Brave Version 1.64.116 is faster than newer versions for Mac OS Catalina users

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I’m using an old Mac Mini (late 2012) running Mac OS Catalina (10.15.7) and when I was letting Brave auto-update, it got slower and slower. Good thing I had an old Brave installer (1.64.116) and reinstalled. But after a few days, it would become slower again, and it turns out it’s because Brave would update the browser. So what I did, I reinstalled, then locked the app in the Finder. Now every time I open it Brave gives me a warning that it is unable to update but it runs super fast when it’s not updated. When I first ran Brave, it was super fast – faster than any browser on the Mac. But after all the updates, pages would take a long time load (unlike when I first ran Brave) to load. Even after I would clear browsing data.

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For older Mac computers and MacOS - compatible Brave Browser installers:

MacOS 10.15 Catalina (10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave):
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/tag/v1.69.168

MacOS 10.12 Sierra:
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/tag/v1.41.100

The Brave Browser (at GitHub) archive for old installers:
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/blob/master/CHANGELOG_DESKTOP_ARCHIVE.md

BEFORE you run the installer, delete the following 3 items:

The BraveSofware folder at:

  • /Users/username/Library/Caches/BraveSoftware/

The com.brave.Browser folder at:

  • /Users/username/Library/Caches/com.brave.Browser/

The com.brave.Browser.savedState folder at:

  • /Users/username/Library/Saved Application State/com.brave.Browser.savedState/

Exit / Quit BB. And I would restart your Mac. Then try the installer.

Where Brave Browser has usually been installed on the Mac:

/Applications/Brave Browser.app

/Users/username/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/

/Users/username/Library/Application Support/CrashReporter/Brave Browser ... .plist

/Users/username/Library/BraveSoftware/

/Users/username/Library/Caches/BraveSoftware/

/Users/username/Library/Caches/com.brave.Browser/

/Users/username/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Brave Browser ... .crash

/Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.brave.Browser.plist

/Users/username/Library/Saved Application State/com.brave.Browser.savedState/

And the “Brave Browser … .diag” reports within:

/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/

You might not find:

/Users/username/Library/BraveSoftware

. . . do not worry about that.

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