How to manually check for browser updates on a University-owned computer. Recommended browsers include Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Safari.
University-Owned Macs and University-Owned Windows PCs
Restart your computer at the end of your workday to apply necessary updates to your University-owned computer.
Update weekly on your own schedule. This will allow you to control when updates are installed and preempt the maintenance window for your college or department if needed. See the tables below on how to manually check for browser updates.
Respond quickly to technicians who may reach out to you to remediate known issues.
Prepare for the unexpected. While every effort will be made to provide notifications in advance of when a device needs to restart, there may be unanticipated occasions when a restart occurs due to critical patching and the interactions between the many varied combinations of operating system versions, hardware and software used at OHIO.
Outcome: You will now be able to manually update browsers in your University-Owned Mac or University-Owned Windows PC computer.
Visit the University-Owned Mac Management page to create a ticket