It's a good old macbook but the issue is safari whenever I go to http:// it defaults to https:// and won't open page. How do I fix this? Also when starting the time/ date is always wrong how do I permanently fix this? Its running snow leopard 10.6.8
Thank you
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Original Title: Old macbook 2006 please help me
Earlier Mac models
That secure http (e.g. https) is a forced server-side security feature. Safari on Snow Leopard is so old that it cannot support modern security protocols on today's websites. You cannot fix that on Snow Leopard as most current alternative browser vendors now only support macOS Catalina or later.
Depends on what you are using it for.
I still have a iMac G4/800 – a PowerPC-based Mac with the "iLamp" design – sitting on my desk. It still works, and I can use it to run old games, or import digital video over FireWire from a MiniDV camcorder, or make use of an old slide and film strip scanner. Its classic design adds to the decor of the room even though I only fire it up once in a blue moon.
I'm not throwing that machine away – or even recycling it. But the days of browsing the Web with it, or running current applications on it, are long over.
Your 2006 Mac notebook is something like 19 years old. That is very old in computer terms. 2006 is when Apple was just changing over from PowerPC CPUs to Intel CPUs. We are now several years into the Apple Silicon era. macOS 26 Tahoe is the last major version macOS that will run on any Intel-based Mac, and only a few Intel-based Macs can run it. It's long past time to upgrade.
Comparing entry-level machines …
MacBook (13-inch) [May 2006]
MacBook Air (13-inch, M4, 2025)
So, just a few changes over the years.
So in other words it's time to just throw it away ?
Safari defaults to https:// instead of http:// and won't open page on MacBook
