes, Security updates etc. This will be seen as one main Software Update. Select Update.
Restart the computer.
Checking for Browser Updates in Microsoft Internet Explorer or Edge
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Launch Internet Explorer
Click Settings
Select About Internet Explorer
The latest version of Internet Explorer is IE11. If you have anything older than that, you can download the latest version from Microsoft.
Edge Browser
Click the Windows Start Button on your desktop
Select Settings
Choose Updates and Security
Click Windows Update
Select Check for Updates. Because Windows 10 includes Edge, if there are any updates found for it, Edge will automatically be updated to the latest version.