Re: 7 Mac Programs That Helped Me Switch From Windows Vista

Mike T — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:13:46 -0000

I build Firefox every so often on my MacBook. If you get the prereqs installed via MacPorts, here are some good flags for doing a real build:

--enable-application=browser
--disable-debug
--disable-crashreporter
--disable-tests
--enable-optimize="-03 -g"
--enable-official-branding

Put those in your .mozconfig file and you should be able to build an "official" optimized, nightly build of Firefox. It'll take about 45-50 minutes to build on a newish MacBook Pro (mine is 9 months old). I'm just going from memory on those flags.

You should also try nightly builds of WebKit. Go to webkit.org and download the latest nightly build for MacOS X. They work like a charm, behave exactly like Safari, and there is an updater built into WebKit to download and install the latest nightly build upon request.

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