cannot get rid of "being updated by another instance"
I reinstalled Firefox, now 119.0.1 64bit on our Mac M2 now OS13.6 via download-reinstall in the owner account on our shared Mac. The "Firefox is being updated by another instance" line in About Firefox still has not gone away after closing and restarting Firefox.
Presuming this will disrupt future updates, I seek help.
Background: Last spring, I upgraded from a 2016 Mac on OS10.15 (which still appears on my Mozilla account) to this M2 OS12 now 13.6. I had previously set Firefox to prompt me for updates because they could disrupt my work on the old Mac. It worked fine up to 118 point something. Up to my ears recently in urgent other stuff, I deferred the prompt for 119. Then, frazzled, I just closed several 119 prompts. Today, after helping my wife use her account on the M2, I found in my Dock's active apps area an icon for something like Updater something-or-other. After a while, I swiped it away.
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Did you try to reboot the computer as you may have a hanging Firefox process ? You can also check the Mac Activity Monitor.
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الحل المُختار
Did you try to reboot the computer as you may have a hanging Firefox process ? You can also check the Mac Activity Monitor.
It worked, thanks. Unlike other systems, my Macs have long been able to go years without needing a sys reboot. I'll remember this.