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Starting firefox i always get the message "Update ready to install" and saying "Update firefox 50.0" even though I have 53.0.2

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Starting firefox i always get the message "Update ready to install" and saying "Update firefox 50.0" even though I have 53.0.2, how can I get rid of this

Starting firefox i always get the message "Update ready to install" and saying "Update firefox 50.0" even though I have 53.0.2, how can I get rid of this

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John99
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Sounds like something went wrong. You will probably need to reset the update configuration:

Delete the following files:
active-update.xml
updates.xml
The updates folder and its contents
cor-el
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On Mac Firefox saves a pending update in the hidden Caches folder location. MAC: ~/Library/Caches/Mozilla/updates/Applications/Firefox/updates/

In Mac OS X v10.7 and later, the ~/Library folder is a hidden folder.