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Clicking on "about" does not work on my apple mac? Used to once. How do I check for updates now?

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Apple Mac OS Sierra 10.13.6

Apple Mac OS Sierra 10.13.6

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Hello Answermesoon (I hope this is soon enough .... ),

Weird, that clicking on "About Firefox" doesn't work ....

Would you please try this :

Type in the address bar about:preferences and press Enter

Scroll down to "Firefox Updates" and click on 'Check for updates".

Does that work  ?

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Hello Answermesoon (I hope this is soon enough .... ),

Weird, that clicking on "About Firefox" doesn't work ....

Would you please try this :

Type in the address bar about:preferences and press Enter

Scroll down to "Firefox Updates" and click on 'Check for updates".

Does that work  ?

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That worked thank you and the original method now works as well. This is the second time that I have had this problem in last year?

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Answermesoon said

That worked thank you and the original method now works as well. This is the second time that I have had this problem in last year?

I'm glad it works now  ! I haven't a clue why clicking on "About Firefox" wouldn't work before ......