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Firefox thinks I am running a PPC not an Intel Mac, how do I get firefox to recognize the instaled processor?

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This is what firefox thinks: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100824 Firefox/3.6.9

This is what the Mac thinks Mac OS X Version 10.5.8 Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Also note the PPC references in the Build Tools pasted below

This is what firefox thinks: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100824 Firefox/3.6.9 This is what the Mac thinks Mac OS X Version 10.5.8 Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Also note the PPC references in the Build Tools pasted below

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Are you running Firefox in PPC compatibility mode via Rosetta?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_%28software%29

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Thanks. I thought I had unchecked that box when this first came up... It was still checked. Problem solved.

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You're welcome