--- title: MacSurf Hits 2.0 To Bring PowerPCs Back Online | daily.dev description: MacSurf 2.0, a Netsurf-based web browser for PowerPC Macs running OS 9, has been released. The update adds support for sites with out-of-order HTTPS... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/macsurf-hits-2-0-to-bring-powerpcs-back-online-5g5alw7w8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MacSurf Hits 2.0 To Bring PowerPCs Back Online | daily.dev og:description: MacSurf 2.0, a Netsurf-based web browser for PowerPC Macs running OS 9, has been released. The update adds support for sites with out-of-order HTTPS... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/macsurf-hits-2-0-to-bring-powerpcs-back-online-5g5alw7w8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5g5aLw7w8.png og:image:alt: MacSurf Hits 2.0 To Bring PowerPCs Back Online og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MacSurf Hits 2.0 To Bring PowerPCs Back Online **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MacSurf 2.0, a Netsurf-based web browser for PowerPC Macs running OS 9, has been released. The update adds support for sites with out-of-order HTTPS certificates (like MacintoshGarden.org), as-needed image loading for faster forum browsing, and a proper history and bookmark manager. While modern heavy sites like YouTube and GitHub remain out of reach due to RAM and complexity constraints, the browser meaningfully expands what classic Mac hardware can access on the modern web. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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